Olympian1010 7,418 Posted September 16, 2020 #411 Share Posted September 16, 2020 The Milky Way Galaxy was first measured at the Mt. Wilson Observatory. Our position in the Milky Way Galaxy was also calculated using data from observations at Mt. Wilson. Edwin Hubble discovered other galaxies besides our own at Mt. Wilson. Data collected at Mt. Wilson also helped lead to the formation of the Big Bang Theory. Mt. Wilson Observatory is now endanger of burning down in one of the massive California wildfires. “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,418 Posted September 20, 2020 #412 Share Posted September 20, 2020 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 776 Posted October 6, 2020 #413 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Yesterday the first Nobel prizes were awarded: Medicine: Harvey J. Alter (USA), Michael Houghton (UK) and Charles M. Rice (USA) for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus Physics: Roger (UK) for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity; Reinhard Genzel (Germany) and Andrea Ghez (USA) for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy Tomorrow at 11:45 CEST the prize for chemistry will be awarded, on Thursday at 13:00 CEST the prize for literature will be awarded, on Friday at 11:00 CEST the peace prize will be awarded and next Monday at 11:45 CEST the prize for economic sciences will be awarded. First edit (7 October): The prize in chemistry was awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier (France) and Jennifer A. Doudna (USA) „for the development of a method for genome editing“. I can only recommend to everyone to learn about CRISPR/Cas9 (there are a lot of good introductions on YouTube), since this is probably one of the most groundbreaking „discoveries“ during our lifetime with many practical applications (already). Some of the more famous authors who are favorites for the prize in literature (awarded tomorrow) are Haruki Murakami, Margaret Atwood, Ngugi Wa Thiong‘o, Don DeLillo and Cormac McCarthy. The committee has a history of ignoring „popular“ choices, so there might be a good chance for France (Maryse Condé) to win another prize. Toni Morrison in 1993 was the last black writer to win the prize. The last black african writer to win the prize was Wole Soyinka (Nigeria) in 1986. Second edit (11 October): The Nobel prize in literature was awarded to American poet Louise Glück „for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal“. Funnily enough „Glück“ is the german word for luck ... On friday the Nobel peace prize was awarded to the World Food Programme „for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict“. Tomorrow the prize in economic sciences will be awarded. The following scientists are among the favorites: Nobuhiro Kiyotaki, Andrei Shleifer, David Card, Ross Levine, Richard Blundell, Joshua Angrist, Avinash Dixit, David Autor, Sanford J. Grossman, John Hardman Moore and Drew Fudenberg Olympian1010 1 Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,418 Posted October 26, 2020 #414 Share Posted October 26, 2020 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,499 Posted December 3, 2020 #415 Share Posted December 3, 2020 RIP to one of the world's major scientific instruments of the past half century https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55147973 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,499 Posted December 9, 2020 #416 Share Posted December 9, 2020 SpaceX just succesfully performed a 12,5km test flight of Starship SN8, a new milestone in their incredible development. The thing exploded rather violently on landing, but that is not at all surprising and absolutely not an indication of a failed test - it was a first of this kind, the flight and move went very well and the data will be invaluable. What a show Go to 1:47 hours for the flight (the first attempt was stopped). If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,418 Posted February 1, 2021 #417 Share Posted February 1, 2021 heywoodu 1 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yannakis 344 Posted February 18, 2021 #418 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,672 Posted February 19, 2021 #419 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Meanwhile on Mars Olympian1010 and Yannakis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yannakis 344 Posted February 21, 2021 #420 Share Posted February 21, 2021 The first-ever video of a spacecraft landing on Mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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