The Cassini spacecraft's cameras filmed this photo montage during a recent ring crossing.

posted by silvercord 1 decade 8 years 1 week ago • 1,790 views

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 8 years 2 weeks ago • 1,187 views

A 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 8 years 2 weeks ago • 10,031 views

Neil 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 8 years 2 weeks ago • 1,292 views

An 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 8 years 3 weeks ago • 2,222 views

A 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 8 years 3 weeks ago • 3,296 views

A 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

posted by benjee 1 decade 8 years 1 month ago • 10,581 views • 43:46