Sub-Orbital Space Flights & Satellite Exploration
Hubblecast 28: The fifth and final Hubble servicing mission. Shuttle astronauts will visit the Hubble Space Telescope for the final time in May 2009. In five bold and daring spacewalks, they will upgrade Hubble’s instruments allowing it to continue making remarkable scientific discoveries well into the next decade. — Subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com — Credits: • ESA/Hubble (Martin Kornmesser, Lars Lindberg Christensen, Colleen Sharkey) • Visual design: Martin Kornmesser • Animations: Martin Kornmesser • Host: Dr. J • Narration: Gaitee Hussain • Cinematography: Peter Rixner • Music: movetwo • Web Hosting: Leibniz Rechenzentrum (LRZ) •Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen & Raquel Yumi Shida • Music: movetwo • Additional photos and footage: NASA • Written by: Chris Lawton & Lars Lindberg Christensen • Directed by: Lars Lindberg Christensen & Colleen Sharkey Dr. J is a German astronomer at the ESO. His scientific interests are in cosmology, particularly on galaxy evolution and quasars. Dr. J’s real name is Joe Liske and he has a PhD in astronomy. Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre Garching/Munich, Germany • www.eso.org • http • hubblesite.org .
Tags: rays, Stellar, ESA, NASA
Hubblecast 24: Beyond Earth – Telescopes In Space. There’s no better place for a telescope than space itself. Above the Earth’s atmosphere observations are no longer hampered by air turbulence, so telescopic images of distant stars and galaxies are razor-sharp. Unlike a ground-based telescope, an instrument in Earth orbit can operate twenty-four hours a day and reach every part of the sky. Observing from space also makes it possible to study types of radiation that are otherwise absorbed by the atmosphere. Little wonder that the Hubble Space Telescope has made so many contributions to astronomy. And Hubble is not alone – more than 100 space observatories have been launched since the 1960s. Watch this Hubblecast episode and find out more. — Subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com — Credit: • ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & LL Christensen) • Host: Dr. J • Narration: Howard Cooper & Bob Fosbury • Visual design & Editing: Martin Kornmesser • Animations: Martin Kornmesser & Luis Calçada • Web Hosting: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum (LRZ) •Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen & Raquel Yumi Shida • Cinematographer: Peter Rixner • Written by: Govert Schilling & Lars Lindberg Christensen • Executive Producers: Raquel Yumi Shida, Lars Lindberg Christensen • Music: movetwo • Director: Lars Lindberg Christensen Dr. J is a German astronomer at the ESO. His scientific interests are in cosmology, particularly on galaxy evolution and quasars. Dr …
Tags: large, exoplanets, videos, Clusters
Hubblecast 05: Hubble Discovers Ring Of Dark Matter (HD) — Subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com — An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a ghostly ring of dark matter formed long ago during a colossal collision between two galaxy clusters. This is the first time that dark matter has been found with a distribution that differs substantially from the distribution of ordinary matter. Credit: • ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & LL Christensen) • Narration: Dr. Robert Fosbury • Design: Martin Kornmesser • Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen, Raquel Yumi Shida • Cinematographer: Peter Rixner (www.perix.de) • Script: Lars Lindberg Christensen, Ana Lopes • Director: Lars Lindberg Christensen Dr. J is a German astronomer at the ESO. His scientific interests are in cosmology, particularly on galaxy evolution and quasars. Dr. J’s real name is Joe Liske and he has a PhD in astronomy. Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre Garching/Munich, Germany • www.spacetelescope.org • http .
Tags: galaxies, Spitzer, solar, ESA
Hubblecast 01: ‘Comet Galaxy’ Being Ripped Apart By Galaxy Cluster. — Subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com — The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, in collaboration with several other ground- and space-based telescopes, has captured a galaxy being ripped apart by a galaxy cluster’s gravitational field and harsh environment. The finding sheds light on the mysterious process by which gas-rich spiral-shaped galaxies might evolve into gas-poor irregular- or elliptical-shaped galaxies over billions of years. Credit: • ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & LL Christensen) • Narration: Dr. Robert Fosbury, Francesca Granato • Design: Martin Kornmesser, Francesca Granato • Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen, Raquel Yumi Shida • Cinematographer: Peter Rixner (www.perix.de) • Script: Lars Lindberg Christensen, Aitana Vargas • Director: Lars Lindberg Christensen Dr. J is a German astronomer at the ESO. His scientific interests are in cosmology, particularly on galaxy evolution and quasars. Dr. J’s real name is Joe Liske and he has a PhD in astronomy. Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre Garching/Munich, Germany • www.spacetelescope.org • http .
