General [intelligent] discussion.

[Science Infinity]

Well, first of all, the planets(Mercury through Pluto) will align. One would assume that this wouldn't do harm but supposedly so in mythology. Actually, because of this, the magnetic fields of the planets will shift and the protection from the Sun will be different, changing the environment, and thus rendering us unable to survive. Note that the alignment of all 9 planets only occurs once in 73 million years. Also, Earth and the solar system will meet the galactic plane and be at exactly half way through the orbit around the galaxy. Note that a full revolution of the solar system around the Galaxy takes 225 million years. And another is about the famous Nib(u/i)ru(don't quite know how to spell that). People believe that Nibiru, an apparent planet, will collide with Earth. No one really knows much about Nibiru so the theory only states that it shall collide with Earth and apocalypse shall be upon us. With all the theories, people say this "Wandering planet" (which is a stupid name because planet is derived from the greek planetos meaning wanderers anyway.) is a planet like Earth, others that it's the asteroid that supposedly collided with Earth 65 million years ago. But my grandma got me a book(which has yet to arrive) about someone who says that Nibiru was a planet with aliens that were the "gods" the Egyptians and that one Pyramid, I believe Cheops, is pointed at a 52 degree angle, different from others. She said that it says that the pyramids weren't supposed to be tombs originally but instead a way for egyptians to s=transport to Nibiru when it was close. It makes no sense to me however because she said Nibiru nears earth every 3600 years, but I believe it must take longer.  

[Wind Spirit22]

Thanks. Those are very interesting theories. Have you ever seen the movie Star Gate? That last theory reminded me of it, and it's very good. But I digress. Again, very interesting theories, thanks for sharing them. Didn't know that one about Nibiru.  

[Science Infinity]

((LIVE FORUM, LIVE!!!))

Well, not to change the subject but since this is dying and I'm the one to save it, I wanted to talk about a SCIENCE!!! book. Actually, it's a series, and a goo one too. In my opinion, it's better than The Series Of Unfortunate Events. What it's about mainly is space/time and other cool SCIENCE!!! things(too lazy to give detail right now...). If you have a question, post it here. There are 5 books. The author's name is Madeleine L'Engle. Read the books because SCIENCE!!! Rocks Sox!!!(that's my official, trade marked motto, by the way)  

[Wind Spirit22]

Well, you certainly have my attention. (Certified Bibliophile). Mind putting up the blurb of the first one? Also, If you're looking for a good science fiction read, try Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card. That book is teh shizzy! Card is also an acomplished fantasy writer too, read his works, all of them!  

[The Azure Quincy]

Oooh, I love fantasy books... but I haven't read one in a looonnnnggg time. Actually, I'm working on one but I'm barely making any progress...
Anywho...  

[Wind Spirit22]

OHEMGEE! Me too! Well, I'm trying to start at least. Have been for a few years. I never really take it seriously though, so all I have are a bunch of ideas, barely thought out, probably not going anywhere. But one day, by God I will get, at the very least, a short story published!  

[Science Infinity]

Here are the 5 books, great ones too. 1: A Wrinkle In Time. This is the introductory one where a genius kid and his older sister travel in space by tesseract, or wrinkling time. A tesseract makes space scrunch together so you move on parts of the universe that are pushed together. Then, space un-wrinkles and you are now much farther away then the real area you travel. In this one, the kid(Charles Wallace) and sister(Meg) move in space to find their father and defeat the Ecthros, those who hate. Their father is a famous Physicist who often is called by the president to give him advice on strange occurrings in the Universe. Their mom is a microbiologist. Then, there are the practical twins, older than Charles, but not quite as old as Meg. They don't usually do much of anything until the 4th book. So in this book, Mr. Murry(the father) is supposed to be on a conference with other members called upon by the president. But he's disappeared and Meg and Charles try finding him. Keep in mind that Charles isn't even 5. But Charles and Meg do this from the help of 'Charles's friends'. They are in the form of old women but aren't old women. They are stars that had to give up their form. So they're billions of years old. I haven't read the book in quite some time but that should be about right. I'll tell you all about the 2nd book, which to me is the saddest, when I'm ready. I can't make a post longer than my record already set because that one was awesome. I'll tell you more once I get some responses. But still, sorry I can't tell you too much more, I don't own that book in particular...  

[Wind Spirit22]

This is probably gonna make me look bad, but for some reason, books with old style covers kind of push me away. Every time I've seen the book 'A Wrinkle In Time' I always pass it up. But I am seriously considering haveing another look at it. After I find it of course. Didn't they make a movie out of it?  

[Science Infinity]

Hmm... not sure. But there are like 3 different covers for the book, depending on where and when you get it. But I'll admit it's not as good as the others. The second one is about Charles Wallace getting serious Mitochondritis. His mitochondria are sick for weird reasons. This is maybe the most Fantasyical one. And I thought that it's the saddest one as well. But that's just my opinion. The others are all about time travel(in the past). I'm tired and sick. Blarg! I'll post later when I can continue thinking outside of patterns or whatever. Right now I feel very organized in the way of how stuff works. I can't think of theories right now!  

[Wind Spirit22]

Have you ever read The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy? It's a good book.  

