Borneo Island – a View from Above
Following video shows the images of Borneo island, captured by Japan’s ALOS satellite. On this island, located in Southeast Asia, we can notice Borneo’s rainforest that is extremely rich in diversity of flora and...
Monthly Archive: December 2014
How Does Gravity Affect Our Cells?
In the following video, Ian O’Neil from DNews explains how our cells resist gravity.
Two Closest Potentially Supernovas Are about to Die
In our closest neighborhood, there are two potentially supernovas nearing to its end: Betelgeuse in Orion constellation and a binary star HR8210 in Pegasus constellation. While Betelgeuse is far away from us (about 500...
Facts about Our Sun
The following video contains many facts about the Sun and its storms. Furthermore, it has been explained how sunspots, solar flares, solar tsunamis and other sun related phenomenon appear and behave.
A Magnificent Dark Sky
This video contains an incredible view of the night sky above the Chilean Atacama desert. This amazing beauty of the night sky was captured by photographers of the night and presented to us in...
What Makes 30% of the Earth?
A mineral, which makes 30% of the Earth was founded in 1879, but got its name in 2014. Its name is bridgmanite, named after Percy Williams Bridgman, Nobel Prize winner. Geologists have discovered bridgmanite...
Meteor Shower Radiating from the Gemini Constellation Will Reach Its Peak on December 13/14
The Geminid meteor shower will happen in December, and will be at its maximum on December 13th and 14th. The approximate speed of shooting stars is estimated at 120-160 stars per hour.
Jupiter and Its Red Spot
The great red spot on Jupiter is enormous anti-cyclonic storm twice size the Earth. According to scientists, this storm is not red by its nature, but gases in Jupiterain atmosphere are red when exposed...
What Do We Know about Our Solar System?
This video shows us 10 most common false ideas we have about our Solar System. The list starts with the Sun as the burning ball of fire.
Exploration of the Glowing Band of the Milky Way
This video shows us how our galaxy looks like through the lens of a telescope. It enables us to travel to the center of the Milky Way, where the mysterious black hole is hiding.
How to Define a Planet
During technological evolution, our idea about the Solar System has been also greatly evolved. Technological progress enables us to discover new planets, which makes a lot of confusion among scientists in the past. Introducing...
Our Beautiful Planet
This video presents an amazing planet, our Earth, seen from the International Space Station (ISS). In this time-lapse selection we can see the northern lights, night lights on our planet and the rising Sun.
