A Runaway Star

Posted by SpaceMan in Hubble Space Telescope on 11 4th, 2010 | no responses

Hubble’s Universe Unfiltered (Episode 14): A Runaway Star In order to get observing time on Hubble, an astronomer needs a well-thought-out plan of exactly what to observe and the science that may be learned. However, the universe is continually surprising us by providing unanticipated…

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Posted by SpaceMan in Mercury on 04 23rd, 2010 | no responses

Most famous winter constellations for northern hemisphere can be seen here, along with a perspective around their 3d asterisms.

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Posted by SpaceMan in Mercury on 04 17th, 2010 | no responses

Enjoy a journey across the Milky Way. Discover that there is a whole circus out there, and how lucky we are.

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Posted by SpaceMan in Supernova on 10 3rd, 2009 | no responses

Life and Death in a Binary Star System. Written by high school students for the 2008 BCCP Cosmology Workshop. Imagine 6 days of learning about the entire history of the universe, from its inception 13.7 billion years ago, to the stages of cosmic evolution; matter and antimatter; the electromagnetic spectrum; dark matter and dark energy; General and Special Relativity; neutrino astrophysics; and nuclear radioactive decay. Then you have to sort through this dense volume of information and …

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Posted by SpaceMan in Planets on 10 3rd, 2009 | no responses

Dr. Carolyn Brinkworth addresses a famous science fiction scenario in this “Ask an Astronomer” video.

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04 Bright Objects in the Night Sky Part 1 of 4

Posted by SpaceMan in Supernova on 09 5th, 2009 | no responses

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). … Alex V. Filippenko Astronomy supernovae stars cosmo universe space black holes hole science physics biology supernova sun earth moon planets galaxy galaxies quasar cosmological binary x-ray ray telescope glactic …

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MPL3D Solar System – Winter Constellations

Posted by SpaceMan in Mercury on 05 16th, 2009 | 2 responses

Most famous winter constellations for northern hemisphere can be seen here, along with a perspective around their 3d asterisms. … space 3d solar system constellation asterism sun earth moon mercury venus mars jupiter saturn milky way pluto planet star galaxy astronomy IAU IYA 2009 science simulation extrasolar black hole contact binary orion taurus gemini leo cluster sirius betelgeuse aldebaran capella castor pollux regulus acubens

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MPL3D Solar System – Galaxy tour

Posted by SpaceMan in Mercury on 05 7th, 2009 | 2 responses

Enjoy a journey across the Milky Way. Discover that there is a whole circus out there, and how lucky we are. … space 3d solar system sun earth moon mercury venus mars jupiter saturn milky way pluto planet star galaxy astronomy IAU IYA 2009 science simulation extrasolar black hole contact binary orion pleyades cluster nebula music

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THe “Big Bang THeory” and the Science Behind the Cosmos (1)

Posted by SpaceMan in Space Photos on 04 25th, 2009 | no responses

1) www.pbs.org Please visit and support the above listed website link I have provided for the World and all of the viewers of this incredibly

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Supernova Rap

Posted by SpaceMan in Supernova on 04 22nd, 2009 | 4 responses

Life and Death in a Binary Star System. Written by high school students for the 2008 BCCP Cosmology Workshop. Imagine 6 days of learning about the entire history

Tags: physics, binary, Supernova, media

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