NASA Creates an Alien's Eye View of Solar System

Posted by timothy on Saturday September 25, 2010 @09:03PM from the buncha-showoffs dept.

Flash Modin writes "Using the Discover supercomputer — which is capable of 67 trillion calculations per second — astronomers at NASA Goddard have created a series of images of what our solar system would look like to an alien astronomer at various points in time. Their simulations track the interactions of 75,000 dust grains in the Kuiper Belt, and show that while the planets would be too dim to detect directly, aliens could deduce the presence of Neptune from its effects on the icy region. Strikingly, the images resemble one taken by Hubble of the star Fomalhaut. NASA has put out a cute video to go with the announcement as well."

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One thing that can't be seen from NASA Goddard by Anonymous Coward · 2010-09-25 21:03 · Score: -1, Troll

How unconstitutional NASA is.
1. Re:One thing that can't be seen from NASA Goddard by GodfatherofSoul · 2010-09-26 05:39 · Score: -1, Troll
  
  Since some people think the Constitution is only composed of the last half of the 2nd amendment, you would be correct in their eyes.
  
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  I swear to God...I swear to God! That is NOT how you treat your human!
A waste of money by Anonymous Coward · 2010-09-26 00:10 · Score: -1, Troll

What a waste of money. NASA should be shut down and the money given to Goldman Sacks to help recover the economy.