Download the Digital Universe
February 16th, 2010
"Download our atlas of the Universe and the free Partiview software and begin flying around the Galaxy at home."
Archive for the 'astronomy' Category
Hubble: The Man, the Telescope
September 17th, 2009
Photo gallery of Edwin Hubble, the Hubble telescope in development, after being launched, and being maintained.
Sixty Symbols
June 22nd, 2009
University of Nottingham site featuring "videos about the symbols of physics and astronomy."
Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party
June 14th, 2009
"Time lapse video of night sky as it passes over the 2009 Texas Star Party in Fort Davis, Texas. The galactic core of Milky Way is brightly displayed. Images taken with 15mm fisheye lens."
Hubble Ultra Deep Field
August 10th, 2008
Full-resolution photo taken by the Hubble of a teeny-tiny segment of the sky, which is also of course huge beyond imagining. 11.3 days of exposure, et voila. Just over 100mb of space.
The Eight Planets
March 3rd, 2008
Apparently Pluto is sort of a planet again - along with Ceres and Eris. A discussion of the possible criteria for planetary classification, with a summary of the implications of each approach.
Black Hole Sun
February 1st, 2008
"...And wash away the rain."
World Atlas of Solar Eclipse Paths
November 8th, 2007
Record of four thousand years of locations that solar eclipses were/will be visible from.
Trips to the moon
October 20th, 2007
Mentioned in the liner notes of the Criterion "For All Mankind," which does this year's "In the Shadow of the Moon" one better by being soundtracked/scored by Brian Eno. This is the earliest known account of a (speculative) trip to the moon
List of artificial objects on extra-terrestrial surfaces
October 9th, 2007
The list of artificial objects on the surface of the moon article has been sitting in my RSS reader for months. This is one level up.
Voyager Golden Record
September 11th, 2007
Excellent, though sort of needlesslay flash-heavy interface for hearing/seeing the golden record sent out with the Voyager. Amazing: "Johnny B. Goode" is on there. via kio.
Pencils and Stars
September 11th, 2007
Fantastic compositing by the Nonist of six separate renderings of the July 18th 1860 solar eclipse.
The IceCube Concept
July 18th, 2007
Awesome (and huge) diagram of a neutrino telescope being assembled in Antarctica.
The Societies and Governments of the Moon
July 9th, 2007
Called out by Calvino in his essay on "Lightness." Notable for discussing various methods of space travel, including rocketry and vials of dew.
Videos of the Sun’s Surface
June 5th, 2007
Amazing. Now I want to visit the sun and hang out with all the awesome sun people, as they must be amazing, too. The sun's magnetic field acting on superheated plasma in the second video is especially amazing. Amazing.
The Heliocentric Pantheon
April 9th, 2007
Walter Murch's gotta slow down. He's making the rest of us look bad.