Space and Astronomy Megathread (MERGED)

[Spidey]

we'll all be grandpas by the time its open to everyone...

Not me! I'm never getting old!

 

[DBella]

thats why i won't be sticking around.

You've never heard of space maggots, have you?

 

[DBella]

Not me! I'm never getting old!

$1 says you will.

 

[Addendum]

I'd like to, but I won't live to see it ever become affordable.

So I'll just have to resort to taking various hallucinogens so I can take a tour of inner space

 

[DarthRekal]

I cant even get out of Cali...


Space I wish

 

[Elijya]

Here's a place for all us science geeks to hang out and discuss Newton, Hawking, Sagan, Maxwell, Hubble, Herschel (and Herschel and Herschel), Halley, Ptolemy, Eratosthenes, Copernicus, Cassini, Huygens, Galileo, Copernicus, Kepler, and Keiper. You can also talk about that fatty deGrasse Tyson if you want. But really, it's a place to post cool stuff like this picture of the Sombrero galaxy below. God Bless You, Hubble.

 

[Elijya]

 

[Sassy1]

I likkie

 

[AhabTheArab]

somebody post the picture of the crab nebula. the best pic is on wikipedia.

 

[Elijya]

Here's a timelapse video of a sunspot (takes some loading time)
[timg]http://img.waffleimages.com/2df5685fb1c26ea67e4eace2f1debfd44f9faa63/Untitled.jpg[/timg]

 

[Elijya]

somebody post the picture of the crab nebula. the best pic is on wikipedia.

This work for you?

This is what happens after stars blow up, people.

This picture is about 11 LY across.

 

[KALEL114]

How big is Uranus? I couldn't resist.

I can't believe we haven't had a thread for this yet. Lets bust out some universe debates.

 

[Ongie]

Carl Sagan was a genius, in every sense of the word... My favorite astronomer. He taught science as poetry, and he's far and away the best communicator modern astronemy ever saw. Rest his soul.

I would recommend that everyone listen to this little snippet of his work... It could completely change one's worldview.

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[Elijya]

I like the music on this version somebody at YTMND made. Wish it didn't have that atheist v. christian intro, though
http://palebluedot.ytmnd.com/

 

[Elijya]

yay, Io! The most volcanically active body in the Solar system, and on of Jupiter's largest moons

Actual footage of a volcanic eruption on Io. That plume extends 200 miles above its surface.

 

[Ongie]

I like the music on this version somebody at YTMND made. Wish it didn't have that atheist v. christian intro, though
http://palebluedot.ytmnd.com/

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

That's the greatest use of "Running in the Ninetees" I've ever heard.

 

[Elijya]

That's no moon! Wait, no, it is a moon, Saturn's moon Mimas, featuring a huge crater left over from a massive meteor impact millions of years ago.

 

[AhabTheArab]

This work for you?

This is what happens after stars blow up, people.

This picture is about 11 LY across.

yea i know another huge picture, but yes, this is exactly what im talking about. incredible.

 

[Sassy1]

Red Supergiant Star V838 Monocerotis – October 2002

 

[Elijya]

Here's an extremely large picture of M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy, which is about 24 million light years away
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/M101_hires_STScI-PRC2006-10a.jpg

 

[Elijya]

Red Supergiant Star V838 Monocerotis – October 2002

To really appreciate V838, you need the time lapse pictures

 

[Sassy1]

Cat's Eye Nebula, beautiful huh?

 

[Sassy1]

forget your way ahead of me!

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

This work for you?

This is what happens after stars blow up, people.

This picture is about 11 LY across.

They should have sent a POET!

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Here's a cool site I check out every morning after I wake up. Most of you sciencey types probably know about it already but just in case: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html

Amazing stuff.