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Since meteors by their very definition do fall, I'll have to go with Neil on this one. A perspective illusion of a "rise," a perspective that occurs seldom anyway, doesn't indicate or give substance to an actual rise.
I don't want to foray into a Hot Topics thing, but the "science proves the bible" video is absurd, and I'll forego the points and leave it at that.
So back to topic. Watchers of the original Cosmos may remember this, but back about 200 BC, a guy by the name of Eratosthenes not only saw the earth as round but actually measured it, using math and the deflection of shadows from two sticks a known distance apart. Not only that, he was basically accurate - he just didn't know that the earth had a bulge in the middle (much like me). If not for that, he would've been spot on.
He also accurately measured the earth's axial tilt. Before telescopes, before any vestige of modern astronomy. Remarkable scientist.
I don't want to foray into a Hot Topics thing, but the "science proves the bible" video is absurd, and I'll forego the points and leave it at that.
So back to topic. Watchers of the original Cosmos may remember this, but back about 200 BC, a guy by the name of Eratosthenes not only saw the earth as round but actually measured it, using math and the deflection of shadows from two sticks a known distance apart. Not only that, he was basically accurate - he just didn't know that the earth had a bulge in the middle (much like me). If not for that, he would've been spot on.
He also accurately measured the earth's axial tilt. Before telescopes, before any vestige of modern astronomy. Remarkable scientist.
Since meteors by their very definition do fall, I'll have to go with Neil on this one. A perspective illusion of a "rise," a perspective that occurs seldom anyway, doesn't indicate or give substance to an actual rise.
I don't want to foray into a Hot Topics thing, but the "science proves the bible" video is absurd, and I'll forego the points and leave it at that.
So back to topic. Watchers of the original Cosmos may remember this, but back about 200 BC, a guy by the name of Eratosthenes not only saw the earth as round but actually measured it, using math and the deflection of shadows from two sticks a known distance apart. Not only that, he was basically accurate - he just didn't know that the earth had a bulge in the middle (much like me). If not for that, he would've been spot on.
He also accurately measured the earth's axial tilt. Before telescopes, before any vestige of modern astronomy. Remarkable scientist.
i remember that episode with Sagan. Man, I miss that show.
But only 37% of the time according to the latest droll
This is a high-speed photograph of a water drop refraction.
Introducing the Pentaquark
New Particle Discovered At The Large Hadron Collider
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