The Sea’s Strangest Square Mile
via jtotheizzoe:
Sit back and let your eyes soak up this goggle-fogging journey to the Lembeh Strait near Indonesia by Shark Bay Films. It’s known as one of the richest homes of odd coral reef creatures on Earth.
Lightning-quick eels! Coral-colored, pregnant frogfish stuffing their bellies with wriggling prey! Baby cuttlefish!! BABY CUTTLEFISH!!!
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James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Google+ Hangout
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will be the premiere observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide. It will study every phase in the history of our Universe, ranging from the first luminous glows after the Big Bang, to the formation of solar systems capable of supporting life on planets like Earth, to the evolution of our own Solar System.
Moderated by J.D. Harrington, NASA Astrophysics Public Affairs Officer.
Panelists included:
• Geoff Yoder, Program Director, NASA HQ, Washington, D.C. • Eric Smith, Deputy Program Director / Program Scientist, NASA HQ, Washington, D.C.
• John Mather, JWST Project Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
• Amber Straughn, Astrophysicist / Deputy Project Scientist for Communications & Outreach, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
• Jon Arenberg, Chief Engineer, Northrup Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, Calif.This Google+ Hangout discussed NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the agency’s flagship science project that will launch in October, 2018. Panelists discusses the program’s development status, how the tennis court-sized spacecraft will work, explained its science objectives after launch, and highlighted it’s future impact on the world.
Duration: 57:21
via NASA Television.
GROVER Heads to Greenland
NASA is ready to test a new student-designed rover at the Summit Camp in Greenland, a research station sitting on a two-mile thick sheet of ice. The Goddard Remotely Operated Vehicle for Exploration and Research, or GROVER, carries ground-penetrating radar capable of measuring snow accumulation over time.
For more information http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/grover.html
This video is public domain and can be downloaded at: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?11259
via NASA Explorer.
Astronomy Cast Ep. 297: Space Stations, Part 2 - Mir
Last week we introduced the history of space stations and focused on the US and Soviet stations that were launched. This week we look at one of the longest running missions ever launched: Mir. From its launch and construction to its fiery finale, Mir helped both the Russians and the Americans extend their understanding of what it actually takes to live in space.
Duration: 49:51
via Astrosphere Vids.
Postcards from Palau EP07 - Mystery mandarin fish & monster sea cucumber
The crew is ending off its Palau adventure with a mission: to find and film the mysterious mandarin fish. But before they get what they’re after, another amazing encounter awaits … with a massive, 5-metre sea cucumber!
via Earth Touch.
The cool kids work in Mojave
In Season 6 Episode 12 of Spacevidcast Live we take a look at all the NewSpace companies located in Mojave and what they are up to! Doug Messier of ParabolicArc.com walks us through that exciting area.
In Space News we have Orbital nominally launching their Antares rocket, SpaceX Grasshopper jumps 250m and lands smoothly and the wraps come off Atlantis!
Don’t forget about the show after the show! Spacevidcast continues with After Dark, a special feature only available to epic subscribers. Starting at $10/mo or $100/yr Spacevidcast Epic offers gigs and gigs of exclusive content you won’t find anywhere else! Help Spacevidcast continue to produce shows and sign up today at http://www.spacevidcast.com/epic
Duration: 42:20
via Space Vidcast.
Current Achievement Trophy Award 2013: Mars Science Laboratory Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) Team
The Mars Science Laboratory Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) Team was awarded the National Air and Space Museum 2013 Current Achievement Trophy. This video with images from the mission and interviews with experts about how the landing system worked was played at the presentation of the award April 24, 2013.
via Air and Space.
Postcards from Palau Ep06 - Cave Diving in Palau
It’s not for the claustrophobic … but if you’re brave enough to try it, cave diving can be an amazing experience! Earth Touch divers Barry and Grant explore two underwater caves that couldn’t be more different: one is brimming with colourful life, the other is a maze of murky gloom and towering rock formations.
via Earth Touch.
How To Die On Mars - The Mars One Project Explained
Not-for-profit company Mars One is now accepting applications for the opportunity to be the first humans to set foot on Mars in 2023. One catch - its’ a one way ticket to colonize the desolate, caustic, cold world. Project founders explain.
via Video From Space.
Let’s Celebrate 23 Years of Hubble
Hello Hubble Huggers! It’s time for another Hangout and this time, we’re celebrating 23 years of awesome Hubble images with a brand new release from Hubble Heritage.
Every year about this time, we get really excited because the Hubble Space Telescope was launched on April 24th, 1990 and we’re getting ready to mark the 23rd anniversary of the launch.
Hubble is a window into our universe like no other, and this week we have another breathtaking view to offer you of the iconic Horsehead Nebula, taken in the realm of the infrared.
We also have a eye-popping 3D simulation of the Horsehead based on the image you won’t want to miss!
Please join +Frank Summers, +Zolt Levay, and +Jennifer Mack as they discuss the process of selecting this target, the observations, and the making of the new color image and simulation.
Duration: 55:23
via Hubble Site Channel.
Kepler Makes Discoveries Inside the Habitable Zone
NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the “habitable zone,” the range of distance from a star where the surface temperature of an orbiting planet might be suitable for liquid water.
The size of Kepler-62f is now measured, but its mass and composition are not. However, based on previous studies of rocky exoplanets similar in size, scientists are able to estimate its mass by association. Scientists do not know whether life could exist on the newfound planets, but their discovery signals we are another step closer to finding a world similar to Earth around a star like our sun.
Duration: 01:06:30
via NASA Television.
Postcards from Palau Ep4 - Nautilus encounter
How do you improve a dive in some of the world’s most pristine waters, amidst elaborate coral formations inhabited by sharks and other amazing underwater species? Throw in a lucky sighting of the rare and mysterious nautilus, a living fossil whose ancestors go back millions of years!
via Earth Touch.
The Hunt For A Second Earth
NASA’s Kepler telescope was launched to find other planets just like earth— and now, scientists think they may have found not just one, but three! Trace shows us where they are in the solar system and why the discovery is so important.
via DNews Channel.
We’re Goin’ Asteroid Wranglin’
via scishow:
Hank has some good news about NASA.
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http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/08/us/nasa-asteroid/?hpt=hp_bn1
Missing Mars Lander Found! - The Countdown #20
THE TOP 5:
Star Factory
Five New Exoplanets
Saturn’s Ring Rain
Planet Naming Controversy
Missing Mars Lander Found
via Space Lab.
