Astronomers Discover an ‘Emerald-Cut’ square shaped Galaxy

by Adrian M. on March 21, 2012


Astronomers Discover an ‘Emerald-Cut’ square shaped Galaxy. You can find out more at this article here…

http://www.swinburne.edu.au/chancellery/mediacentre/media-centre/news/2012/03/astronomers-discover-emerald-cut-galaxy

Square Galaxy

The universe never ceases to amaze me… Wow.

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The Moon Hour by Hour in 2012

by Adrian M. on March 20, 2012

The NASA Scientific Visualization Studio (GSFC) showcase the Earths view of the Moon every hour for the year 2012. Using an amazing animation techniques, it truly grasps the rocking, tilting and gravity pulls on the Moon.

The Moon in 2012 - Hour by Hour

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Blonde going to the Sun

March 14, 2012

An American, Russian and a Blonde were having a chat one day. The Russian said, “We were the first humans in space!” The American replied “Well we were the first to walk on the moon!” And then the Blonde said “So what? We are going to be the first on the Sun!” The American and [...]

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Lego Space Shuttle Launch

March 12, 2012

Check out this video of a lego space shuttle that made it 35kms above the earths surface. Using a weather balloon, complete with a camera to capture the flight and GPS tracking so they could eventually find the balloon – the mission was a complete success. The LEGO was glued together so it could survive [...]

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Is this a Tornado on the Sun?

February 18, 2012

Over a period of 30 hours (From February 7th to 8th 2012), plasma that was stuck in a magnetic field swirled its way across the suns surface. This was captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory and gives you an idea of the massive storms that exist elsewhere in our solar system. AstronomyJourney.com

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Amazing Real Space Wallpapers

November 8, 2011

Pictures of Space help you understand what’s really out there. These are my favourite websites for space, universe, astronomy and everything up in the sky Wallpapers. The first are the Wallpapers over at Space.com, Here is a couple of my favourite… The space shuttle Atlantis is seen shortly after the rotating service structure (RSS) was [...]

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Big Asteroid Heading for Earth – Between Us and the Moon!

November 6, 2011

Below is the Reuters story on the Asteroid 2005 YU 55… Which we shouldn’t be alarmed about, but it is a good reminder that these huge chunks of rock are floating around space! Earth’s close encounter with Asteroid 2005 YU 55 will occur at 6:28 p.m. EST (2328 GMT) Tuesday, as the space rock sails [...]

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Nasa Captures the Aurora Australis

September 22, 2011

Check out this awesome footage of the “Southern Lights” This Youtube video was captured through a window on the Worldwide Space Station on September the 11th 2011. Cloud was covering most of Australia at the time so Australians missed out on this spectacular event to the south. NASA astronaut Ron Garan and Russian cosmonauts Andrey [...]

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