Recent content by sjastro

I'm not a fan of AI giving complex mathematical and scientific descriptions but ChatGPT-3 gave a surprisingly good simplified explanation of the antipodal impact hypothesis.

As an astrophotographer Elon Musk's satellites for their sheer numbers are a pestilence which frequently ruin wide angle images. Professional astronomers share the same opinion. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-27/square-kilometre-array-wa-to-face-satellite-noise-interference/103830954

An explanation of the wave terminology in post 1. Action of P and S waves.

I suppose one advantage of a flat earth anti-podians are not even a threat.

This is a hypothesis and probably fits more into the ‘Non-Mainstream Science and Controversial Science’ forum but given some of the outrageous threads there this is far more mainstream like by comparison. First of all some preliminaries, when a seismic event occurs such as an earthquake seismic...

I'm surprised there are individuals who think their lack of knowledge and understanding is a standard that everyone else (including scientists) adheres to. The subject of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis has made accurate predictions to the relative abundances of primordial hydrogen and helium in the...

Your Moon light - the word of God vs falsely so called science post is noise employing word games and denials while the number of separate responses to my post which amounts to 12 is a clear indication of Gish gallop tactics a method historically favoured by creationists. I am going to focus on...

The issue is about separation or more precisely the division of day and night on days 1 and 4 of creation according to Genesis 1:4-5 and Genesis 1:14-16 respectively. In order to avoid the contradiction day and night could not be divided on day 4 because it was already divided on day 1, you...

A literal interpretation of the Bible is to read the Bible exactly as it is. In Genesis 1:4-5 day and night were separated on day 1 of creation while in Genesis 1:14-16 it was on day 4 which is a contradiction, similarly in Genesis 1 plants were created on day 3 and humans on day 6 whereas in...

As I stated in the context of this thread and others interpretation of the Bible is based on bias, furthermore as mentioned previously a literal interpretation of the Bible exposes contradictions. What methods are they? What would they be?

An example of citizen science at work, helping in the preservation of an Australian icon. Jackson has done more than 70 koala surveys over three years. He's only found five koalas

When I moved to my rural property in Australia nearly 25 years ago I noticed a species of needlegrass began to proliferate in early November as temperatures began to increase; this signalled the start of the fire season and the legal requirement for land clearing began. Now the needlegrass...

As this thread and others have shown interpretation is based on reading one's bias into the Bible. The Bible cannot be used to contradict science while the opposite can be true where the Bible presents a historical account which can be attested or not through archaeology. Geneses is not a...

Here images of the Moon at various wavelengths. Radio: Made using NRAO’s 140-ft telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia. Blues and greens represent colder areas of the moon and reds are warmer regions. The left half of Moon was facing the Sun at the time of the observation. The sunlit Moon...

Lets get some further science into this thread. The moon reflects sunlight in the visible spectrum but solar radiation also warms the surface of the moon, the surface cools at night and radiates energy back into space in the form of infrared radiation. So technically speaking the moon does...