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Getting Ready To Map The (Visible) Universe

Posted by timothy on from the just-our-little-neighborhood-really dept.

phanki writes "The Arecibo Observatory is gearing up to map the universe soon. This article talks about the university getting a set of new radio recievers to complete the background work for the mapping process. So very soon we may have the map for the Andromeda !"

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  1. Wet trek! by AtariAmarok · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Someone actually remembers the old "Wet Trek" show, where the acting bar was so low that members of the Deloise family outshined everyone else in the show?

    Where Roy Scheider always had this tired "I got dragooned into this because of JAWS" look on his face?

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    Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
  2. Kinda OT, but please reply by Iron+Monkey543 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ok guys this is kinda OT, but I always wondered for a long time. Let's say you have a hollow sphere. THe inside of the sphere is lined with mirrors (basically, a mirror sphere turned inside out) Now what will happen if you flash a beam of light into that sphere? Let's say that you were able to flash that light through a small hole and then replace that hole back with a mirror. Will the light keep flashing back and forth to infinity?? If you were viewing from the inside without affecting the path of the light, would it be shiny all over the place? What will happen?!!!!