NASA’s proposed budget for next year shows a proposed $1 billion cut. It may have to shut down the Chandra X-Ray telescope, one of the 4 great space telescopes launched in the ’90s and which have revolutionized our understanding of the universe.
If I were to start to make a list of the things that I don’t understand about the universe, that list too would expand at a rate that is proportional to its length. (Great art work on the space telescopes today, BTW!)
I cannot believe I am reading about the Hubble Tension – The Crisis in Cosmology in a comic. I love it but I just can’t believe it. Oh, and BTW Dr. Wendy Freedman presented a paper a couple of weeks ago at the American Physical Society meeting claiming she and her group using data from JWST have solved this problem.
If you are interested in bringing space a little closer, try a Seestar S50 smart telescope. It allows deep space imaging from your back yard (or front) for a relatively low cost in actual money and invested time. Five minutes from setup and I had a very passible image of the Orion Nebula. It’s something I only imagined when I took my first astronomy course 40 years ago.
“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.”
Congrats to Jimmy Johnson on absolutely nailing the science. Btw, there are almost exactly the same number of light years in a parsec as there are feet in a meter.
AnneFackler 7 months ago
As a child of the universe, I feel misunderstood sometimes.
unfair.de 7 months ago
To understand the Universe – what an undertaking. I still struggle with understanding myself and my existence right here and now.
charliefarmrhere 7 months ago
What if our expanding Universe bumps into another expanding Universe?
Robin Harwood 7 months ago
I have not misunderstood the universe. I have never imagined I understood it at all.
Jason Allen 7 months ago
Meanwhile, we still have people who don’t know they’re not supposed to look directly at the sun at any time, let alone an eclipse.
Dirty Dragon 7 months ago
W-h-a-t d-o y-o-u g-e-t i-f y-o-u m-u-l-t-i-p-l-y s-i-x b-y n-i-n-e ?
“I always thought something was fundamentally wrong with the universe.”
admiree2 7 months ago
It still seems like less of a problem to me than all the ones we now have with the Blue Marble Hotel.
Priority spending anyone?
nosirrom 7 months ago
It would seem that the Hubble Constant isn’t.
JessieRandySmithJr. 7 months ago
Huh?
mourdac Premium Member 7 months ago
NASA’s proposed budget for next year shows a proposed $1 billion cut. It may have to shut down the Chandra X-Ray telescope, one of the 4 great space telescopes launched in the ’90s and which have revolutionized our understanding of the universe.
ddjg 7 months ago
I agree, Arlo: Mea culpa . .
e.groves 7 months ago
Did we get our ten billion dollars worth yet?
donut reply 7 months ago
So we may never reach other solar systems. They keep moving away.
Ignatz Premium Member 7 months ago
Ok, now that I know the universe is expanding at 74 kilometers per second per megaparsec, what am I supposed to do with that?
Lomax9er7 7 months ago
I thought the expansion was from something I ate…
jarvisloop 7 months ago
Kind of hard to accept much of anything as settled science, isn’t it?
Man of the Woods 7 months ago
Our Universe could be like a bubble bath, just another bubble in who knows what.
Egrayjames 7 months ago
Monty Python’s Expanding Universe Song……Do a google search of that for the Galaxy song and enjoy.
Out of the Past 7 months ago
That’s what they want you to believe. It’s really 73 kilometers. Did you really think they would tell you the truth?
TheBigPickle 7 months ago
Science is never settled. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
Kidon Ha-Shomer 7 months ago
Trust The Doctor entropy increases.
Skeptical Meg 7 months ago
If you really want to relate, try reading about quantum mechanics.
atomicdog 7 months ago
“If there’s nothing wrong with me, there must be something wrong with the universe.” Beverly Crusher, Star Trek: The Next Generation
She was right.
royq27 7 months ago
It is a Universal truth that I need to take my expanding garbage to the dump today…
wschott 7 months ago
Did Jimmy just want to show off his space telescope satellite drawings?
daisypekin01 7 months ago
boyhowdy, I’ll say you have!
ChessPirate 7 months ago
Meh. It just means that when they build their Space Drive, they’ll have to make sure it can go faster than 74, instead of 68… ☄️
seismic-2 Premium Member 7 months ago
If I were to start to make a list of the things that I don’t understand about the universe, that list too would expand at a rate that is proportional to its length. (Great art work on the space telescopes today, BTW!)
david_42 7 months ago
The most exciting words in Science, “That’s weird?”
assrdood 7 months ago
@JJ Good one today!
GATORx81 7 months ago
How can something that has no boundaries expand?
Flossie Mud Duck 7 months ago
HaHaHa I’m with you, Arlo.
klapre 7 months ago
I cannot believe I am reading about the Hubble Tension – The Crisis in Cosmology in a comic. I love it but I just can’t believe it. Oh, and BTW Dr. Wendy Freedman presented a paper a couple of weeks ago at the American Physical Society meeting claiming she and her group using data from JWST have solved this problem.
jski14 7 months ago
Expanding into what?
david_reaves Premium Member 7 months ago
If you are interested in bringing space a little closer, try a Seestar S50 smart telescope. It allows deep space imaging from your back yard (or front) for a relatively low cost in actual money and invested time. Five minutes from setup and I had a very passible image of the Orion Nebula. It’s something I only imagined when I took my first astronomy course 40 years ago.
kennnyp 7 months ago
now my head hurts…. lol
raybarb44 7 months ago
As can we all…..
sjsczurek 7 months ago
Just pray that there’s intelligent life somewhere up in space ‘cause there’s bugerall down here on Earth.
Teto85 Premium Member 7 months ago
“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.”
Douglas Adams.
Teto85 Premium Member 7 months ago
R.I.P. Trina Robbins.
KEA 7 months ago
Best thing about science? …it’s self-correcting. When better data presents itself we’re not averse to changing our views.
petermerck 7 months ago
Expanding into the void. They never explain why there is a void.
mountainclimber 7 months ago
Sorry, but 74 kilometers per second per megaparsec is not a speed (i.e., velocity). This quantity has the dimensions of an inverse time.
mistercatworks 7 months ago
Astronomy is a continually evolving science. That’s what makes it a science and not a religion.
locake 7 months ago
We are not anywhere near to understanding the universe.
DaBump Premium Member 7 months ago
There’s much else that doesn’t make a lot of sense or that we know something about but we know we don’t know much about it!
chireef 7 months ago
this just proves that the universe is a woman … i will never understand them but would not want to live anywhere else
ginaloo2 Premium Member 7 months ago
Our cartoonist really has such a depth and breadth of knowledge and a boundless amount of curiosity. I am impressed.
Mark Foskey Premium Member 7 months ago
Congrats to Jimmy Johnson on absolutely nailing the science. Btw, there are almost exactly the same number of light years in a parsec as there are feet in a meter.