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Eerie Skyglow Called 'Steve' Isn't an Aurora, Is 'Completely Unknown' to Science

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Re: Eerie Skyglow Called 'Steve' Isn't an Aurora, Is 'Completely Unknown' to Science

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Post by AstralStorm »

pietroglyph wrote: post #10

> "To photographers and stargazers in northern climes, Steve has been a familiar night phenomenon for decades. But the mysterious ribbons of light only entered the scientific literature for the first time earlier this year" It's so exciting to realize how little we really know . Think about how many fantastic unexplained things there must be in the universe if we haven't even finished understanding the ones right und…

So many fantastic things you won't get to research or even see because you're working half your life for someone or something.

Re: Eerie Skyglow Called 'Steve' Isn't an Aurora, Is 'Completely Unknown' to Science

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Post by Toenex »

_2d30 wrote: post #19
clort wrote: post #16

I'm a bit surprised that no attempt was mentioned to determine which direction its coming from? A beam, 16 miles wide.. of course its trite, but could be exhaust from starships decelerating into the solar system, or residue from a solar flare perhaps?

It's probably exhaust from starships.

"I just don't get it Mork, why don't the earthlings reply? Our messages couldn't be clearer."

Re: Eerie Skyglow Called 'Steve' Isn't an Aurora, Is 'Completely Unknown' to Science

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Post by bitL »

Alright, so for decades Steve was called aurora as well, possibly for ages by natives observing it; yet now scientists decided to slap another sticker on it as the original scientific aurora explanation doesn't fit this class of what was traditionally called aurora as well; and we ended up with 'Steve'...

Re: Eerie Skyglow Called 'Steve' Isn't an Aurora, Is 'Completely Unknown' to Science

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Post by throwaway76543 »

AstralStorm wrote: post #21
pietroglyph wrote: post #10

> "To photographers and stargazers in northern climes, Steve has been a familiar night phenomenon for decades. But the mysterious ribbons of light only entered the scientific literature for the first time earlier this year" It's so exciting to realize how little we really know . Think about how many fantastic unexplained things there must be in the universe if we haven't even finished understanding the ones right und…

So many fantastic things you won't get to research or even see because you're working half your life for someone or something.

On the other hand, without all this working for others we wouldn't have a system which lets us spend that other half of our lives seeing the things we do get to see.

It's a net win overall.

Re: Eerie Skyglow Called 'Steve' Isn't an Aurora, Is 'Completely Unknown' to Science

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Post by anonytrary »

bitL wrote: post #23

Alright, so for decades Steve was called aurora as well, possibly for ages by natives observing it; yet now scientists decided to slap another sticker on it as the original scientific aurora explanation doesn't fit this class of what was traditionally called aurora as well; and we ended up with 'Steve'...

"Quark" and all of its generations[0] have unusual names as well. If STEVE actually is a new phenomenon, then eventually the name will stop sounding weird. The acronymization of the name also helps.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark#Etymology

Re: Eerie Skyglow Called 'Steve' Isn't an Aurora, Is 'Completely Unknown' to Science

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Post by sametmax »

pietroglyph wrote: post #10

> "To photographers and stargazers in northern climes, Steve has been a familiar night phenomenon for decades. But the mysterious ribbons of light only entered the scientific literature for the first time earlier this year" It's so exciting to realize how little we really know . Think about how many fantastic unexplained things there must be in the universe if we haven't even finished understanding the ones right und…

Even things we do understand and that we have documented are underused.

Let's take a few examples.

I had Malaria 10 years ago. Well, did you know Atovaquone-Proguanil (e.g: Malarone) can not only prevent Malaria, but also __cure__ it, killing the plasmodium in the liver?

Still, most people, including a lot of doctors, think you can't cure Malaria and you have to live with it for life.

The first documented death related to asbestos was in 1906, yet it was only banned a century later (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos).

WHO declared in 2015 that processed meat was now classified as carcinogenic to humans. The information is publically available on their website (http://www.who.int/features/qa/cancer-red-meat/en/), but who knows about it ?

So not only our understanding of the universe is very limited, but also, our ability to propagate (https://xkcd.com/1053/ :)) and use said understanding is even more limited.

Re: Eerie Skyglow Called 'Steve' Isn't an Aurora, Is 'Completely Unknown' to Science

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Post by Sharlin »

sametmax wrote: post #26
pietroglyph wrote: post #10

> "To photographers and stargazers in northern climes, Steve has been a familiar night phenomenon for decades. But the mysterious ribbons of light only entered the scientific literature for the first time earlier this year" It's so exciting to realize how little we really know . Think about how many fantastic unexplained things there must be in the universe if we haven't even finished understanding the ones right und…

Even things we do understand and that we have documented are underused. Let's take a few examples. I had Malaria 10 years ago. Well, did you know Atovaquone-Proguanil (e.g: Malarone) can not only prevent Malaria, but also __cure__ it, killing the plasmodium in the liver? Still, most people, including a lot of doctors, think you can't cure Malaria and you have to live with it for life. The first documented death relat…

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!"

—Upton Sinclair

Re: Eerie Skyglow Called 'Steve' Isn't an Aurora, Is 'Completely Unknown' to Science

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Post by some_account »

pietroglyph wrote: post #10

> "To photographers and stargazers in northern climes, Steve has been a familiar night phenomenon for decades. But the mysterious ribbons of light only entered the scientific literature for the first time earlier this year" It's so exciting to realize how little we really know . Think about how many fantastic unexplained things there must be in the universe if we haven't even finished understanding the ones right und…

There is a lot of "explained" things that are very wrong as well, it's just that scientists pick the "most likely" explanation since they have to.

Re: Eerie Skyglow Called 'Steve' Isn't an Aurora, Is 'Completely Unknown' to Science

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Post by ljcn »

sametmax wrote: post #26
pietroglyph wrote: post #10

> "To photographers and stargazers in northern climes, Steve has been a familiar night phenomenon for decades. But the mysterious ribbons of light only entered the scientific literature for the first time earlier this year" It's so exciting to realize how little we really know . Think about how many fantastic unexplained things there must be in the universe if we haven't even finished understanding the ones right und…

Even things we do understand and that we have documented are underused. Let's take a few examples. I had Malaria 10 years ago. Well, did you know Atovaquone-Proguanil (e.g: Malarone) can not only prevent Malaria, but also __cure__ it, killing the plasmodium in the liver? Still, most people, including a lot of doctors, think you can't cure Malaria and you have to live with it for life. The first documented death relat…

> The first documented death related to asbestos was in 1906, yet it was only banned a century later

Incredibly it's still not generally banned in the USA; only a small list of products are banned by the EPA federally.[0] It was increasingly banned in Europe from the mid 1980s, and totally banned throughout the EU in 2005.[1]

[0] https://www.epa.gov/asbestos/us-federal-bans-asbestos [1] https://cordis.europa.eu/news/rcn/13445_en.html

> but who knows about it ?

That was big news in Europe, e.g. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34615621

Re: Eerie Skyglow Called 'Steve' Isn't an Aurora, Is 'Completely Unknown' to Science

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Post by aedron »

bitL wrote: post #23

Alright, so for decades Steve was called aurora as well, possibly for ages by natives observing it; yet now scientists decided to slap another sticker on it as the original scientific aurora explanation doesn't fit this class of what was traditionally called aurora as well; and we ended up with 'Steve'...

Pretty sure the name is from the movie Over the Hedge [1].

[1] https://youtu.be/amwaFNZYUUY

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