Phil Plait of the Bad Astronomer blog, discusses Saturn's rings in this interesting short video. Better enjoy Saturn's rings while they last, they won't be there forever!
posted by Raigen 1 decade 6 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 1,662 viewsAstronomy Domine
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How could someone so bad at math be so interested in Astronomy?
The source of a number of clips here on the sift. This is the whole talk.
posted by MaxWilder 1 decade 4 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 3,444 viewsImages from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft put together into a movie. One rotation of Jupiter takes 10 hours in reality.
posted by Ornthoron 1 decade 4 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,655 viewsSomeone who goes by the YouTube handle The Faking Hoaxer makes realistic videos of UFO visits, encounters with ghosts, and other phony events. Above, a video of the Space Shuttle destroyed in space. ... continue reading
posted by vaporlock 1 decade 4 years 8 months ago • 1,566 viewsNeil deGrasse Tyson excitingly opens his new toy, a model Saturn V rocket, at his office.
posted by syncron 1 decade 6 years 2 months 1 week ago • 5,306 viewsParanal observatory in Chile. Home of the Very Large Telescope.
posted by eric3579 1 decade 4 years 9 months ago • 2,093 viewsSaturn V Launch Views - High Speed Cams Segment #1: Apollo 11 ignition and liftoff (high speed) Segment #2: Apollo 11 tracking (high speed) Segment #3: Apollo 8 ignition and liftoff (normal speed) ... continue reading
posted by Raytrace 1 decade 4 years 9 months ago • 3,456 viewsThe Tunguska explosion was a powerful explosion that occurred near the Podkamennaya (Lower Stony) Tunguska River in what is now Krasnoyarsk Krai of Russia on June 30, 1908. Estimates of the energy of the... continue reading
posted by rasch187 1 decade 4 years 9 months ago • 1,482 viewsExamines the 4 most massive planets of the solar system; The gas Giants.
posted by mauz15 1 decade 5 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 3,602 views • 49:03This program looks at the science behind the formation of the Moon, it's importance to climate, tilt stabilization, life formation and actions on the tides. Voiced by Partick Stewart. Part 2 looks at... continue reading
posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 6 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 9,525 views • 20:55From the submitter: Sept. 10 2007 spacecraft Cassini made a close flyby of Iapetus, one of Saturn's moons. This video was compiled using the raw images sent by Cassini. Higher resolution version is at... continue reading
posted by oxdottir 1 decade 6 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 1,205 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
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