[The Azure Quincy]

Hahahaa, I wanna read it!
I read A Wrinkle in Time, and it was really good.
They did make a movie out of it... but I don't remember anything about it because I read it and watched the movie in like... 7th grade or something...  

[AceTrainerBrooke]

I love Hitchhikers Guide! I only read the first book when I was in 9th grade, but I'd love to read it again and the other books in it's series.  

[Science Infinity]

Yes, the Wrinkle In Time series is really good. It's called The Time Quintet. I've never read the Hitchhiker's Guide to The Universe, although now I think I'll try to get it.

Recently I've been watching cool videos about some of the largest stars known compared to the Sun. I made a lis from them, although I still need to do some research to make sure the numbers are correct. The absolute largest star known to man is VY Canis Majoris, located in the constellation of Canis Major(very close resemblance in the name, don't you think... Coincidence? No.). The reason I still want to do some research on this is because I've watched multiple videos and most say that Canis Majoris is a little over 3 billion km(I couldn't find a video tha had it in miles) while one or two say it's more than 4 billion km. There are also other numbers I'd like to try to correst or finalize. But right now, here's the list.

Wolf 359: 241,800 Km
Proxima Centauri: 322,500 Km
Sun: 1,392,500 km
Sirius: 2,506,500 km
Vega: 3,829,250 km
Regulus: 5,779,750 km
Pollux: 11,150,000 km
Arcturus: 35,750,000 km
Aldebaran: 59,877,000 km
Alnitak: 83,550,000 km
Rigel: 97,475,000 km
Gacrux: 157,352,000 km
Deneb: 356,350,000 km
La Superba: 417,750,000 km
Pistol Star(Most Luminous Star Known): 473,450,000 km
Eta Carnae+Nebula: 557,000,000 km
Antares: 974,750,000 km
V382 Carinae: 1,040,019,000 km
V838 Monocerotus: 1,114,000,000 km
V509 Cassiopeiae: 1,267,175,000 km
Betelgeuse: 1,384,750,000 km
Mu Cephie/Garnet Star: 1,977,350,000 km
Rw Cephie: 2,067,875,000 km
V354 Cephie: 2,116,600,000 km
VV Cephie A(Binary to VV Cephie B): 2,436,875,000 km
WOH G64: 2,785,000,000 km
VY Canis Majoris(Largest Star Known to Man): 3,063,500,000 km

Most of this comes from this video that was updated this year, so I figure it's most accurate, although I can't be sure. Here's the link to it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpUWNYgVEfk&feature=related

I'll post anything I find out that's incorrect.  

[Science Infinity]

Alright, I went to wikipedia and found a list of some of the largest known stars. Enjoy! I couldn't get it to look exact but I still managed to get it. First it shows the name and then how many solar radii the star is. One solar radii=1 Sun.

List of the largest stars

Star name  
Solar radii (Sun = 1)  
VY Canis Majoris
1800-2100[1]
WOH G64
2000
VV Cephei A
1600-1900
V354 Cephei
1520
RW Cephei
1260-1610
KW Sagitarii
1460
KY Cygni
1420or1440
Mu Cephei (Herschel's "Garnet Star")
1420
Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis)
950-1000[1][2]
V509 Cassiopeiae
910
V838 Monocerotis
800
V382 Carinae
747
Antares (Alpha Scorpii)
700 [3]
S Pegasi
580 [4]
S Doradus
550
T Cephei
540 [5]
S Orionis
530 [6]
W Hydrae
520 [7]
119 Tauri (Ruby Star)[2]
510 [8]
R Cassiopeiae
500 [9]
Delta Canis Majoris (Wezen)
482
Chi Cygni
470 [10]
Alpha Herculis (Ras Algethi)
460
Rho Cassiopeiae
450
Mira A (Omicron Ceti)
400 [11]
Eta Carinae
400[citation needed]
R Doradus
370
HR Carinae
350
R Leonis
350 [12]
The Pistol {Most Luminous Star known}
340
La Superba (Y Canum Venaticorum)
300
Deneb (Alpha Cygni)
220
LBV 1806-20
200
Epsilon Aurigae A
175
Zeta Aurigae
160 [13]
Epsilon Pegasi (Enif)
150
Gamma Crucis (Gacrux)
113
Gamma Andromedae
83
Alpha Leporis (Arneb)
77
Rigel (Beta Orionis)
70
Epsilon Carinae
70
R Coronae Borealis
65
Canopus (Alpha Carinae)
65
Delta Orionis (Mintaka)
60
Zeta Orionis (Alnitak)
60
Alpha Persei (Mirfak)
60
Zeta Geminorum (Mekbuda)
60
Eta Aquilae
60
Gamma Draconis (Eltanin)
50
Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri)
43 [14]
Beta Ursae Minoris (Kochab)
41
Beta Cygni A1
16

Yeah, the way I had to get it on here was kinda confusing, but you should be able to see what I'm saying. Most of these I haven't even heard of myself. I also added the extra part to Pistol Star myself. And yes, this is a huge list...  

[Wind Spirit22]

The reason you couldn't get them in miles is because the metric system is the system of science around the globe, and only scientists would need to know the circumference of WOH G64.