I finally got ahold of Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking, a 3 part series about… the Universe (go figure). Whenever I see these new shows come out, I absolutely MUST watch them, if only to find something new I’ve never heard about. For one thing, I don’t always learn something new. Why is that? [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Astronomy’
Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking
Posted: 7th November 2010 by Eric D in Astronomy, MediaTags: Astronomy, Stephen Hawking
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Posted: 5th November 2010 by Eric D in Astronomy, MediaTags: Astronomy, Bad Astronomy, Milky Way
Hey you! Fight the generic Microsoft green-field background and get something not only cool, but sciency and astronomy-ey! Phil Plait of the Bad Astronomy blog constantly posts LARGE images taken from Hubble, NASA and other astrophotographers and shares them with his readers. A lot of the images are HUGE! Because of that, they make fantastic [...]
And you thought you were significant.
Posted: 6th February 2010 by Eric D in AstronomyTags: Astronomy, Media
Yeah. Sorry China. It’s on youtube. Thankfully the great firewall is protecting you from this. Edit: damn. maybe Witopia is protecting you from this too. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Link is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17jymDn0W6U
Ministry of Weather says “NO” to eclipse
Posted: 22nd July 2009 by Eric D in Astronomy, SinoPennTags: Astronomy, China, Eclipse, Ministry of..., Shanghai, Star Trek
The Ministry of Weather, after being snubbed by its request that the moon not eclipse the sun, had ordered a rainstorm over Shanghai for the morning of July 22nd. At around 5am this morning, the storm clouds moved in as requested, blocking out the view Shanghai would’ve had of the historic Astronomical event. Anonymous sources [...]
What a light show in Edmonton Canada!
Posted: 10th December 2008 by Eric D in Astronomy, SinoPennTags: Astronomy, Canada, Edmonton, Meteors
Caught by a police dashboard cam, the light in the background is a meteor entering the earth’s atmosphere and disintegrating before landing. Here’s another view, a bit more close up. Look for more when the clips finish
