Alice Sheppard
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Alice Sheppard
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Citizen scientist, Brit in Sweden, endless maker of soup for babies. Galaxy Zoo turned me into a penguin. Always looking for more galaxies.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Ooooffff. Ow. Yeah.

Reminds me of Rose to Jack when he says he'll jump into the water after her early on in the film and she replies "the fall alone would kill you". Yeah. That stuck in my mind, which might not say great things about my mind 😂

I wonder if a black hole has a solid surface ...
December 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A mansion *and* some avocados, definitely.
December 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Yeah, I bet they would. It's so hard to picture it. The only way I can try is to recall jumping off allotment shed roofs as a kid and I was only falling for a second or two doubtless with lots of muscles tensed ready to land!
December 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
That’s a lot! 😄
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Tim Peake wrote about trying to sleep in microgravity which was pretty interesting. You have to lash your sleeping bag to the wall, and you can’t enjoy the sensation of your head sinking into your pillow. I guess someone falling into a black hole might feel stretching - eek!
December 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
But IIRC the person falling wouldn’t experience all that extra time - an observer would see it, but the faller’s time would be slowed down. I love the thought of sleeping for several months though …
December 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I was still going in when I woke up - no impossible physics to report on!
December 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I’m sure it was based on a children’s book called Black Holes and Uncle Albert. An incredible book - adventure and real physics. And yes, the heroine gets too cocky near a black hole and is nearly swallowed up!
December 3, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Yum! 😋
December 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Ha! My family has never liked turkey either so it’s always been some other kind of roast. The ham and cod sound TASTY.
December 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Yuck.
November 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
That sounds delicious and I am very pleased to think of you being able to eat while in bed!
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM