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- MeltingIce, on 09/09/2008, -0/+27Didn't you hear me? COMB THE UNIVERSE!
You guys find anything yet?
We ain't found *****! - Aguyinachair, on 09/09/2008, -1/+21I like the fact that they are using the "Extremely Large Telescope" to do this. Because that is the scientific name. (No I'm serious.)
- MacBookForMe, on 09/09/2008, -0/+9That is so very interesting (yet quite complicated :)
"The device uses femto-second (one millionth of one billionth of a second) pulses of laser light coupled with an atomic clock to provide a precise standard for measuring wavelengths of light. Also known as an “astro-comb,” these devices should give astronomers the ability to use the Doppler shift method with incredible precision to measure spectral lines of starlight up to 60 times greater than any current high-tech method." - inactive, on 09/09/2008, -0/+8laser comb sounds like something you'd order for only $19.99, and they'd throw in a set of tweezers for free if you called now
- chrissku, on 09/09/2008, -0/+6Here's that scene. I love it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peuvXD0mlbU - Mootabolife, on 09/09/2008, -0/+5Ingeneering
Engineering and Ingenuity - inactive, on 09/09/2008, -0/+5The "Holy ***** This Thing is HUGE! Telescope" is expected to be complete by 2021.
- mzx639, on 09/09/2008, -0/+5I think the laser comb is for bald heads. http://www.lasercomb.net/
- inactive, on 09/09/2008, -1/+5This is nothing short of amazing. To think that they were able to ingenier such a device, with a precision of 1 cm/s, makes me proud to be an human!
- BXRWXR, on 09/09/2008, -1/+5Isn't that what Geordi wore?
- toughluck2, on 09/09/2008, -2/+6http://datacore.sciflicks.com/spaceballs/images/sp ...
- Asdfglpwglion, on 09/09/2008, -0/+4You're probably thinking of the Very Large Telescope. :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_Large_Telescope - MoneyTutor, on 09/09/2008, -1/+3I hope they can use this to help us become less dependent on oil.
- theOster, on 09/09/2008, -0/+2yeah, LASER tweezers
- CharlesDance, on 09/09/2008, -0/+2Little do they know that all it will do is make the universe hairier.
- unclecaveman, on 09/09/2008, -2/+3pew pew pew
- leerayIG88, on 09/09/2008, -0/+1But can it comb my hair? Maybe some how the lasers can make my hair nice?
- GorfTron, on 09/09/2008, -0/+1AND for measuring the acceleration of the universe... NOW how much would you pay? BUT WAIT, there's more! Act now and receive the amazing proton asshair clippers!
- CaptObvious, on 09/09/2008, -0/+1Dugg for 'laser'.
- kamaldasa2, on 09/09/2008, -0/+1I hear this one is better than the old Large Telescope.
- inactive, on 09/09/2008, -0/+1Spaceballs ftw ;)
- anon1001, on 09/09/2008, -2/+1I hear lasers are bad news.
- brodie7703, on 09/09/2008, -1/+0buried. an article concerning this exact same topic was posted two days ago, with the exact same quote from a PhD student from ESO
- Shruthi99, on 09/09/2008, -3/+1***** THE CRIA
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