This video imagines a trip down a desert highway at speeds approaching light, and then shows all the weird and wonderful optical effects the theory of special relativity says we'd experience.
posted by longde 1 decade 2 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 962 views • 6:11Astronomy Domine
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How could someone so bad at math be so interested in Astronomy?
On September 30, 2011 at 11:08am, Derek Deville's Qu8k (pronounced "Quake") launched from the Black Rock Desert in Nevada to an altitude of 121,000' before returning safely to earth. Above 99% of the atmosphere... continue reading
posted by Jlowen 1 decade 2 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 3,781 views • 16:51Watch in HD.
posted by hpqp 1 decade 2 years 12 months ago • 947 views • 1:24Sixty Symbols looks into recent announcement that some scientist think they may have detected neutrinos going faster than the speed of light.
posted by RFlagg 1 decade 2 years 12 months ago • 1,732 views • 9:38A dramatic new time-lapse movie by the Hubble telescope shows for the first time seasonal changes on the planet. Once considered one of the blander-looking planets, Uranus is now revealed as a dynamic... continue reading
posted by longde 1 decade 4 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 1,765 views • 2:13From Youtube --> This video of the Aurora Australis was created from a sequence of still shots taken by astronauts on board the International Space Station. The images were acquired on September 11, 2011... continue reading
posted by Boise_Lib 1 decade 3 years ago • 3,791 views • 35 secs'What does it feel like to fly over planet Earth?' A time-lapse taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits our planet at night. This movie begins over the Pacific Ocean and... continue reading
posted by EDD 1 decade 3 years 1 week ago • 5,531 views • 1:02Normally, cosmic motion happens on a timescale that is not observable in the human lifetime. Herbig Haro 47, or HH 47, is close enough and fast enough to put together this spectacular time-lapse with... continue reading
posted by rgroom1 1 decade 3 years 2 weeks ago • 1,297 views • 23 secsposted as of today: An important milestone today for the successor to the space shuttle. Construction on the first space-bound Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Module began with the first weld at the Michoud Assembly... continue reading
posted by saber2x 1 decade 3 years 2 weeks ago • 1,388 views • 2:35Fast foward through 13 billion years in the life of a spiral galaxy. It's probably the most accurate simulation to date taking 8 months to calculate dark matters' influence in galaxy formation.
posted by acidSpine 1 decade 3 years 3 weeks ago • 964 views • 2:54I feel sorry for the camera crew who had to film this. They will be missed.
posted by ZappaDanMan 1 decade 3 years 1 month ago • 4,319 views • 3:40Hurricane Irene as seen from the International Space Station. To track the storm: http://www.stormpulse.com/
posted by geo321 1 decade 3 years 1 month ago • 1,747 views • 3:04Astronomers discover a giant diamond planet, 5 times the size of earth. That's serious bling. Admittedly the video makes you sit through virtually 2 whole minutes of evidence before dropping the giant... continue reading
posted by Lumm 1 decade 3 years 1 month ago • 1,484 views • 2:13From YouTube: This animation uses images from the Dawn spacecraft of the asteroid Vesta, showing this 500 km wide rock spinning. More info:http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/08/01/vesta-in-breathtakin... continue reading
posted by critical_d 1 decade 3 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 731 views • 31 secsFrom YT: Axial precession is the reason the Earth's axis has a long-term but quite dramatic "wobble", as explained here by Roger Bowley and Mike Merrifield.
posted by Skeeve 1 decade 3 years 1 month 1 week ago • 1,686 views • 7:57A timelapse journey with nature. This film is a collection of some of the best moments I have captured from 2009 to present. A lot of new stuff plus some of the classics you may have seen in my previous... continue reading
posted by eric3579 1 decade 3 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,632 viewsWith a diameter of approx. 2 Billion miles, VY Canis Majoris (Greater Dog Star) is the largest known to the human race. This video gives some idea of it's size.
posted by Barseps 1 decade 3 years 2 months ago • 2,161 views • 3:02Images from the Messenger mission formed into a short movie. From YouTube: The Mercury-bound MESSENGER spacecraft captured several stunning images of Earth during a gravity assist swingby of its... continue reading
posted by critical_d 1 decade 3 years 2 months 1 week ago • 1,055 views • 12 secsAnother look at the solar flare that happened on June 7th. Turn on captions for more information about what you are seeing. On June 7, 2011 the Sun unleashed an M-2 (medium-sized) solar flare with... continue reading
posted by critical_d 1 decade 3 years 2 months 1 week ago • 1,772 views • 2:24