Posts tagged Astronomy
Thales’ circles
“All is water”
Solar System Travel Posters
illustrations by Luke Minner and Naomi Wilson :: via IndelibleInkWorkshop
Awesome.
It never hurts to compare the sizes of astronomical objects to get a sense of perspective. Or awe. Mostly awe.
An even cooler post would be how these epic names are chosen. For example, did you know that:
In ancient Egypt, Rigel’s name was Seba-en-Sah Sb3-n-S3ḥ, which means toe star or foot star.
Astronomy class was so worth it, last semester.
(Source: macabresunrises)
This animation is relevant to today’s APOD: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120225.html
Cannibalistic Galaxies.
Billions of years just passed before your eyes
reblogging again.
Our neighboring galaxy Andromeda (M31) shows evidence of being a past cannibal and is 3 times the size of the Milky Way. We are predicted to be “consumed” within the next 7 billion years. “It would be a beautiful night sky, it will be quite spectacular.” -Author/Astrophysicist Mark Irwin
I read somewhere that in 2-3 billion years you’d be able to see andromeda from earth and it would be larger than the moon in the sky. That’d be a stunning sight.
I seriously just finished watching a documentary about this on netflix!!!
galaxy sex
Submitted by youalwayssavemefrommyself
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Saw a beautiful near-full moon on the way home tonight. Love the night sky.
Chocolate truffles representing the planets.
Available for order here.
Description from io9: “It’s the perfect way to get to know the solar system — with your mouth. Japanese chocolatier L’Eclat is offering this collection of planet truffles, painted beautifully and flavored in the ways you always imagined.”
(via Twitter)
cwnl:
Credit: Adrian Mann
Future starships may be constructed in Earth orbit using a ring-type construction facility, which could have hotel rooms where guests could observe the construction.
I thought classical Greek mythology and James Bond taught us NEVER EVER to name ANYTHING Icarus if you plan to fly it and expect it to stay aloft.
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cwnl:
In the Shadow of Saturn
This is my desktop background.
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My first time seriously thinking about this was when I read Timothy Ferris’ Coming of Age in the Milky Way. Blew my mind. It was a mystical experience.
Our significance in the Universe.
Any time I start feeling angry or upset over something, I think about this and how the span of my life in this universe is just way too short to be worrying myself half to death over anything.
This is one of the reasons I love science. It’s exciting to see and think about these things and what they could mean.
(Source: carving-the-world, via thatwasntverycleverstempurl-dea)
cwnl:
Relative Sizes of Stars and Planets
—1. Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth
—2. Earth, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter
—3. Jupiter, Wolf 359, Sol, Sirius
—4. Sirius, Alderamin, Maia, Kraz
—5. Kraz, Arcturus, Canopus, Rigel
—6. Rigel, Sadir, Pistol star, Mira
—7. Mira, x Carinae, Mu Cephei, VY Canis Majoris
“Science is the best tool we have by far, self-correcting, ongoing, applicable to everything. It has two rules. First: There are no sacred truths; all assumptions must be critically examined; arguments from authority are worthless. Second: Whatever is inconsistent with the facts must be discarded or revised. We must understand the Cosmos as it is and not confuse how it is with how we wish it to be.” —Carl Sagan
Copyright: Dave Jarvis
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The sun, as seen from mars.
I love this picture.
Click the link. Do it.
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Lots of people know the same side of the moon faces the Earth at all times. But we actually get to see a bit more than 50% of the moon because it wobbles slightly during its orbit. NASA made a video presenting the same effect.
(Source: justjulianelmes, via mindsofmars)
The heck? Jupiter is so weird.
I saw this image when I was a kid. The photograph of Jupiter taken by NASA’s Voyager. Beautiful; but nothing special until shown in rapid succession. Suddenly Jupiter was alive, breathing. I was hypnotized.
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It's Okay To Be Smart: Photo
Photograph: Aqua/NASA
The colours of a changing autumn landscape across western Europe on 1 October 2011 on a sunny afternoon. In some areas across the region, the dark greens of summer forest are gently softened by pale greens and yellows of senescent leaves of…
Wow. This caught my breath — suddenly it’s like you’re flying…
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