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Tag: astronomy

  • Photograph of three versions of the raptor engine, each one getting progressively simplified in mechanical parts.

    Just a Little More Context Bro, I Promise, and It’ll Fix Everything

    Based on my experience of 'vibe coding', I think Jim Nielsen's analogies are absolutely spot on.

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    • posted 18 August, 2025
  • A deep red sky over the silhouette of a treeline, with stars beginning to appear. Six crisscrossing straight lines each connect three to five stars in a row, giving the illusion that their location is not random.

    Counselling and Constellations

    What do counselling and constellations have in common? They can both be about picking points and drawing lines between them.

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    • posted 16 November, 2022
  • Solar Eclipses

    What's the difference between a total and an annular solar eclipse?

    DataGenetics

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    • posted 20 April, 2016
  • Why are different kinds of stars found 'between' the spiral arms of our galaxy than in them?




    I was elsewhere in Reddit when somebody made the claim that the space between the spiral arms of our galaxy aren't empty, but are simply filled with different kinds of stars (different luminoscities, etc.). I was skeptical, but other sources claim that this is true, too. However, I can't find any explanation as to …

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    • posted 18 January, 2015
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    My Very Excellent Liz Just Brought Us Sixteen Pizzas

    Dan saw in the New Year, highly intoxicated, in Macclesfield at the house of his friends Liz and Simon. There's a video and everything.

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    • posted 11 January, 2012

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