Meteorwrongs
Also on an astronomical topic (sort of), Dark Flight: Meteorwrongs by Ryan Thompson… Within one of the most well-known collections of meteorites in the world, at the Center for Meteorite Studies at...
View ArticleA Different Angle on Mars
Posting at The Planetary Society, Bill Dunford found A Different Angle on Mars by looking back at images from the Mars Global Surveyor: Like all Mars Global Surveyor shots, these are views of the Red...
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A Close Encounter of the Lenticular Kind
APOD: 2013 April 17 – Mt Hood and a Lenticular Cloud.
View ArticleTime-Lapse | Earth
One day I'll get tired of sequences of time lapse images taken from the International Space Station. Not today. [Via Bad Astronomy]
View ArticleThe Game Has Changed
Yes, it's another time lapse video featuring lots of night skies and shining cities. But to my mind the way the images and the music1 combine makes The Game Has Changed a couple of steps up from the...
View ArticleCosmos II
I was vaguely aware that Neil deGrasse Tyson was remaking Carl Sagan's Cosmos, but I hadn't given the project much thought. Now there's a trailer, so it's time to pay attention. Full marks for good...
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ISS Transit
ISS Transit Over The Moon: Trust me, the full image (which you can go to by clicking on the cropped version above) is well worth a look.1 [Via kottke.org] I have to admit that at first glance one of my...
View ArticleNoctilucent Clouds and Aurora Over Scotland
Noctilucent Clouds and Aurora Over Scotland. Best viewed in full screen mode at the highest available resolution.1 Actually, that should read 'Best viewed in person.' But this video is the next best...
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Pale Blue Dot, 2013
NASA Cassini Spacecraft Provides New View of Saturn and Earth: Cue Carl Sagan, reading from Pale Blue Dot. [Via Christian Science Monitor, via The Morning News]
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The Scale of the Universe 2
The Scale of the Universe 2. Best viewed in full screen mode. [Via Astronomy Picture of the Day]
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An extraordinarily large ring of fire
The situation could technically be labeled a Mercurian annular eclipse with an extraordinarily large ring of fire.
View ArticleWanderers
Wanderers, or, Life in the Solar System. Someday.1 [Via Sidelights] Not soon.
View ArticleBlackout City
Blackout City by Nicholas Buer: In a metropolis like London light pollution makes the night sky invisible. Only a few of the brightest stars and asterisms force their celestial light through the man...
View ArticleCrescent Rhea Occults Crescent Saturn
APOD: 2015 January 4 – Crescent Rhea Occults Crescent Saturn.
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I call it the Moonbase Alpha treatment
Super Planet Crash is a solar system simulator game that just proved what an asshole I'd be if I was in charge of the universe. There I was with my 10-planet system, chugging along nicely past the...
View ArticleReplacement stars
If the Sun were replaced by some other stars. Be sure to watch to the end when we get to see Polaris up close. It's a hell of a thing. [Via kottke.org]
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Gigantic rings
Staying on the theme of what a big universe it is, astronomers think they've spotted a planet with a seriously big ring system: "The star is much too far away to observe the rings directly, but we...
View ArticleThe Milky Way over the Seven Strong Men Rock Formations
APOD: 2015 January 26 – The Milky Way over the Seven Strong Men Rock Formations. Pretty epic.
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