Comments on: What astronomers do http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/09/26/what-astronomers-do/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:26:10 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mungascr http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/09/26/what-astronomers-do/comment-page-1/#comment-21158 Mungascr Sun, 01 Oct 2006 08:19:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/09/26/what-astronomers-do/#comment-21158 42 enchiladas -YUU-UUU-UMM! ;-) 42 enchiladas -YUU-UUU-UMM! ;-)

]]> By: Buzz Parsec http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/09/26/what-astronomers-do/comment-page-1/#comment-21150 Buzz Parsec Fri, 29 Sep 2006 01:36:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/09/26/what-astronomers-do/#comment-21150 Uh, 42? Uh, 42?

]]> By: Sergio http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/09/26/what-astronomers-do/comment-page-1/#comment-21153 Sergio Thu, 28 Sep 2006 22:20:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/09/26/what-astronomers-do/#comment-21153 So what IS the solution? Is the universe flat, open or closed? I have to know for my future plans! So what IS the solution? Is the universe flat, open or closed? I have to know for my future plans!

]]> By: Steve Ziolkowski http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/09/26/what-astronomers-do/comment-page-1/#comment-21152 Steve Ziolkowski Thu, 28 Sep 2006 22:18:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/09/26/what-astronomers-do/#comment-21152 I'm not even as smart as most of you (I was sort of lost on what Eqs. (4-6) meant until Phil explained it...) but boy oh boy, that's exciting stuff. That the universe in its entirety can be boiled down to a few explanatory equations is mind boggling. I’m not even as smart as most of you (I was sort of lost on what Eqs. (4-6) meant until Phil explained it…) but boy oh boy, that’s exciting stuff. That the universe in its entirety can be boiled down to a few explanatory equations is mind boggling.

]]> By: A Ler…-- Rastos de Luz http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/09/26/what-astronomers-do/comment-page-1/#comment-21151 A Ler…-- Rastos de Luz Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:04:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/09/26/what-astronomers-do/#comment-21151 [...] “What astronomers do…“, é um post interessante que se pode encontrar no Bad Astronomy; [...] [...] “What astronomers do…“, é um post interessante que se pode encontrar no Bad Astronomy; [...]

]]> By: Edwin Robinson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/09/26/what-astronomers-do/comment-page-1/#comment-21155 Edwin Robinson Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:22:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/09/26/what-astronomers-do/#comment-21155 Sir: Try my website for anything interesting, new logical relativity, new geometry, new laws, new idea for the great red shifts, link to my 2nd MS Theory of Life, which gives a new equation, and much to show who created the universe and all in it. Best wishes, Ed. Robinson. Sir:
Try my website for anything interesting, new logical relativity, new geometry, new laws, new idea for the great red shifts, link to my 2nd MS Theory of Life, which gives a new equation, and much to show who created the universe and all in it.
Best wishes,
Ed. Robinson.

]]> By: tacitus http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/09/26/what-astronomers-do/comment-page-1/#comment-21154 tacitus Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:55:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/09/26/what-astronomers-do/#comment-21154 I've long marveled at the idea that someone sitting behind a dusty desk in some dingy university faculty office staring at a page full of mathematical equations can actually be working on resolving the origin, nature, shape, and future of the whole Universe (and beyond, if string theory starts to pan out). Even as an atheist, one begins to wonder how all this is even remotely possible (invoking God simply pushes the problem back one future step and so is irrelevant). The mind truly does boggle at the astounding facts and theories we have already uncovered and the prospect of discovering more in the future is an exciting one. Now, if only we could find a practical way to circumvent that pesky speed-of-light issue, we could really start to explore the Universe! Until then, astronomers and cosmologists will have to do the heavy lifting for us. I’ve long marveled at the idea that someone sitting behind a dusty desk in some dingy university faculty office staring at a page full of mathematical equations can actually be working on resolving the origin, nature, shape, and future of the whole Universe (and beyond, if string theory starts to pan out).

Even as an atheist, one begins to wonder how all this is even remotely possible (invoking God simply pushes the problem back one future step and so is irrelevant). The mind truly does boggle at the astounding facts and theories we have already uncovered and the prospect of discovering more in the future is an exciting one.

Now, if only we could find a practical way to circumvent that pesky speed-of-light issue, we could really start to explore the Universe! Until then, astronomers and cosmologists will have to do the heavy lifting for us.

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