Astronomy / Space NASA - Hubble snapped these mind-blowing pictures of Jupiter's extremely rare triple moon transit

[gregoreuo]

http://www.businessinsider.com/thre...ter-just-did-something-incredibly-rare-2015-2

 

[Iskariot]

Love it.
I hope we will see this in ED eventually.

 

[Almighty Bob]

It looks fantastic, great post I feel educated. I may take up this astrology lark

 

[Groowie]

It looks fantastic, great post I feel educated. I may take up this astrology lark

Isn't it astronomy? Not astrology?

 

[Patrick_68000]

Isn't it astronomy? Not astrology?

The astrology and the astronomy are intimately linked

 

[Aquamonkey]

Isn't it astronomy? Not astrology?

The astrology and the astronomy are intimately linked

Astrology was the precursor to astronomy and came about from meticulous observation of celestial phenomena. They were literally studying the stars, hence the name: "study of the stars" (like the other -ologies). And they were very good at this. The problem was that it held on to the mysticism and didn't adapt to new observations and theories. So when the true scientific discipline of astronomy came around, they wanted to separate themselves from the mysticism of astrology. But the better scientific name was already taken and instead used "astronomy" which means "law of the stars."

 

[Almighty Bob]

I hope you realise that I do know the difference and was attempting humour.

Aqua's answer raises a question. If NASA are doing astronomy, are FD doing astrology?

 

[Vasea Azure]

Thanks for posting this, really amazing.

 

[Groowie]

I hope you realise that I do know the difference and was attempting humour.

Aqua's answer raises a question. If NASA are doing astronomy, are FD doing astrology?

Ah, it's the internet. I get confused every now and then.