<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0"><channel><title>JoeUser Forums » RSS Feed » Astronomy Posts</title><link>https://feeds.feedburner.com/Stardock/JoeUser/forum/308</link><copyright>© 2006 - 2026 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright><description>Recent Posts In Astronomy</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 2:54:20 PM -0400</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 2:54:20 PM -0400</lastBuildDate><docs>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs><generator>Stardock Rss Generator v1.0</generator><managingEditor>info@stardock.com</managingEditor><webMaster>kwilas@stardock.com</webMaster><item><author>admiralWillyWilber</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/480398</comments><description><![CDATA[Technically we wouldn&#39;t be able to see a hole in space, or even so dense of matter no light can be reflected. Or can we Hawkins radiation. Can we prove this other than theory. Don&#39;t know. Other than infared light there is no other light coming from a black hole.  As a deffinition a black hole is a type of dead star that cannot emit light other than infared after it&#39;s pulsar dies out. A dark star which is a prelude to a black hole is a star so dense that cannot emit light. If a dark...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/480398</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/480398</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2016 7:36:14 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2016-11-07T07:36:14-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Can we actually see black holes, or do we have to wait.</title></item><item><author>admiralWillyWilber</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/478861</comments><description><![CDATA[First even though they said it wasn&#39;t likely, U can&#39;t figure why a rogue planet couldn&#39;t be covered in dry ice considering this happens on a much warmer mars. Assuming it was ejected from an early solar system. It would still has it water that wasn&#39;t evaporated in the late heavy bombardment. Through out gassing a lot of carbon dioxide gets released ie venus, or even earth. Now because of it being so cold all of the carbon would dioxide come back on the planet as snow or ice. Crea...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/478861</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/478861</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2016 2:21:24 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2016-07-30T14:21:24-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Rogue planets</title></item><item><author>survivalstory</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/399322</comments><description><![CDATA[  Scientists have discovered the existence of beating stars that echoe sounds like that of&nbsp;hammers. They also found that these stars give a kind of waves that create holes in everything they come across, even on the earth. Thus, they gave these stars two names; the first is that of a cosmic hammer for its hammer sound-like and the second name is that of the piercing star. Allah says in the Holy Qur&rsquo;an:    &nbsp;     "By the heaven and&nbsp; the knocker. And what will make you to k...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/399322</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/399322</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 7:45:34 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-10-22T07:45:34-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Cosmic hammers (the sounds of Pulsers)</title></item><item><author>SanChonino</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/151384</comments><description><![CDATA[        toothpastefordinner.com    ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/151384</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/151384</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 2:43:45 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-09-08T02:43:45-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Stephen Hawking's "space walk"</title></item><item><author>foreverserenity</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/343423</comments><description><![CDATA[ We were headed back from&nbsp;a family outing last evening when my son pointed out something strange in the sky.&nbsp; Because of the crazy drivers around me I didn't noticed until he asked me what that peculiar markings and bright fire-like trails were in the sky.&nbsp; We looked up at the sky and sure enough, there goes the Shuttle Challenger!     I reminded them that the Shuttle was supposed to lift off today but I had forgotten about it, and I hadn't realised that it would be so late in t...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/343423</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/343423</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 2:30:07 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2009-03-16T14:30:07-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Mommy, Look at the Sky!</title></item><item><author>Bahu Virupaksha</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/311210</comments><description><![CDATA[The great writer and Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison wrote once that "White skin notwithstanding, Clinton is our first black president. Blacker than any actual person could ever be elected in our childrens' lifetime". With this kind of endorsement, it is hard to fathom the fact that his wife hasd dropped to single digits as far as Arican-American vote is concerned.  The real reason for this fall is not hard to find. The highly negative campaign she ran against Obama made many believe that she...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/311210</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/311210</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 7:42:51 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-05-12T07:42:51-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Senator Barack Obana and the African-American vote</title></item><item><author>MasonM</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/300436</comments><description><![CDATA[Scientists at the University of Sydney have calculated that our galaxy is twice as thick at it's center as previously thought. Until now it was commonly thought that the galaxy is about 6,000 light years thick. The calculations of these scientists, using data easily obtained from the internet, find that's it's actually about 12,000 light years thick.  &nbsp;  &nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/300436</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/300436</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 1:19:17 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-02-20T13:19:17-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Our Galaxy Is Bigger Than We Thought</title></item><item><author>foreverserenity</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/174016</comments><description><![CDATA[   Almost!   