closer to the cosmos

[16:02:24] {ormus} i have an article out of popsci i plan on giving you, nule
[16:02:29] {ormus} about next-gen telescopes
[16:02:39] {ormus} unreal, man
[16:02:55] {nule} like research class scopes?
[16:03:10] {ormus} yes
[16:03:32] {ormus} like hubble^10^3
[16:03:48] {nule} ah
[16:03:55] {ormus} i found the article fascinating
[16:04:09] {nule} yeah
[16:04:20] {ormus} “they” say with hubble’s successor they should be able to see to the edge of the universe
[16:04:28] {ormus} or, rather, the light from the most distant galaxy
[16:04:57] {ormus} the scope can detect a galaxy emitting only a few photons an hour
[16:05:08] {nule} i’d be happy with something that could pick up planets from other stars
[16:05:10] {ormus} don’t get me started…anyway, i’ll pass it on to you, eventually
[16:05:12] {ormus} ah
[16:05:17] {ormus} they address that, too
[16:05:20] {ormus} different scope, though
[16:05:27] {ormus} the first one i was talking about is IR
[16:05:38] {ormus} it’ll orbit LaGrange 2, about a million miles from earth
[16:05:44] {ormus} to get it away from the heat
[16:05:45] {nule} nice
[16:05:50] {ormus} another one will be a planet spotter
[16:06:00] {ormus} ground-basd
[16:06:02] {ormus} *based
[16:06:27] {ormus} all these in the next 4-8 years, too, for the most part
[16:07:08] {ormus} one will be buried in artic ice, looking for high energy neutrinos
[16:07:09] {nule} that’s cool
[16:07:11] {ormus} pretty wild…
[16:07:18] {ormus} so did you have a good weekend?
[16:07:23] {nule} it was aiight
[16:07:32] {ormus} mine was very relaxing