patrick moore039s space snacks
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astronomer sir patrick moore tastes a selection of snacks from outer space

how can galaxies travel faster than light
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get astronomy tweets here http:twittercomdeepastronomyprobably my biggest regret when i made the hubble deep field in 3d video is saying the phrase quotthese galaxies are racing away from us in some cases faster than lightquoti had originally thought i was being clever and the comment would spur discussion instead there was no discussion only name calling and i mightily regretted putting it in thereanyway this video was a long time coming i had been meaning to make this for some time to illustrate what i was talking aboutmusic used:http:wwwarchiveorgdetailskpu107don039t forget to play with wolframalpha it039s awesome:http:wwwwolframalphacom

nasa - aurorae from space
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lately the international space station has been flying through geomagnetic storms giving astronauts an close-up view of the aurora borealis just outside their windows these videos were taken by the crew of expedition 30 on board the international space station first get an introduction into the beauty of aurorae 1st segment: the sequence of shots was taken march 3 2012 from 17:59:48 to 18:16:25 gmt on a pass from eastern kenya near the indian ocean to the south indian ocean east of the kerguelen islands this video begins as the iss travels southeast from eastern africa over the arabian sea and the indian ocean the first land we see is that of the mauritius and reunion islands east of madagascar the pass continues over the indian ocean where there are heavy clouds blocking the view of the water finally the aurora australis begins to appear as well as a faded view of the milky way 2nd segment: the sequence of shots was taken march 4 2012 from 17:19:17 to 17:27:10 gmt on a pass over the south indian ocean this video again focuses on the aurora australis as the iss passes over the south indian ocean from northeast of the kerugelen islands to south of australia the streaks of the aurora are very visible and active in this video as the iss passes right over the green lights 3rd segment: the sequence of shots was taken march 10 2012 from 14:49:58 to 15:05:37 gmt on a pass from the south indian ocean to southeast new zealand this video mainly focuses on the aurora australis over the southern hemisphere as the iss traveled southeast and then northeast the crew captured the bands of the aurora australis as the milky way made an appearance in the star field credit: nasa issjscsciencenasa

how the hubble space telescope039s stunning colour images are created - video science guardiancouk
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since its launch in 1990 the hubble space telescope has captured half a million images in black and white zoltan levay reveals how the spectacular colour pictures we know and love are assembled

james randi speaks: carl sagan
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james randi speaks video 8james randi talks about one of the most influential scientists of all time carl sagan randi and sagan were well acquainted and sagan once said of randi: quotwe may not always agree with randi but we ignore him at our perilquot watch this video to see what randi has to say about saganif you are unfamiliar with carl sagan have a look at this videohttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=mypskl_s45erecorded: 2252009lighting camera and editing by: richard montalvo rmontalvo23gmailcom

neil degrasse tyson opens a rocket in his office
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listen to full audio: http:tinyurlcom5ekcqftime recently went to interview neil degrasse tyson and we noticed a huge crate had been delivered to his office he was then kind enough to open it on-camera the back story of this gift is that neil was adamant that abc news include the saturn v rocket on its list of the 7 wonders of america the folks at the marshall space flight center in huntsville alabama were so grateful they sent neil a replica

solar storm to hit earth - video science guardiancouk
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the us space weather prediction centre warns that planes power grids and satellites could be affected by a geomagnetic storm

a flight through the universe by the sloan digital sky survey
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this animated flight through the universe was made by miguel aragon of johns hopkins university with mark subbarao of the adler planetarium and alex szalay of johns hopkins there are close to 400000 galaxies in the animation with images of the actual galaxies in these positions or in some cases their near cousins in type derived from the sloan digital sky survey sdss data release 7 vast as this slice of the universe seems its most distant reach is to redshift 01 corresponding to roughly 13 billion light years from earth sdss data release 9 from the baryon oscillation spectroscopic survey boss led by berkeley lab scientists includes spectroscopic data for well over half a million galaxies at redshifts up to 08 -- roughly 7 billion light years distant -- and over a hundred thousand quasars to redshift 30 and beyondfor more information about boss and the latest data release go to http:newscenterlblgovnews-releases20120808boss-sdss-dr9

