A galaxy not so far away: The Daily Mail put together a wonderful gallery of photographs of Wall Street Canyon at Bryce Canyon National Park by photographer Royce Bair.
For #Starporn Saturday.
We should totally make that a thing.
Space Cats
What are “space cats”? You’ve probably never heard of them, thanks to heroes like Brant Widgeon. All that #spaceporn on your dash, cleaned up of this astronomical photobombing feline scourge.
Purring their way through the dark reaches of space, ruining the photographic majesty of the universe with their cute, furry little faces.
What would we do without him?
(by andyfreeberg)
![matthen:
The 100 nearest stars, with the Sun in the middle. Colours are correct, when mathematica has data on the star’s temperature. Can you spot any constellations? [code]
Very, very cool.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly2ln4GTwh1qfg7o3o1_400.gif)
Next stop on our Amazing Journeys: Did you ever wish, like me, that you could explore our planet from above? I think it’s kinda sad that no one will ever get to journey from Earth inside the Space Shuttle ever again.
This is what it would have been like to sit in the cockpit.
Step inside the flight deck of the shuttle Discovery and click through for an interactive 360 degree tour.
What will the flight deck of tomorrow’s spacecraft look like?
(images by 360VR.com)
Send a Hubble Holiday Card this year!
The Hubble Holiday Cards feature images of the Cosmos captured by the legendary space telescope, combined with Holiday Greetings. Santa may not be real, but these are just as magical.
Check out the whole collection here.
(Spoiler Alert on the Santa thing, sorry)
Carl Sagan: “We are star stuff.”
Navajo word for star: “Sitsoi yoo”, which means “My ancient relation from which I came.”
Coincidence? I think not.
The biggest stars In the universe, and their size relative to Earth.
The actual size of everything is, well, pretty big! Lovely work on this video.
(by ScienceMagazine)
“Field Walk”
(by Christopher Hibbert)
Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing i know about physics: you are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements - the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution and for life - weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars, and the only way for them to get into your body is if those stars were kind enough to explode. So, forget Jesus. The stars died so that you could be here today.
Physicist Lawrence Krauss
(via desmonddb)
Landscapes, Volume 2 by Dustin Farrell
I think my time-lapse video addiction is getting out of control.
Nahhhhh, we all love ‘em. Set this one to full screen, go HD and turn up the sound. Your Friday needs this.
(via Bad Astronomy)
Wild Wyoming, A Summer of Sunsets & Dark Skies by Eric Hines.
In a week where weather and Earth have reminded us of the violent and disruptive, I think it would be nice to remind ourselves of the beauty it holds, as well. Enjoy this, as big and as HD as possible!
:)
The Royal Observatory Greenwich Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest is underway, and their Flickr group is one of the best ever. Take a look and pick your favorites!
(via Flickr - photo by Jeffrey Sullivan)
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