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Posted by SpaceMan in Hubble Space Telescope on 07 6th, 2010 | no responses

“Of all the sciences cultivated by mankind, Astronomy is acknowledged to be, and undoubtedly is, the most sublime, the most interesting, and the most useful. For, by knowledge derived from this science, not only the bulk of the Earth is discovered …; but our very faculties are enlarged with the grandeur of the ideas it conveys, our minds exalted above [their] low contracted prejudices.” –James Ferguson, “Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newtons Principles, And Made Easy To Those Who Have Not Studied Mathematics” (1757) — Subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com — The Cosmic Perspective Long before anyone knew that the universe had a beginning, before we knew that the nearest large galaxy lies two and a half million light-years from Earth, before we knew how stars work or whether atoms exist, James Ferguson’s enthusiastic introduction to his favorite science rang true. Yet his words, apart from their eighteenth-century flourish, could have been written yesterday. But who gets to think that way? Who gets to celebrate this cosmic view of life? Not the migrant farmworker. Not the sweatshop worker. Certainly not the homeless person rummaging through the trash for food. You need the luxury of time not spent on mere survival. You need to live in a nation whose government values the search to understand humanity’s place in the universe. You need a society in which intellectual pursuit can take you to the frontiers of discovery …

Tags: Astro, solar, Station, comets

Source of Earth’s Water HD

Posted by SpaceMan in Comets & Meteors on 05 8th, 2010 | no responses

Carbonaceous Chondrite Asteroids – Main Belt Comets – Organic Matter … History Channel’s Series : The Universe : Amy Mainzer, John Lewis

Tags: comets, Comet, education, Kuiper

1of5 – The Universe – Deadly Comets and Meteors

Posted by SpaceMan in Comets & Meteors on 05 7th, 2010 | no responses

ALL 5 Parts, www.youtube.com

Tags: cosmos, universe, Sagan, comets

Neil deGrasse Tyson – The Pluto Files 5-8

Posted by SpaceMan in Science News on 05 5th, 2010 | no responses

Neil deGrasse Tyson, the bestselling author and director of the world-famous Hayden Planetarium, chronicles America’s irrational love affair with Pluto, man’s best celestial friend. In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union voted Pluto out of planethood. It is a wonder Pluto has any fans, yet during the mounting debate over Pluto’s status, people rallied behind the extraterrestrial underdog. Pluto is entrenched in the American cultural, patriotic view of the cosmos and Neil deGrasse Tyson is on a quest to discover why. Only Tyson

Tags: the pluto files, science, sun, Uranus

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Posted by SpaceMan in Mercury on 05 4th, 2010 | no responses

READ THIS FIRST! : The Size Of Planets and Stars to Scale (see NOTE) Name of planets as shown: Pluto Mercury Mars Venus Earth Neptune Uranus Jupiter Saturn Name of Stars as shown: Sun Sirius Vega Pollux Arcturus Aldebaran Rigel Deneb Pistol Star Betelgeuse Antares VV Cephei ========================================= Name of Song: Stakka & K Tee – Rubber Bullet Original video: www.youtube.com Author: jaxxrr Channel: www.youtube.com ======================================= NOTE: This video is a edited version of “Energy vs Information” made by jaxxrr (to which all credit goes to), I was very impressed by the production value both the video and music. Seeing that it received few hits, which may be due to the title and tags. In order for more people to see and enjoy this video I mirrored the edited version, so people won’t get too side tracked on the political message. (Although I’m against wars and big oil as well) Please see the original version if you like here www.youtube.com -=NOTE=- This video was made BEFORE “VY Canis Majoris” was listed as the largest known star, When this video was made 2006 by it’s author JAXXrr, the star “VV Cephei A” was listed as the largest known star. For a list of current largest “known” stars see en.wikipedia.org Keep in mind while watching this video that the “largest known stars” are all found in our own galaxy (The Milky Way). We know of only of a very few of the estimated 200-300 Billion stars that make up our galaxy, which is just ONE of …

Tags: pluto, system, science, Planets