Europa Report Dramatizes Human Mission To Jupiter’s Moon
Hidden oceans underneath the icy moon’s surface attracts a privately funded manned mission to Europa. Technical failures lead to death and loss of communication. But is something else at work? In theaters on August 2nd, 2013 and On Demand 06/27/13. Official Site: http://www.magnetreleasing.com/europareport/
via Video From Space.
Peer into a Simulated Black Hole
via jtotheizzoe:
The folks at NASA put together this awesome supercomputer simulation of the inner regions surrounding a black hole.
Stellar gas is accelerated to near-light-speed thanks to the incredible draw of the black hole’s gravity. You know how a hot iron bar will glow red? That’s emission in the visible and infrared regions of light. Gas surrounding a black hole gets so hot that it emits light with MUCH higher energy: X-rays!
Near the center, the event horizon marks where nothing, not even x-rays, can escape the pull of gravity. That’s the dark disk in the center.
I think this is about as close as I ever want to get to a black hole.
(by NASAexplorer)
Virtual Star Party - 2013-05-19
We had a full Virtual Star Party this week, hosted by Fraser Cain and Scott Lewis. Gorgeous views of deep sky objects, including LOTS of interacting galaxies, were brought to you by Andrew Dumbleton, Gary Gonnella, Roy Salisbury, and Bill McLaughlin with his brand new telescope. Nicole Gugliucci brings expert commentary and a funny hat that makes her look a bit like Guinan from Star Trek: TNG. Scott also previews all of the submissions to the VSP photo contest!
Duration: 01:02:38
via Astrosphere Vids.
Learning Space Ep. 17: Family Science
This week, we’re talking with Jake Noel-Storr, Director of the RIT Insight Lab, about how the whole family can get engaged in science.
“The Insight Lab at the Rochester Institute of Technology’s Center for Imaging Science involves the University, Students, and Faculty in developing, delivering, evaluating and researching cutting edge science education and outreach programs.”
PLUS! We’ll revisit the exploding film canister from two weeks ago and see if we can’t make the lid pop with a bit more dry ice inside… (Spoiler: It worked!)
Duration: 39:15
via Astrosphere Vids.
Neil deGrasse Tyson on Antimatter and Faster-than-Light Travel
Can an antimatter reaction cause a spaceship to have negative mass and allow for faster than light travel? To answer a fan’s Cosmic Query, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson dives into the physics of antimatter, anti-mass and anti-gravity with co-host Eugene Mirman. Enjoy this StarTalk Radio Behind the Scenes video.
via Star Talk Radio.
Sky & Telescope’s SkyWeek June 17 - 23
This week features a close pairing of Mercury and Venus, the beginning of summer, and the largest and closest full Moon of the year.
via Sky and Telescope.
The Future of Space Astronomy: Hubble’s Universe Unfiltered
The Hubble Space Telescope has made amazing astronomical discoveries for 23 years. It still has a good number of years left, but without the Space Shuttle, servicing missions are no longer possible. The natural question is “what’s next?”
“Hubble’s Universe Unfiltered” is a recurring broadcast from HubbleSite.org, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope. Astrophysicist Frank Summers takes viewers on an in-depth tour of the latest Hubble discoveries. Find more episodes at http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/hubbles_universe_unfiltered/
via Hubble Site Channel.
Galactic Center at zenith at Paranal observatory
via jtotheizzoe:
Peer into the center of the Milky Way with this stunning time-lapse video from Chile’s Paranal Observatory, by photographer Stéphane Guisard. Pretty perfect for a Friday, eh?
The bright streak that traverses our sky is the actual disk of our galaxy, the “milk” in our “way” is from the density of stars along the disk-like plane of our spiral home. You can also see a couple of our neighboring galaxies in there, dusty splotches against the inky dome.
