• Science & Reason on Facebook: tinyurl.com • Secular Humanism on Facebook: tinyurl.com Hubblecast 38: Hubble in popular culture – Inspiring People With Awe For The Universe. When Hubble was launched in 1990, every astronomer knew it had an opportunity to make profound breakthroughs in science. A few realised its potential as a tool for inspiring people with awe for the Universe. But could anyone have predicted how deeply Hubble would become embedded in popular culture? — Please subscribe to Science & Reason: • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com — In many ways the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is is the world’s most sophisticated digital camera. Over the years, its photo album has featured many members of the cosmic family — ranging from baby stars to elderly galaxies. With all these amazing shots of space, it’s easy to forget that Hubble is a superstar here on Earth, too. Hubble, for many people, has become a byword for “science”. That’s why, this summer, we asked you to send us your favourite examples of how Hubble has been used, or abused, in the daily life of us earthlings. We liked some of your suggestions so much that we wanted to share them. Hubble snapped this glowing planetary nebula, NGC 2818, ejected by a dying star more than 10 000 light-years away. But this scientific picture has also inspired art and design — for example this striking electric guitar. The guitar isn’t the only example of how the world of music has …
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((PLEASE SUBRCRIBE IF YOU LIKED THIS VIDEO !!!)) Highlights from my experience at SupaNova Sydney 2009. I had heaps of fun and met some amazing people ! Lots of love goes out to everyone from this video who humoured me
ESPECIALLY the cute pokemon couple, you guys were awsome – lets have a poke battle sometime! Supernova is an Australian pop culture expo for everythign related to science-fiction, pulp TV/movies, toys, console gaming, trading cards, animation/cartoons, fantasy, comic books, entertainment technology, books, music, sport, fan-clubs and COSPLAY ! Check it out at – www.supanova.com.au/ Background music is Basshunter, as well as the Pokemon theme song – awsome times ;P
www.ted.com At Serious Play 2008, astrophysicist George Smoot shows stunning new images from deep-space surveys, and prods us to ponder how the cosmos — with its giant webs of dark matter and mysterious gaping voids — got built this way.
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((PLEASE SUBRCRIBE IF YOU LIKED THIS VIDEO !!!)) Highlights from my experience at Supernova Sydney 2009. I had heaps of fun and met some amazing people ! Lots of love goes out to everyone from this video who humoured me
ESPECIALLY the cute pokemon couple, you guys were awsome – lets have a poke battle sometime! Supernova is an Australian pop culture expo for everythign related to science-fiction, pulp TV/movies, toys, console gaming, trading cards, animation/cartoons, fantasy, comic books …