Amazing video showing the full known universe, to scale. Click through the video to see it full size in HD.
Posts Tagged ‘space’
The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D
Posted: 16th August 2009 by Brant in science, techTags: Hubble, space
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This is amazing. Click the video while playing to watch a larger view and try it in HD as well. Credits here.
Picture of the day: Eclipse from space
Posted: 23rd July 2009 by Brant in fun, scienceTags: fun, space
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Check out this picture taken from space showing the shadow from the recent eclipse. Amazing.
Mythbusters appear on CNN to refute moon landing deniers
Posted: 21st July 2009 by Brant in culture, techTags: space, tech, wackos
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The battle for truth continues: Embedded video from CNN Video
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NSFW: Click here. (h/t Kottke on page with much, much more.)
Qualify the moon-landing celebration
Posted: 18th July 2009 by Brant in politics, science, techTags: health, justice, music, space
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(h/t William Gibson)
The moon landings and fakery (updated)
Posted: 18th July 2009 by Brant in science, techTags: science, space, tech, wackos
I often joke with friends that the Apollo 11 moon landings were faked in a TV studio just outside Phoenix. Of course, I don’t believe it for a minute. But now comes CNN giving unnecessary coverage to those claiming the entire program was a fraud. I assume these are the same type of folks who [...]
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Q. Turning to your flight, what is your strongest memory of Apollo 11? A. Looking back at Earth from a great distance. I really believe that if the political leaders of the world could see their planet from a distance of 100,000 miles their outlook could be fundamentally changed. That all-important border would be invisible, [...]
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A very cool new website launched today in honor of the anniversary of the Apollo 11 movie landing forty (!) years ago this month. The site is called We Choose the Moon, and it was produced by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. The site recreates the entire mission, minute by minute. As I write [...]
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I haven’t seen this before. It is video of a recent launch of the shuttle taken by camera on the outboard engines. Great launch views and also views of the spent engines falling back to earth.
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This is an amazing video. It was shot in HD by a Japanese satellite orbiting the moon. The satellite’s orbit is decaying and it will soon crash into the moon. (h/t Boing Boing)