Created from footage from 1920s silent film about astronomy and physics called "Heavenly Bodies". The music, from Otherwise Orange is gentle and spacy; a mind sparkling journey through the Great Cosmic Dream.

posted by silvercord 1 decade 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 1,307 views

Douglas Adams reads from "The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy" on Richard Dawkins Christmas lectures "Growing Up In The Universe"

posted by BicycleRepairMan 1 decade 7 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 2,913 views

Astronomers have discovered the most Earth-like planet outside our Solar System to date, an exoplanet with a radius only 50% larger than the Earth and capable of having liquid water. Using the ESO 3.6-m... continue reading

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/04may_methaneblast.htm On January 16, 2007, a dazzling blue flame blasted across the sands of the Mojave desert. In many respects, it looked like an ordinary... continue reading

posted by farcrafter 1 decade 7 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 4,979 views

The newest NASA animation about the constellation program. Here's a link to NASA's "The Vision for Space Exploration" site.

posted by pyrex 1 decade 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 2,487 views

A fantastic Horizon documentary which aired a couple weeks ago, looking at resolving the standard model theory for the big bang via an experiment in November 2007. From Wikipedia: Large Hadron Collider... continue reading

posted by benjee 1 decade 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 10,159 views • 48:54

On April 12, 1981, the space shuttle Columbia was launched, beginning the first manned shuttle mission, STS-1, and a new era in space flight. It was the first of four successful test missions to prove... continue reading

posted by jonny 1 decade 7 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 2,794 views