Rebecca Rosen has more, with a nice reminder that any picture of a galaxy showing an arrow that says “you are here” is lying to you :) A Whole-Sky Time-Lapse of the Galactic Center - The Atlantic
Bonus: Take a look at this mind-bogglingly big snapshot of the Milky Way, a nine-gigapixel image containing more than 84 million stars. Think that’s a lot? It’s just 1% of the sky, and just this galaxy. It’s also my desktop background image!
Weekly Space Hangout - 14 June 2013
Links discussed in the show: - Hangout-A-Thon with links to events, donation, schedule, etc: http://cosmoquest.org/blog/2013/06/24-hour-hangout-a-thon/
- NASA budget by Casey Dreier: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/casey-dreier/2013/20130603-operating-plan-delivered.html
- Asteroid retrieval getting axed? http://www.spacenews.com/article/civil-space/35799draft-nasa-authorization-bill-nixes-asteroid-retrieval-mission
- Lone Signal: http://www.universetoday.com/102844/lone-signal-first-continous-message-beacon-to-find-and-say-hello-to-an-extraterrestrial-civilization/
- more info on Arkyd: http://www.universetoday.com/102853/space-selfie-telescope-could-hunt-alien-planets-if-it-raises-a-cool-2m/
- Shenzhou docking by Amy: http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/china-scores-another-triumph-in-space
- Supermoooooooooon http://www.universetoday.com/102763/what-is-a-super-moon/
- ATV - http://www.universetoday.com/102937/get-ready-for-the-atv-4-docking-with-this-fun-music-video/
- IT’S A TRAP! http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/its-a-dust-trap-130607.htm
Duration: 01:00:30
via Nicole Gugliucci.
“Blue & Beautiful” - Neil Armstrong Tribute
A musical tribute to the legendary Neil Armstrong. mp3:
http://melodysheep.bandcamp.com/album/remixes-for-the-soulSources:
When We Left Earth
Neil Armstrong BBC Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtdcdxvNI1o
via Melody Sheep.
Earth and the Solar System
In this video Paul Andersen explains the parts of the Solar System; including the planets, dwarf planets, moons and asteroids. He explains how everything orbits around the Sun and how a proper understanding of this heliocentric model helps to explain planetary motions, eclipses, seasons, phases and even day and night. A teaching progression K-12 is also included.
via Bozeman Biology.
Neil deGrasse Tyson on Food for Mars Missions
What would astronauts eat on a manned mission to Mars? Neil deGrasse Tyson tells co-host Chuck Nice what’s on NASA’s menu for Mars, including how they make food taste great over long periods of time without refrigeration and what kind of sustainable livestock and crops make sense for a long-term Martian colony. It’s a tasty Cosmic Query with a shelf-life of 3-4 years — the time it takes to go to and from Mars!
via Star Talk Radio.
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Exploring Extreme Environments
Imagine if you were asked to explore a place so extreme that no human had ever been there. Or, what if you were told to go and search for life in space. What would you say?
The simple answer would probably be “That’s impossible.” But, not to everyone.
Explorers ready to push the limits and take on the impossible have helped us better understand the world we live in and the extreme lifeforms that live here. Now that knowledge is applied to new extreme worlds in our search for life elsewhere in the Universe.
We had the chance to meet and talk to some of these extreme explorers.
For more information on the Molecular Frontiers symposium go to: www.molecularfrontiers.org/
via Untamed Science.
This Week in Science (TWIS) - Episode 415
Dr. Kiki, Justin, and Blair explore the world of science with a few of the past week’s popular stories.
Climate change, extinctions, Moon water, dating advice, and more!!!
Listen to the full episode in audio or check out the show notes at our website: http://www.twis.org !
Duration: 01:30:31
via This Week in Science.
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Lagrange Points - Sixty Symbols
Discussing Lagrangian (Lagrange) points, orbits and gravity.
Speaking is Professor Mike Merrifield. Animations by Pete McPartlan.
Pete’s website is: http://www.petemcpartlan.co.uk/
Professor Merrifield tweets at https://twitter.com/ProfMike_MBuy the original animation art: http://bit.ly/10UZRQb (to support the artist)
via Sixty Symbols.
