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Spectacular new images of Jupiter (Original Post) Duppers Aug 2022 OP
Looking forward to the coffee table book BeyondGeography Aug 2022 #1
After 56 years, the universe still has the mystery to Torchlight Aug 2022 #2
Jupiter has no solid surface! Crazy! It's a gas giant (a star that never formed). Cattledog Aug 2022 #3
"Webb could unlock mysteries," Bayard Aug 2022 #4

Torchlight

(6,281 posts)
2. After 56 years, the universe still has the mystery to
Tue Aug 23, 2022, 01:46 PM
Aug 2022

surprise me and fill me with awe every time I think about it, however lightly. Sagan's tv series bit me hard my freshman year in hs, and may have been that first step for me in finally seeing that not everything in the natural world is centered around humans (however often we try to convince ourselves otherwise).

Cattledog

(6,571 posts)
3. Jupiter has no solid surface! Crazy! It's a gas giant (a star that never formed).
Tue Aug 23, 2022, 03:12 PM
Aug 2022

Just learned that from WaPo article.

Bayard

(28,476 posts)
4. "Webb could unlock mysteries,"
Wed Aug 24, 2022, 12:52 PM
Aug 2022

As far back as 100 million years after the Big Bang."

This instrument is truly remarkable.

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