Wau (Pronounce Wow)
Ever heard of the number wau? It is a number that can be expressed in many many brilliant, yet extremely strange names. It even has relevance to science in which if you were to make a curve (similar to how you make one with the golden ratio, Phi) it would wound into itself like a quantum string.
watch this video and your mind will be blown.
Can you recognize this deep sky object?
You guessed it! A quasar! This is my interpretation of a quasar as a stained glass image. Not amazing, but I would love you opinions! I drew this about a year and a half ago.
If any of you don’t know what a quasar, it’s basically an active galaxy in which the super massive black hole is taking in so much matter that much of it is getting spewed out into space!
Contact (1997)
This movie is about Dr. Ellie Arraway, a radiophysicist from SETI, struggling against the doubts of scientists around her as she works in search for alien life. Personally, when I first heard about this movie I wasn’t all that impressed, but it was screenwritten by Carl Sagan, so I figured I’d give it a shot. I only have good things to say about this movie. The story itself is amazing as well as the struggle that Arroway is constantly in against those around her. Not only does she receive the signal, but she later helps decode it to learn that the aliens want to take a human to the stars. Throughout the story, there is a side plot on faith and religion, and the ultimate ironic end.
Such a fantastic film. I highly recommend it.
Anyone else fine this adorable? Not science, but scientist!(:
Life of A Star
The Sun will live to a whopping 5billion years old. But what happens when it’s ready to die?
Why the Runaway Universe Discovery Won the Nobel Prize in Physics
Alien Planet
Follow a virtual trip to Darwin 4, a planet 6.5 light years away. In this episode by Discovery, scientists like Michio Kaku and Stephen Hawking send a shuttle to Darwin 4 in order to study the life that inhabits the planet.
Hey everyone! Check out the meteor shower tonight!!!!!
“Here is a skymap to help you observe the show. We hope you have an amazing view of the Quadrantids meteor shower, peaking on the morning of January 4th.”
Don’t forget to check it out tonight/early morning.
(via thenewenlightenmentage)
Alien Earth Part 1/5
In this 5 part video series by NatGeo, travel to some of the strangest exoplanets ever found! Including a Hot Jupiter where it rains iron to hot ice and Carbon Super Earths that have diamonds everywhere. Our universe contains strange worlds.
The Coldest Place in the Universe
Discovered in 1980 by the Anglo-Australian telescope, the Siding Spring Observatory, and later photographed by the Hubble in 1998, the protoplanetary nebula known as the Boomerang Nebula or the Bow Tie Nebula (Bow Ties are cool) is the coldest known region in the universe at 1Kelvin or -272ºC. This is one degree above absolute zero!
The nebula was created when a star began to release gas out into space at 164km/s. It is because of this expansion that the nebula is such a low temperature. The nebula is 5,000 light years from Earth
Travel Through the Universe
Take some time at the end (or beginning) of the year to watch this video!
This video takes you to places all over the universe starting with the planets to nebulae (Orions, Horsehead, etc), galaxies (andromeda), quasars, pulsars, star clusters and more! It starts just a bit slow at first but it is definitely worth watching the whole thing!
Happy New Year Everyone
Enjoy 2011 while you can and if you’re already in 2012, make the best of it!!
Faster than Light Neutrinos
Can neutrinos really travel faster than light? Or did scientists just make a mistake?
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