Comments on: What happens at the edge of the solar system? http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/what-happens-at-the-edge-of-th.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 16:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Christopher Miller http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/what-happens-at-the-edge-of-th.html#comment-1357430 Christopher Miller Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146177#comment-1357430 Answer:  It gets lonely? Answer:  It gets lonely?

]]> By: Bill McGeachen http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/what-happens-at-the-edge-of-th.html#comment-1356508 Bill McGeachen Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146177#comment-1356508  Just to shake it up a bit. Imposing a thought on the whole theory just to make some kind of gender comment.  Just to shake it up a bit. Imposing a thought on the whole theory just to make some kind of gender comment.

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/what-happens-at-the-edge-of-th.html#comment-1356409 Paul Renault Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146177#comment-1356409 A few years ago, The Register had an article titled "Astronomers spot first ever dark galaxy".  With an "artist's impression" of the dark galaxy. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/23/galaxy_dark_first/ A few years ago, The Register had an article titled “Astronomers spot first ever dark galaxy”. 

With an “artist’s impression” of the dark galaxy.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/23/galaxy_dark_first/

]]> By: Emily Dunbar http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/what-happens-at-the-edge-of-th.html#comment-1356288 Emily Dunbar Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146177#comment-1356288 I agree. Without that statement I wouldn't have batted an eyelash at her gender. I know that there are few female physicists, but putting her up on a pedestal isn't going to help attempts to achieve more gender equality in the field. I agree. Without that statement I wouldn’t have batted an eyelash at her gender. I know that there are few female physicists, but putting her up on a pedestal isn’t going to help attempts to achieve more gender equality in the field.

]]> By: Henry Pootel http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/what-happens-at-the-edge-of-th.html#comment-1356262 Henry Pootel Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146177#comment-1356262 Stays at the edge of the solar system. Stays at the edge of the solar system.

]]> By: Clemoh http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/what-happens-at-the-edge-of-th.html#comment-1356184 Clemoh Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146177#comment-1356184 Right, just like there are male nurses and hairdressers too. Right, just like there are male nurses and hairdressers too.

]]> By: Aaron Barrell http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/what-happens-at-the-edge-of-th.html#comment-1356174 Aaron Barrell Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146177#comment-1356174 Great bit over at Radiolab about Voyager passing though the edge of the solar system.  http://www.radiolab.org/2012/feb/20/edge-heavens/ Great bit over at Radiolab about Voyager passing though the edge of the solar system.  http://www.radiolab.org/2012/feb/20/edge-heavens/

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/what-happens-at-the-edge-of-th.html#comment-1356152 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146177#comment-1356152 If you want to ignore the fact that there are few women in the field, go right ahead. The rest of us consider it worth thinking about and maybe even changing. If you want to ignore the fact that there are few women in the field, go right ahead. The rest of us consider it worth thinking about and maybe even changing.

]]> By: t3kna2007 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/what-happens-at-the-edge-of-th.html#comment-1356113 t3kna2007 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146177#comment-1356113 "... this solar wind abruptly slams into the thin interstellar medium and the scattered gaseous remnants of exploded stars." Previously encountered by <i>Enterprise</i>:  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b9/STWhereNoMan.jpg “… this solar wind abruptly slams into the thin interstellar medium and the scattered gaseous remnants of exploded stars.”

Previously encountered by Enterprise:  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b9/STWhereNoMan.jpg

]]> By: nimrodeo http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/what-happens-at-the-edge-of-th.html#comment-1356095 nimrodeo Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146177#comment-1356095 Here's an alternative explanation: http://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2011/12/14/solar-stagnation/ I like EU theory a lot, it makes sense. Here’s an alternative explanation:

http://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2011/12/14/solar-stagnation/

I like EU theory a lot, it makes sense.

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/what-happens-at-the-edge-of-th.html#comment-1356070 Noctilucent Studios Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146177#comment-1356070  Vitamins...lots and lots of vitamins. and Kale shakes!  Vitamins…lots and lots of vitamins.

and Kale shakes!

]]> By: t3kna2007 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/what-happens-at-the-edge-of-th.html#comment-1356057 t3kna2007 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146177#comment-1356057 Unless what happens at the edge of the solar system stays at the edge of the solar system. Unless what happens at the edge of the solar system stays at the edge of the solar system.

]]> By: sarahnocal http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/what-happens-at-the-edge-of-th.html#comment-1356024 sarahnocal Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146177#comment-1356024 "One of the few women in this field, Opher is also one of the top scientists, of any gender, studying what happens at the edges of space" Was this sentence necessary? Any gender? WTF does that even mean? How about "Opher is one of the top scientists studying what happens..". “One of the few women in this field, Opher is also one of the top scientists, of any gender, studying what happens at the edges of space”

Was this sentence necessary? Any gender? WTF does that even mean?
How about “Opher is one of the top scientists studying what happens..”.

]]> By: robdobbs http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/what-happens-at-the-edge-of-th.html#comment-1355996 robdobbs Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146177#comment-1355996 Only ten thousand more years till we find out! Only ten thousand more years till we find out!

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/what-happens-at-the-edge-of-th.html#comment-1355983 Noctilucent Studios Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146177#comment-1355983 "" Or maybe it demarcate's Vinge's "slow zones" and we'll surface out of it to find a cacophony of interstellar communication. ;)"" Wow...I have never heard of that train of thought before. Here's hoping!! “” Or maybe it demarcate’s Vinge’s “slow zones” and we’ll surface out of it to find a cacophony of interstellar communication. ;)”"

Wow…I have never heard of that train of thought before. Here’s hoping!!

]]> By: Jim Saul http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/what-happens-at-the-edge-of-th.html#comment-1355972 Jim Saul Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146177#comment-1355972 I wonder if there are any effects caused by the differences in density of the interstellar medium through which the Solar System moves. From what I gather, we've been travelling through the "local fluff" for maybe 50k years, and will come out of it in 10k more, when we'll be back in a low density local bubble, kind of like we're portaging across a swampy island in the middle of a large lake. That change is on such a short time scale compared to most of cosmology, and happens to correspond with human history, so it raises some questions. Does it have any impact on mutation rates due to changes in how much cosmic radiation gets through our magnetic envelope? Or maybe it demarcate's Vinge's "slow zones" and we'll surface out of it to find a cacophony of interstellar communication.  ;) I wonder if there are any effects caused by the differences in density of the interstellar medium through which the Solar System moves. From what I gather, we’ve been travelling through the “local fluff” for maybe 50k years, and will come out of it in 10k more, when we’ll be back in a low density local bubble, kind of like we’re portaging across a swampy island in the middle of a large lake.

That change is on such a short time scale compared to most of cosmology, and happens to correspond with human history, so it raises some questions. Does it have any impact on mutation rates due to changes in how much cosmic radiation gets through our magnetic envelope?

Or maybe it demarcate’s Vinge’s “slow zones” and we’ll surface out of it to find a cacophony of interstellar communication.  ;)

]]> By: Cicada Mania http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/what-happens-at-the-edge-of-th.html#comment-1355963 Cicada Mania Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146177#comment-1355963 So cool! This weekend I wrote a song about the heliosphere http://soundcloud.com/milkshake-daddy/exiting-the-heliosphere-parts  So cool! This weekend I wrote a song about the heliosphere http://soundcloud.com/milkshake-daddy/exiting-the-heliosphere-parts 

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