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Re:To my surprise and elation, the Webb Space Telescope is g... by barkingcat on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @04:35PM (#30092262)
Imagine if we decided to calibrate against a currently-assumed nondescript stable, in field of view star (HD 84406) but later it turned out was part of a strange stellar phenomena that we couldn't forsee (and didn't have the science for) until later on.

I guess we can't win :)

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Re:To my surprise and elation, the Webb Space Telescope is g... by dylan604 on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @04:42PM (#30092337)
Or the beings in that star system build up a Dyson Sphere around it causing it to change drastically from our vantage point.
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Re:To my surprise and elation, the Webb Space Telescope is g... by Varyag on Thursday January 27, 2022 @05:58AM (#30098903)
"The Stars Are Going Out And Here's Why That's A Good Thing."
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