It has been reported that a US spy satellite has fallen (and can't get up again-corny pun intended!) and is hurtling towards Earth!   Link    The rogue satellite will probably hit Earth sometime in February or March!  The report said that the satellite has lost power and propulsion and can not longer be controlled by the very people who put it out in space!    So, they don't know where it's going to land, that means it can land anywhere, even in your back yard!   They don't kn...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/174016</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/174016</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 7:29:16 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-01-28T07:29:16-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>The Sky is Falling, The Sky is Falling</title></item><item><author>foreverserenity</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/171108</comments><description><![CDATA[    We noticed how really bright the Moon was earlier tonight, (last night).  It was so bright we could see pretty clearly with our naked eyes (no telescope, though I wish we had one!) what appeared to be Mars!  My son told me it is going to be even brighter tomorrow night (tonight).     I did a search on the Internet and found the following link which gave great details!  Tomorrow day and night will be extra special!  At 6am and 6pm!  Check out the link!    Link      ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/171108</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/171108</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 9:59:54 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-12-24T09:59:54-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Have you seen how bright the Moon is?</title></item><item><author>OckhamsRazor</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/164589</comments><description><![CDATA[   As a child, I sat in stunned silence in front of the television as Neal Armstrong set foot on the only non-terrestrial object man has ever visited; the Moon.  Later, in my teen years, I would walk down the street to an open area (our home was surrounded with pine trees) to lay on the ground and look up at the stars.  It is my love of the universe that prompted me to contact an organization that encourages our children to look up.  And not just to look up, but to encourage those that might b...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/164589</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/164589</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 9:28:59 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-10-10T09:28:59-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Federation of Galaxy Explorers - Please Read</title></item><item><author>foreverserenity</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/153118</comments><description><![CDATA[   If you're a Trekkie, hope I spelt that right, I'm obviously not one or I would know how to spell the word, you will know who Scotty is. Or at least if you were a big fan of the Star Trek series, like I was, you do know who was Chief Engineer, Montgomery Scott.   Actor James Doohan died in 2005 (it seems like only "yesterday"!) and some of his cremains were deposited into a tube and placed into a rocket, along with other people's cremains; I think the article said a total of about 200 crema...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/153118</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/153118</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 1:42:21 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-07-11T13:42:21-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Scotty's Cremains Beamed Back to Earth</title></item><item><author>Poison5</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/151136</comments><description><![CDATA[   This was a most interesting video to watch, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.          ">Link      ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/151136</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/151136</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 5:12:48 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-04-25T17:12:48-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Hubble Deep Field: The Most Imp. Image Ever Taken</title></item><item><author>OckhamsRazor</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/131934</comments><description><![CDATA[   In Napoli, Italy, garbage is burned.  And aside from the smoke that puts into the air, it is common for sand to blow up into the air from Africa, travel over here, and rain dirt on to our cars.  Suffice it to say that the atmosphere is less than spectacular here.  They say that just living in Napoli is like smoking a half pack of cigarettes a day.  Last week we had a lot of rain, and I look forward to that because it serves to clear the air.    I have this little porch like place that's o...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/131934</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/131934</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2006 4:33:15 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2006-10-14T16:33:15-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Everywhere Stars</title></item><item><author>pratibhawarale</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/132704</comments><description><![CDATA[   If you have any information about astronomy in marathi then click on following  word. Avakashvedh Link    ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/132704</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/132704</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2006 2:25:43 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2006-10-07T02:25:43-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Wel Come</title></item><item><author>Evorg</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/82939</comments><description><![CDATA[   Once again it’s time for the annual Northern Hemisphere Perseid Meteor Shower. The shower will peak on Friday morning, August 12th between 0200 and daybreak. Look East to North East in the constellation Perseus. Mars can also be viewed in the neighboring constellation Aries at the same time.  The Perseid Meteor Shower originates from the tail of the comet Swift – Tuttle. The comet has long since gone from the solar system; debris from the comet’s tail still intersects Earth once a year. Tra...