banmee:


Not 5 billion. From your estimate, we only got 400 million years left. Thank God I'd be long gone by then. And that should be when christ would show up. I mean it doesn't make any sense to show up after the earth is gone would it?

SirAfoy1:
we were told that sun is a stationary body and earth is revolving round it (secondary school). but here you said sun rotates, do you want to confuse us. please explain how it rotates

great664:
Which instrument was used to measure them, mostly the Canis or UY Skuti to determine their size and how many miles they are far from earth?

This are just fables, tales by moonlight just to continue thier ideology that God doesn't exist.

Why is that all Astrology/Astronomy practice atheism?

These are what they use to continue holding them in bondage, was on the edge of. Believing them but thank God for his intervention

carinmom:

Scientists erroneously used to believe that the sun was stationary, we were taught this in secondary school. But guess what, Allah SWT stated this in the Quran 1400 yrs ago the sun was never stationary

Misterpaul:
Interesting piece. I have always been fascinated about the sun and other planetary bodies.

But, i think its actually not wrong to say that the sun is stationary when we look at it in relation to the solar system. But, when looked at in relation to the Galaxy/milky way, then it is correct to say the sun is in motion.

The sun literally gives live to the earth. A day should be set aside by every country on earth to celebrate this powerful star called the SUN.

sonofthunder:

you can look at it like that for the sake of comprehension but fact is the sun ain't stationary.

Silsilah:

The Qur'an has mentioned this, several 100 years ago. Suratul Yasin(Q. 36 vs 38). Look it up

Psylas:
no, we have 5 billion years left,

banmee:


"Approximately 4.6 billion years old it will take up to about 5billion years old for it to exhaust it's hydrogen supply and therefore begin it's dying process"


The post implies that from birth to death, the sun has 5 billion years and it has been in existence for 4.6 billion. 4.6 from 5 billion is 400 million na.

johnydon22:
No sir you misread it. the post implies the sun is already 4.6 billion years but has another approximately 5billion years to go all in all = 10billion years

banmee:


The the way the English is put is wrong.

banmee:


"Approximately 4.6 billion years old it will take up to about 5billion years old for it to exhaust it's hydrogen supply and therefore begin it's dying process"


The post implies that from birth to death, the sun has 5 billion years and it has been in existence for 4.6 billion. 4.6 from 5 billion is 400 million na.

Psylas:
no, check it well or still do research, it's 10billon years, the hydrogen in the Sun will serve for 5.4billion years

don't mind my English o

the sun would have up to 15trillion years to live when it expand and starts burning hellium

Psylas:
who knows why we have Sunday?

Psylas:
Why not say the Solar system since the Sun make 99.86% of the system

johnydon22:
...Even though directly speaking you can say there is nothing like speed of darkness but in practicality "Speed of darkness is equal to the speed it takes light to wane"

So you can say Light and Darkness have uniformed speed of 2.9million meters/second. .

Thanks boss

SirWere:
Lalasticlala, will we beg? And if this is a tiwa savage thread, it will hit fp faster than you can say "mumu".




Wait sef, who is the Science and Technology mod The nigga is always on ghost mode!







I have said my piece, now you can ban me.

OneManLegion:


Actually, terraforming is not aeons away, it's just a couple of decades away. Terraforming is already possible with the technology we already have at our disposal. There are plans underway to start sending people to Mars in 20 years time. Beneath is a link to website that shows Elon Musk's(Elon Musk is the CEO of SpaceX, a company that launches rockets to space among other astronomy related things) plans of sending people to Mars and of course, terraforming Mars. It's a very long read, but you'll be hooked to the site.

waitbutwhy.com/2015/08/how-and-why-spacex-will-colonize-mars.html

Tellemall:


Capital intensive.

Interesting read, will make time for it.

OneManLegion:


It is capital intensive but the processes involved are quite simpler than one would expect.
I have every intention of stepping foot outside of Earth someday.

Tellemall:


It's a vast, lonely universe out there.

Like astronauts, you must be the definition of cash to go out there.

UY Scuti is a bright red supergiant and pulsating variable star in the constellation Scutum. It is one of the leading candidates for being the largest known star by radius and is also one of the most luminous of its kind. It has an estimated average median radius of 1,708 solar radii, or a diameter of 2.4 billion km (1.5 billion mi; 15.9 AU); thus a volume 5 billion times that of the Sun. It is approximately 2.9 kiloparsecs (9,500 light years) from Earth. If placed at the center of the Solar System, its photosphere would engulf the orbit of Jupiter, although the radius is not known for certain and may be larger than the orbit of Saturn.

OneManLegion:


Nah.
To both statements. If you've read about the Fermi Paradox, you'll realise that the universe is MORE LIKELY to be anything but lonely; at least, as far as intelligent life-forms are concerned.

Astronauts are professionals whose job description entails being in space, they are not wealthy men who can afford tickets on space-crafts.
Elon Musk's deal is to revolutionalise space travel in such a way that the people who can afford the tickets will substantially increase.
I plan to NOT be broke for much longer.
I will go to Mars.

Tellemall:


I've heard of that but I don't find space lore motivating.

Astronauts should have cash, except they are research personnel.
You've admitted that going out there on a ticket to space will cost. Therefore only super rich people can do that. That makes the whole idea of space travel a novelty that few people can afford. Costs of running business versus patronage. I don't think the price of space travel will drop simply because it becomes more common place in the very distant future.

But... Psst... See you on Mars

OneManLegion:



Loool. You really need to visit waitbutwhy.com.
Elon Musk will revolutionalise space travel by drastically reducing the cost of sending space-crafts to space via re-usability of rockets and others.
The immediate plan is to make it as cheap as $500,000 per passenger to Mars and back. A LOT of people in can afford that.
A lot of corrupt, bloated politicians in your state can afford that without batting a diabetic eyelid.
A lot of people will afford it and as the market grows, so will other agencies, aside SpaceX invest in that novel venture.
Just go to www.waitbutwhy.com and read on "How (and why) spaceX will colonise Mars", "The Fermi Paradox" and one other one about Tesla cars. Believe me, you'll thank me for it.

Psylas:
I can claim the Bible said so cause the bible said the Sun stood still, bible and Quran are rubbish books

Silsilah:

Please, i dont have time for your useless discuss. Get off my mentions

AgentOfAllah:


The trick, of course, is that the said shadow doesn't really carry any information from the sun to earth, so it isn't really a thing. It is just the absence of something (light). So, the correct answer was in the first statement you made. "Nothing like speed of darkness"

See VSauce's video on the same subject here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTvcpdfGUtQ