Sub-Orbital Space Flights & Satellite Exploration
New image from the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) Gravitational Lensing in Abell 370 from the Hubble Space Telescope presentation at Peter White Library. Presented by jpl solar system ambassador Scott Stobbelaar on October 20th, 2009. Photos released September 9th, 2009.
Tags: omega, Telescope, NASA, starlab
Frontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) Class begins with a review of the first problem set. Newton’s Third Law is applied in explaining how exoplanets are found. An overview of the Solar System is given; each planet is presented individually and its special features are highlighted. Astronomy is discussed as an observational science, and the subject of how to categorize objects in the Solar System is addressed. The Pluto controversy is given special attention and both sides of the argument regarding its status are considered. Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: open.yale.edu This course was recorded in Spring 2007.
Tags: third, Effect, greenhouse, Mars
Educational video covering Comets & Asteroids and their properties. This and other great videos can be purchased at www.songsofhigherlearning.com
Tags: comets, learning, students, belt
www.good.is There are more than 3000 satellites orbiting earth. While we go about our daily lives, these contraptions are hard at work in our stratosphere, beaming the latest episodes of American Idol, snapping photos of black holes, and enabling governments to spy on obscure regions of Afghanistan. Leroy Chiao, the 311th astronaut in space, takes us on a tour of some satellites past and present.
Tags: science, technology, magazine, Satellites
Guest lecturer Rusty Schweickart gives the first part of the tenth lecture, “Life in Space, Life on Earth,” for Professor Lynn Rothschild’s Astrobiology and Space Exploration course. Stanford University: www.stanford.edu Full Course Available on Stanford on itunes U [itunes Link]: deimos3.apple.com Stanford University Channel on youtube: www.youtube.com
Tags: Exploration, solar, barfing, stars
Saturn V Launch Views – High Speed Cams Segment #1: Apollo 11 ignition and liftoff (high speed) Segment #2: Apollo 11 tracking (high speed) Segment #3: Apollo 8 ignition and liftoff (normal speed)
Tags: liftoff, science, speed, Glauert
New image of the Stephan Quintet: Galaxy Cluster from the Hubble Space Telescope presentation at Peter White Library. Presented by jpl solar system ambassador Scott Stobbelaar on October 20th, 2009. Photos released September 9th, 2009.
Tags: white, new, service, science
Interesting video with deep space images along with images of our own solar system. *There are 167 known moons in our Solar System: Mercury does not have any natural satellites moons. Venus does not have any natural satellites moons. Mars has 2 natural moons. Jupiter has 63 natural moons. Saturn has 61 natural moons, and over 150 ‘moon-lets’. Uranus has 27 natural moons. Neptune has 13 natural moons.
Tags: Exploration, spacecrafts, Saturn, sphere
This video depicts the relative scale of things and the Universe in factors of ten. We start with the smallest things that science knows. Each following image is in scale ten times larger than the preceding one.
Tags: Venus, moon, particle, atoms
New image of the Ghost of Carina: Stellar Birth from the Hubble Space Telescope presentation at Peter White Library. Presented by jpl solar system ambassador Scott Stobbelaar on October 20th, 2009. Photos released September 9th, 2009.
Tags: birth, image, Mission, Dot