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HungJurror t1_jebecsx wrote

Reply to comment by rocketsocks in NASA Missions study what may be a 1-In-10,000-Year Gamma-ray Burst, the most powerful class of explosions in the universe. On Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, a pulse of intense radiation swept through the solar system so exceptional that astronomers quickly dubbed it the BOAT – the brightest of all time. by ICumCoffee

do we see them happen when they aren't pointed somewhat at us? like, if there is nothing for the light to reflect off of we won't see the light right? like in the case of one pointed perpendicular to us, for example

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dern_the_hermit t1_jebdqq0 wrote

Reply to comment by vipEmpire in A group of college students are sending a rover the size of a shoebox to the moon by speckz

The wording's fine, guys. Just because someone is capable of misreading or reading too much into a headline that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the headline. That's just language, and how people can sometimes parse the wrong thing from it. Communication isn't some contest to see who can have the least ambiguity.

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Mighty-Lobster t1_jebd7gh wrote

Reply to comment by dark_LUEshi in Do planets of solar system have parallel orbits? by Durrynda

>most stars within their own galaxies are lined up in a plane though

( Let's agree that you meant to say "disk galaxies" )

The spin axis vectors of the stars, and their planetary systems, are NOT at all aligned with any particular plane. They are essentially random. Take the Solar System for example. The plane of the solar system is inclined 63 degrees with respect to the galactic plane.

Allow me to reiterate my comment:

while the galaxy as a whole is roughly on a plane, and almost every planetary system is roughly on a plane, those are not all the same plane

This is precisely correct. If you specifically want to say that the positions of stars are aligned in a plane... well... that's basically the definition of a disk galaxy. A disk galaxy is a type of galaxy in which stellar orbits are roughly aligned on a plane.

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PandaRiot_90 t1_jebczms wrote

Reply to comment by EarthInteresting9781 in Probably a dumb question, but why can’t you see the stars in a lot of published space photos? by EarthInteresting9781

If your the astronaut, you could be seeing the stars. Our eyes are better than cameras.

In pictures, stars don't show up because of the distant lights of the stars isn't brighter than the closest object. Same way when you take a picture on a clear night, you can physically see stars in the backdrop but your camera will struggle to capture them unless shutter time is adjusted to let in more light to be able to capture them.

Hope this helps.

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reddit455 t1_jebcmkk wrote

Reply to Probably a dumb question, but why can’t you see the stars in a lot of published space photos? by EarthInteresting9781

> Just trying to get an accurate idea of what space looks like?

you cannot hold your eyes open for seconds/minutes/hours at a time.

space will never look to your eyes like it does in pictures.

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>but why can’t you see the stars in a lot of published space photos?

because the image is too bright to see dim stars in the background.

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imagine trying to see a birthday candle on the hood of a car with the headlights on.. the entire picture would be washed out if you left the shutter open long enough to capture the stars.

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space-ModTeam t1_jebc41r wrote

Reply to Probably a dumb question, but why can’t you see the stars in a lot of published space photos? by EarthInteresting9781

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