https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/03/04/the-universe-is-slightly-diffe/ Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:03:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/03/04/the-universe-is-slightly-diffe/#comment-4788 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:03:49 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/03/04/the-universe-is-slightly-diffe/#comment-4788 I’m not sure what to make of the ‘flyby anomaly’ yet – but the more famous ‘Pioneer anomaly’ in all likelyhood has a really trivial explanation. The ‘new physics’ community is keeping it alive as a big mystery, however – reminding me in an uneasy way of the infamous N rays …

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/03/04/the-universe-is-slightly-diffe/#comment-4787 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:32:57 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/03/04/the-universe-is-slightly-diffe/#comment-4787 Hmmm. The Cabal (tinc) is going to want to know about this. I told them we needed something visible the scientists could credit with the anomaly, but they were sure people wouldn’t even notice.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/03/04/the-universe-is-slightly-diffe/#comment-4786 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:06:50 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/03/04/the-universe-is-slightly-diffe/#comment-4786 This is known as the flyby anomaly.At first I thought Greg was talking about the Pioneer anomaly. That’s probably the one Hank is thinking of. It’s only been detected with the Pioneers, but that’s not as strange as it sounds due to an important design detail of the Pioneers: They are spin stablized. That is, until most other spacecraft, they don’t use thrusters to maintain control. The issue with thrusters (in this context) is they impart a vast amount of uncertainty, making it essentially impossible to tease out any anomalous effects.Both anomalies are quite weird.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/03/04/the-universe-is-slightly-diffe/#comment-4785 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:52:39 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/03/04/the-universe-is-slightly-diffe/#comment-4785 They must be interacting with the big dark matter key that the Sun God reaches out to turn every now and then to wind up Earth’s climate engine spring.No, wait, seriously — is this change detected immediately, as the spacecraft passes Earth? I had the impression nothing was detected til it was far far away.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/03/04/the-universe-is-slightly-diffe/#comment-4784 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:38:19 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/03/04/the-universe-is-slightly-diffe/#comment-4784 Throughout the fabric of the universe and all of the planets and everything on and in them, there are always slight inconsistencies found. These inconsistencies are due to the random placement of matter throughout evolution and they create variance in airflow, gravitational properties and energy transference. Could the anomaly merely be an effect of the inconsistent collage of the universe?

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