Why The Universe Is Probably Flat
A very interesting presentation describing why the Universe is thought to be flat. Another reason not mentioned is that in a flat Universe the total energy would be zero as gravity can have negative...
Monthly Archive: July 2012
Kepler-22b, Another Earth Like Planet
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Kepler-22b is an Earth like planet orbiting the star Kepler-22. It is approximately 600 light years away in the Cygnus constellation. It was discovered...
Carl Sagan On Black Holes
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Here Carl Sagan discusses black holes and the gravitational effect on light. He also touches on wormholes, which may be gateways to future interstellar...
Walking On The Moon – Apollo 11
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – A tribute to the crew of the Apollo 11 mission, that landed the first men on the moon, played to the background song, ‘Walking...
The Dwarf Planet Pluto
– ” For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – A great introduction to the ‘dwarf’ planet Pluto to background music by Mike Oldfield. We do not know a lot about Pluto simply...
Orion Test Flight Animation
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – An animation of the first test flight of Orion, Nasa’s next multi-purpose crew vehicle scheduled for 2014. This will provide Nasa with an affordable...
‘This is Our Planet’ ISS Time-Lapse Video – Mind Blowing!
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – A quite spectacular time lapse video of our Planet created with photos and video from the ISS by 18 year old Tomislav Safundžić. This video...
International Space Centre Update – July 5th 2012
– ” For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – The International Space Station (ISS), is a joint venture between five space agencies, NASA, the Russian Federal Space Agency, the Japanese or JAXA, the...
Mars ‘Curiosity Rover’ Mission Animation
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – A quite amazing animation of the ‘Curiosity Rover’ mission. ‘Curiosity’ is the next planned visitor to Mars by NASA and is scheduled to land...
Venus and Jupiter Sky Show – July 2012
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – This July the brightest stars in the sky, Venus and Jupiter will be very close and on July 7th will line up, in almost...
July 2 2012 Class M5.6 Solar Flare
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – The sun erupted with a powerful solar flare on Monday 2nd July and a wave of plasma from the flare could reach Earth by...
Chinese Space Walk
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Space walks are another part of the learning curve that you must go through if you are serious about space travel and construction in...
A Vision Of Deep Space
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Here is a stunning compilation video of original paintings by amateur astronomer and astrophotographer Philip A Cruden. Philip A Cruden professionally works as a...
So What Is The Universe Expanding Into?
-“For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends”- We are told that scientists believe that the Universe started with the Big Bang and then started to expand outwards. We know the Universe is expanding...