Tags: Apart, milky, Spitzer, Hubblecast
Space In Bytes: Science Fiction – Science Fact (ESA Lecture Series) — • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com — Whether it’s “Star Trek”, “USS Enterprise”, or the iconic space station from “2001 – A Space Odyssey”, science fiction has always provided inspiration and ideas for the scientists and engineers that design and build real spacecraft. The video compares factual and fictional space stations, manned spacecrafts and explains how sci-fi interplanetary travels could inspire future generation of scientists and engineers. ESA is developing a series of short video lessons (Space-in-Bytes) for upper secondary school students, and their teachers. The extensive use of videos and internet by youngsters today make Space-in-Bytes a perfect combination of both, an attractive and innovative tool to reach out to a broad audience of students. • www.esa.int .
Tags: Black, Lessons, series, way
Best educational channels: • www.atheism-magazine.com Best Atheist Experience clips & chat: • www.atheism-magazine.com Please subscribe to: • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com The Extreme Universe: Fermi Space Telescope (NASA GLASTcast 06 in HD). NASA Renames Observatory for Fermi, Reveals Entire Gamma-Ray Sky. NASA’s newest observatory, the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, has begun its mission of exploring the universe in high-energy gamma rays. The spacecraft and its revolutionary instruments passed their orbital checkout with flying colors. NASA announced today that GLAST has been renamed the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The new name honors Prof. Enrico Fermi (1901 – 1954), a pioneer in high-energy physics. “Enrico Fermi was the first person to suggest how cosmic particles could be accelerated to high speeds,” said Paul Hertz, chief scientist for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “His theory provides the foundation for understanding the new phenomena his namesake telescope will discover.” Scientists expect Fermi will discover many new pulsars in our own galaxy, reveal powerful processes near supermassive black holes at the cores of thousands of active galaxies and enable a search for signs of new physical laws. For two months following the spacecraft’s June 11 launch, scientists tested and calibrated its two instruments, the Large Area Telescope (LAT) and the GLAST Burst Monitor (GBM). The LAT team today unveiled …
Tags: Field, Matter, physical, Deep
Hubblecast 29: Mission Accomplished – Healing Hubble. The fifth and final mission to the iconic Hubble Space Telescope was a long time coming. After a delay in the fall of 2008, spring brought new hope and, on 11 May, the seven Space Shuttle crew members headed for the mission of a lifetime. — Subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com — Credits: • ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser, Colleen Sharkey & Lars Lindberg Christensen) • Visual design & Editing: Martin Kornmesser • Web Hosting: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum (LRZ) • Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen & Raquel Yumi Shida • Written by: Colleen Sharkey & Lars Lindberg Christensen • Narration: Gaitee Hussain • Music: John Dyson from the CD darklight • STS-125 footage & still images: NASA • ESA HST team still photos: ESA/Lothar Gerlach & ESA/Colleen Sharkey • Directed by: Colleen Sharkey & Lars Lindberg Christensen Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre Garching/Munich, Germany • www.eso.org • http • hubblesite.org .
Tags: Stellar, system, stars, science
Hubblecast 03: Celebrating Hubble’s 17th Birthday With Violent Stellar Fireworks. — Subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com • www.YouTube.com — The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope celebrates its 17th birthday with one of the largest panoramic images ever taken. The violent stellar fireworks of the Carina Nebula. Credit: • ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & LL Christensen) • Narration: Dr. Robert Fosbury • Design: Martin Kornmesser • Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen, Raquel Yumi Shida • Cinematographer: Peter Rixner (www.perix.de) • Script: Lars Lindberg Christensen • Director: Lars Lindberg Christensen Dr. J is a German astronomer at the ESO. His scientific interests are in cosmology, particularly on galaxy evolution and quasars. Dr. J’s real name is Joe Liske and he has a PhD in astronomy. Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre Garching/Munich, Germany • www.spacetelescope.org • http .
Tags: Fireworks, Stellar, galaxies, way
SN 1006 Supernova Remnant hubblesite.org
Tags: Clusters, Supernova, Planck, cosmic
This is an excerpt of a lecture given by Alexei V. Filippenko, Professor of Astronomy, for his class at UC Berkeley called “How Stars Shine: Cosmic Furnaces” (“Introduction General Astronomy”): • webcast.berkeley.edu Alex Filippenko’s research accomplishments, documented in about 500 published papers, have been recognized by several major prizes, and he is one of the world’s most highly cited astronomers. He has won the top teaching awards at Berkeley and has been voted the “Best Professor” on campus five times. In 2006, he was selected as the Carnegie/CASE Professor of the Year among doctoral institutions. He has produced three astronomy video courses with The Teaching Company and coauthored an award-winning textbook. He is an avid tennis player and hiker, enjoys world travel, and is addicted to experiencing total solar eclipses (8 and counting). • astro.berkeley.edu Thanks to RabidApe for inspiring me to make this video: www.youtube.com Subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com ————————————————————— SPACE: Want to know why we don’t have to worry about our sun burning out? It’s because long before that happens, the sun will expand so enormously that Earth will be cooked to a cinder. Take a tour through the solar system, learn about the event horizon of black holes and when our galaxy began. 1. Faster Than The Speed Of Light (1/2): The Universe – Created Out Of Nothing? www.youtube.com 2 …
Tags: astronomy, Telescope, Ultra, Station