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[–] superkret@feddit.org 64 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Is there anything astronomers can't find out from a couple of pixels?

[–] spaghetti_hitchens@kbin.run 53 points 4 months ago (2 children)

They're still trying to find a computer capable of measuring the mass of your mom

[–] hanke@feddit.nu 10 points 4 months ago

Uncalled for but 10/10 execution

[–] Iapar@feddit.org 7 points 4 months ago
[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's like, their whole life, it sounds like.

Geologists stare at rock formations, astronomers stare at fuzzy pixels. In both cases they study crazy things from deep time, but in a way that would slowly drive me mad.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 6 points 4 months ago

You can tell a lot from how a CMOS or CCD picks up a couple photons