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/82939</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/82939</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2006 8:32:15 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2006-03-06T08:32:15-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Perseid Meteor Shower</title></item><item><author>XX</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/100479</comments><description><![CDATA[   Apparently, it wasn't enough to try to suppress evolution with anti-science of creationism. George Deutsch tried to use the same tactics with Big Bang, one of more proved space-related theory.   What's wrong with this picture? Advanced science is what is keeping America ahead of other counties.   There is one precedent I know of: Stalin of Russian. He had a offhand comment that genetics wasn't important. Russian got behind on medicine and genetics that took them decades to catch up. They ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/100479</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/100479</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2006 8:03:00 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2006-02-25T08:03:00-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Anti-Science is a spreading disease. NASA got sick.</title></item><item><author>The Way</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/99936</comments><description><![CDATA[    Update: No response from NASA was received. Mr. Deutsch has been been fired ( well, technically he resigned ). There is no indication that it had anything to do with my letter, but perhaps it had some effect. Overwhelmingly though, it probably was due to the fact that NASA found out that Mr. Deutsch didn't actually hold a college degree. I hope if he goes back to school, he takes some more science classes!    Recently there has been some controversy surrounding a young man named George De...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/99936</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/99936</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2006 1:36:51 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2006-02-05T01:36:51-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Controversy Over Public Affairs Officer at NASA</title></item><item><author>foreverserenity</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/91759</comments><description><![CDATA[   Gone, kaput, pulled!  Pluto is no longer a part of the Solar System!  Are they nuts?!  That’s what I heard recently while listening to the news on the television.  (I was too busy to sit and watch so I listened instead)  I grew up reciting the names of the planets in the Solar System, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Neptune, Uranus, Pluto…[I’m missing two I know], during my Primary School (Elementary in the US) years they had to be recited in order of discovery too, but not for this blog!...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/91759</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/91759</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2005 2:13:33 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2005-11-10T14:13:33-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Pluto is Gone!</title></item><item><author>singrdave</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/90546</comments><description><![CDATA[   Upon the discovery of several new planets within our own solar system, astronomers are rethinking their criteria for planets. Among the new planets for consideration are such extraterrestrial bodies as Xena, Sedna, and Quarog (I hope I spelled that right).  Xena's discovery has prompted the International Astronomical Union to reconsider its definition of a planet. Currently it considers both Pluto and Xena to be trans-Neptunian objects, and says that until it has drawn up its new definition...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/90546</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/90546</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2005 7:11:42 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2005-11-05T06:11:42-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Downgrading the Planets</title></item><item><author>singrdave</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/90545</comments><description><![CDATA[  Upon the discovery of several new planets within our own solar system, astronomers are rethinking their criteria for planets.  Among the new planets for consideration are such extraterrestrial bodies as Xena, Sedna  Link , and Quarog (I hope I spelled that right).   Xena's discovery has prompted the International Astronomical Union to reconsider its definition of a planet. Currently it considers both Pluto and Xena to be trans-Neptunian objects, and says that until it has drawn up its new de...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/90545</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/90545</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2005 5:00:58 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2005-10-27T17:00:58-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Downgrading the Planets</title></item><item><author>Sam Edney</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/85821</comments><description><![CDATA[   Heard this from my younger sis a while ago. Never forgotten it!  "My very easy memory jingle, so useful naming planets"   M y (Mercury)  V ery (Venus)  E asy (Earth)  M emory (Mars)  J ingle (Jupiter)  S o  (Saturn)  U seful (Uranus)  N aming (Neptune)  P lanets (Pluto)    ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/85821</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/85821</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2005 9:36:04 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2005-09-06T21:36:04-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>The easy way to remember the order of planets!</title></item><item><author>bigrickstallion</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/83010</comments><description><![CDATA[   One of the things i do like about America is NASA.   Its a remarkable institution that has achieved many incredible feats which largely go without the acknowledgement they deserve. My time tomorrow a bunch of their best and brightest are set to return to the loving arms of their friends and families. With the typically sensationalist press and all the new cameras and views that have been available on this flight, one could be forgiven for thinking they are in some grave peril for doing so....]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/83010</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/83010</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2005 2:54:37 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2005-08-07T02:54:37-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>God Speed</title></item></channel></rss>