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[Bernard]

Re: Someone should check these things ...

Yes they should. Thorough testing is the backbone of good software engineering.

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

NASA RELEASES NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN IMAGE OF MYSTERIOUS OBJECT THAT ARRIVED FROM ANOTHER SOLAR SYSTEM
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...

[Bernard]

POLITE NOTICE

Spacebot is now on holiday. Normal service will be resumed shortly. He wishes all space lovers a Merry Christmas, and of course a Happy New Year.

/ENDS

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Aww! Merry Christmas Spacebot 😍

[Alexis]

That was a very short holiday indeed!

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

A giant star is acting strange, and astronomers are buzzing

https://relay.nationalgeographic.com/...

[Bernard]

Grasshopper wrote: "A giant star is acting strange, and astronomers are buzzing

https://relay.nationalgeographic.com/...-..."

Oh no, not Betelgeuse! It is one of my favourite stars. I will be sad if it disappears from iconic Orion.

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Of course the space bot would have favourites!

[Bernard]

Indeed! Welcome back GB from your period of overindulgence. Now we should adopt austerity measures.

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

🎅
You caught me out
Coulee n Panna cotta
Profiteroles n Moussaka
Back to nuts and bolts
N spicy oils
🤶

[Bernard]

They sound delicious! But what is coulee? Do you mean coolie?

[Ian]

As for the star dimming, don't hold your breath waiting for a spectacle. In the mid 19th century Eta Carinae got to be one of the brightest stars in the southern sky, then it dimmed, but it is still there. It is something like 10,000 light years away and is a supergiant, so it is more likely to blow, but it hasn't yet.

[Beatrice]

Bernard wrote: "They sound delicious! But what is coulee? Do you mean coolie?"

I think she meant coulis. They do sound delicious GB. Definitely better than nuts and bolts 😅
Just to make the space nerds salivate more, I'm munching on a chocolate Yule log as we speak😋

[Bernard]

Thanks Ian, I have now released my breath.

Thanks Beatrice, I am salivating in the Pavlovian manner.

[Beatrice]

That does ring a bell 😉

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Satellite constellations: Astronomers warn of threat to view of Universe
https://bbc.in/2MAXjEd

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

China's Huge Long March 5 Rocket Returns to Flight in Dazzling Nighttime Launch
https://www.space.com/china-long-marc...

[Bernard]

An overabundance of satellites?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-en...

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Today @Astro_Christina sets a record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, eclipsing the record of 288 days set by @AstroPeggy. #CongratsChristina on reaching new heights! https://t.co/tJSKp9JwbB https://t.co/ZIEPIsZ5SV

[Ian]

Bernard wrote: "An overabundance of satellites?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-en..."

Pollution of the skies :-(

[Bradley]

Nothing short of the Apocalypse for astronomers!

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Let it snow in SPACE: NASA's Spitzer telescope spots stunning image of 'cosmic snowflakes' behind thick dust in a section called the 'Christmas Tree Cluster'
https://trib.al/99Zxzgc

[Bradley]

Amazing

[Bernard]

Christmas Tree Cluster .... what a wonderful name!

[Sandra]

That really is something else

[Bernard]

Amazing images

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-en...

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

They truly are. Am especially impartial to the snowman 😍

[Bernard]

Indeed! My favourite is Eta Carinae. I must get a pair of ballooning lobes!

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

She is highly photogenic. But ballooning lobes???
Surely that would make one look like Walt Disney's Dumbo!

[Ian]

If the ballooning lobes merge, a bang to make most other bangs trivial.

[Bernard]

Grasshopper wrote: "She is highly photogenic. But ballooning lobes???
Surely that would make one look like Walt Disney's Dumbo!"

Dumbo is so cute! I would love to look like him.

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Ha,ha. Noooooo!
I shall not dare incur the wrath of PETA by employing pachyderms😁

[Alexis]

Bernard wrote: "Grasshopper wrote: "She is highly photogenic. But ballooning lobes???
Surely that would make one look like Walt Disney's Dumbo!"

Dumbo is so cute! I would love to look like him."
One ought to make wise resolutions on New Year's Eve Bernard 😉

[Bernard]

Indeed. Soon we say goodbye to this year, and also this decade.

[Alexis]

Very true. Hope you have a an action plan for tomorrow?

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

I'm sure everyone does.
Counting stars is a good idea for this group🤔🤩

[Bernard]

Grasshopper wrote: "I'm sure everyone does.
Counting stars is a good idea for this group🤔🤩"

It is. Here goes. One, two, three .... one zillion, one zillion and one ....

[Beatrice]

That's seriously funny

[Bernard]

Well, it makes a change from counting sheep.

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Are you trying to sleep before midnight???

[Ian]

Bernard wrote: "Well, it makes a change from counting sheep."

Talk about riveting endorsements

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

😁

[Bernard]

Ian wrote: "Bernard wrote: "Well, it makes a change from counting sheep."

Talk about riveting endorsements"

Ha ha! Seriously, I gave up sheep ages ago. I count all kinds of interesting things now.

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

2020 in Space! Astronauts Ring in New Year (and Decade) from Orbit
https://www.space.com/astronauts-cele...

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

International Space Station astronauts play with fire for research
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2...

[Bernard]

Indian space news

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia...

[Alexis]

They are persistent aren't they?

[Bernard]

Good news .... more meteors!

https://www.space.com/quadrantid-mete...

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Astronaut Got a Blood Clot in Space. Here's How Doctors on Earth
fixed it https://www.space.com/astronaut-suffe...

[Bernard]

Grasshopper wrote: "Astronaut Got a Blood Clot in Space. Here's How Doctors on Earth
fixed it https://www.space.com/astronaut-suffe..."

Amazing! But why cannot my Earth doctor cure my cold?