These time lapse videos keep getting better. From Bad Astronomy Blog.
(Source: blogs.discovermagazine.com)
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An amazing picture of Saturn, it’s barely visible edge on rings, (less than one degree above ring plane) and its moon Dione. Dione was discovered in 1684 by Cassini, and later named after the Greek goddess of the same name, the mother of Aphrodite.
This barred spiral, NGC 1073, is a beautiful example of a barred spiral, like our own Milky Way. Off to the upper left you can see red shifted galaxies much more distant and older. According to the article, some scientists think that barred spirals are a sign that the galaxy has entered adulthood, as these bars tend to contain older, red stars rather than younger blue stars. Barred spirals are thought to form
“as gravitational density waves funnel gas toward the galactic centre, supplying the material to create new stars. The transport of gas can also feed the supermassive black holes that lurk in the centres of almost every galaxy.”
It's Full of Stars: Russia and NASA plan to COLONISE the Moon
‘We want to do more than just step on it’
Russian, American and European space agencies are in talks to create a human colony on the moon, according to Russian news source Rianovosti.
Russia wants to build either a space base on the surface of the Moon itself or a space station that…
That’s awesome.
In another multi-space telescope picture, scientists look at the oldest recorded supernova.
The Eagle Nebula, and Why SOPA/PIPA are a Bad Idea
Sky Cast by Hayden Planetarium for Jan.-Feb.
Our visit to the moon.
The Milky Way Galaxy
I could spend forever here.
