The Cassini spacecraft's cameras filmed this photo montage during a recent ring crossing.
posted by silvercord 1 decade 7 years 2 months ago • 1,790 viewsSky's the Limit ?
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space beyond the atmosphere of the earth
from YouTube: The Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO) is an airplane that flies above most of the Earth's atmosphere with an infrared telescope. KAO allows scientists to gather astronomical data that is... continue reading
posted by firefly 1 decade 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 1,187 viewsA BBC one-off two part documentary dramatising a near-future six year mission throughout the solar system. It has a slightly cheesy Star Trek feel to the drama, but it gets more gritty and dark as the... continue reading
posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 10,031 viewsNeil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins make the historic trip to the moon in 1969. And they did it to Mozart. (Not Fake!)
posted by silvercord 1 decade 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 1,292 viewsAn animated scenario about the formation of stars in a cluster, and the evolution of cluster itself. A star that is being formed makes a chain reaction and other stars are born. This is a video response... continue reading
posted by firefly 1 decade 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 2,222 viewsA channel 5 documentary looking at the Apollo 11 space mission and how behind-the-scenes there were several instances of technology and human failure and errors that nearly led to disaster. Astronaut Buzz... continue reading
posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 3,293 viewsA Space Channel documentary on black holes with a mass in the range of hundreds of thousands to tens of billions of solar masses. It is currently thought that most, if not all galaxies (including the Milky... continue reading
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