sleigh ride over mars 720p
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take a virtual sleigh ride over the real landscapes of mars courtesy of nasa039s mars reconnaissance orbitercredit: nasajpl-caltechsource: http:wwwjplnasagovvideoindexcfmid=1046

the scale of the universe the universe to quantum foam
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this video is uploaded for educational purposes only and in the honor of it039s creatorscredited to:by cary huangtechnical support by michael huangcopyright 2012 cary and michael huang http:htwinsnetmusic by kevin macleod http:incompetechcomthe flash version of this video you can find here:http:images4channelorgfsrc589217_scale_of_universe_enhancedswf

phil plait: how to defend earth from asteroids
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http:wwwtedcom what039s six miles wide and can end civilization in an instant an asteroid - and there are lots of them out there with humor and great visuals phil plait enthralls the tedxboulder audience with all the ways asteroids can kill and what we must do to avoid themtedtalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the ted conference where the world039s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes featured speakers have included al gore on climate change philippe starck on design jill bolte taylor on observing her own stroke nicholas negroponte on one laptop per child jane goodall on chimpanzees bill gates on malaria and mosquitoes pattie maes on the quotsixth sensequot wearable tech and quotlostquot producer jj abrams on the allure of mystery ted stands for technology entertainment design and tedtalks cover these topics as well as science business development and the arts closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on tedcom at http:wwwtedcomtranslate

what is the universe expanding into
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by popular space fan request i offer this video to help answer some of your questions regarding the expanding universe many of you consistently ask: if the universe is expanding then what is it expanding intothis concept is non-trivial to try and explain in a 5 minute yt video but i do my best i hope this helpsthanks to all of you space fans for watching this channel it means a lot to memusic from kevin macleod:http:incompetechcom

behind the mysterious fog surrounding the milky way
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on november 9th 2010 a group of scientists at nasa039s fermi gamma-ray space telescope announced the discovery of two bubbles of energy erupting from the center of our galaxy the structure spans more than half of the visible sky from the constellation virgo to the constellation grus and it may be have been around for millions of yearsthese bubbles extend 25000 light years from each side of our galaxy and contain the energy equivalent of 100000 supernovaenasa press release:http:wwwnasagovmission_pagesglastnewsnew-structurehtmlmusic used:http:wwwarchiveorgdetailssadakosfury_welcometomyworld

tedxcaltech - sean carroll - cosmology and the arrow of time
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sean carroll is a theoretical physicist at caltech he received his phd in 1993 from harvard university and has previously worked at mit the institute for theoretical physics at the university of california santa barbara and the university of chicago his research ranges over a number of topics in theoretical physics focusing on cosmology particle physics and general relativity with special emphasis on dark matter dark energy and the origin of the universe he is the author of quotfrom eternity to herequot a popular book on cosmology and the arrow of time and of quotspacetime and geometryquot a textbook on general relativity has produced a set of introductory lectures for the teaching company entitled quotdark matter and dark energy: the dark side of the universequot and is a co-founder of the popular science blog cosmic variance http:blogsdiscovermagazinecomcosmicvarianceabout tedx x = independently organized event: in the spirit of ideas worth spreading tedx is a program of local self-organized events that bring people together to share a ted-like experience at a tedx event tedtalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group these local self-organized events are branded tedx where x = independently organized ted event the ted conference provides general guidance for the tedx program but individual tedx events are self-organized subject to certain rules and regulations on january 14 2011 caltech hosted tedxcaltech an exciting one-day event to honor richard feynman nobel laureate caltech physics professor iconoclast visionary and all-around quotcurious characterquot visit tedxcaltechcom for more details

fallen king of mars found in nasa rover photo sept 5 2015 ufo sighting news
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i found this fallen king on mars in a nasa photo taken by the rover its an official photo from the nasa pia site i don039t believe it was a statue scott c waring http:wwwufosightingsdailycom