Showing posts with label space. Show all posts
Showing posts with label space. Show all posts
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Journey through the universe beyond the speed of light
Excellent documentary, mind blowing and superbly narrated. Enjoy
Thursday, March 13, 2014
If the Moon were replaced with some of our planets
This is a visualization of what it might be like if the Moon was
replaced with some of the other planets at the same distance as our moon
In order show:
Mars
Venus
Neptune
Uranus
Jupiter
Saturn
In order show:
Mars
Venus
Neptune
Uranus
Jupiter
Saturn
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Friday, June 22, 2012
Transit of Venus
For all, it was surely a once-in-a-lifetime chance to view the planet Venus as it made its transit past the sun these past two days within view of millions of people on Earth. The last Venus transit was in 2004, and the next pair of events will not happen again until the years 2117 and 2125
In this composite image provided by NASA, the SDO satellite captures the path sequence of the transit of Venus across the face of the sun at on June 5-6 as seen from space. The last transit was in 2004 and the next pair of events will not happen again until the year 2117 and 2125. (NASA via Getty Images)
A girl reacts as she uses a pair of eclipse glasses to watch Venus passing the sun in Kolkata, India on June 6. The planet Venus made a slow transit across the face of the sun on Tuesday, the last such passing that will be visible from Earth for 105 years. (Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)
A plane flies under a thin layer cloud crossing the sun as Venus moves past the sun are seen through a coelostat at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles on June 5. (Gene Blevins/Reuters)
Professor Hashim Ahmed Yousif al-Sayed, dean of the College of Science at the University of Bahrain, points out the planet Venus passing the sun as seen through a telescope projected on paper to a small group of spectators gathered, not pictured, at the campus of a university in Sakhir, Bahrain on June 6. People around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. (Hasan Jamali/Associated Press)
A visitor photographs a live image of Venus moving past the sun showing through a coelostat at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles on June 5. (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)
Planet Venus, pictured as a black dot, is seen in transit across the Sun in New Delhi, India on June 6. Sky-gazers around the world held up their telescopes and viewing glasses to watch a once-in-a-lifetime event as Venus slid across the sun. (Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images)
Astronomer and Vice President for Planning and Development of Bahrain University, Waheeb Essa al-Naser, (fourth left) watches the planet Venus pass the sun, with a small group of spectators at the university in Sakhir, Bahrain on June 6. (Hasan Jamali/Associated Press)
Indians watch the projection of the transit of Venus against the Sun in New Delhi, India on June 6. People around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. (Manish Swarup/Associated Press)
Planet Venus, pictured as a black dot, is seen in transit across the Sun at sunrise in Kathmandu on June 6. Sky-gazers around the world held up their telescopes and viewing glasses to watch a once-in-a-lifetime event as Venus slid across the sun. (Prakash Mathhema/AFP/Getty Images)
Elementary school students gather to watch the projection of Venus crossing the sun in Kobe, western Japan on June 6. From the U.S. to South Korea, people around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. The next one won't be for another 105 years. (Kyodo News via Associated Press)
Venus moves across the sun during the transit in Sydney, Australia on June 6. People around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. (Rob Griffith/Associated Press)
Venus begins to cross the sun's face during the transit of Venus on June 5 as seen from the west side of Manhattan in New York. Astronomers around the world are training their telescopes on the skies to watch Venus pass in front of the sun, a once-in-a-lifetime event that will not be seen for another 105 years. (Stan Hond/AFP/Getty Images)
South Korean primary school students wearing masks with solar viewers watch Venus passing between the sun and the Earth at the Gwacheon National Science Museum in Gwacheon, south of Seoul on June 6. (Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)
The planet Venus is seen in transit across the Sun during sunrise in Sofia, Bulgaria on June 6. (Nikolay Doychinov/AFP/Getty Images)
A bird sits atop one of the domes of the landmark Taj Mahal as Venus begins to pass in front of the sun, as visible from Agra, India on June 6. People around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press)
A man looks through a telescope (left) early on June 6 to see the transit of Venus across the Sun in the countryside outside the Belarus capital Minsk. Sky-gazers around the world held up today their telescopes and viewing glasses to watch Venus slide across the sun. (AFP/Getty Images)
An image provided by NASA, the SDO satellite captures a ultra-high definition image of the Transit of Venus across the face of the sun on June 6 from space. The last transit was in 2004 and the next pair of events will not happen again until the year 2117 and 2125. (NASA)
Jose Borrero, of Grand Rapids, adjusts his telescope to watch the transit of Venus from the top of the Grand Rapids Public Museum parking garage on June 5 in Grand Rapids, Mich. "It's a cool event," he said. Borrero is a member of the Grand Rapids Amateur Astronomical Association. (Cory Morse/The Grand Rapids Press va Associated Press)
Students use a welding mask and eclipse glasses to watch Venus passing between the Sun and the Earth in Luneta park in Manila, Philippines on June 6. (Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)
Venus is silhouetted as it crosses in front of the sun as it sets behind the Kansas City, Mo. skyline on June 5. From the U.S. to South Korea, people around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the once-in-a-lifetime sight of the transit of Venus, which won't be seen for another 105 years. (Charlie Riedel/Assocaited Press)
A Lebanese man looks through a protective viewing filter sheet as he watches the transit of the planet Venus moving across the sun, in Beirut, Lebanon on June 6. (Hussein Malla/Associated Press)
Schoolchildren look at the planet Venus transiting across the sun at Sydney's Observatory on June 6. (Daniel Munoz/Reuters)
An image provided by NASA, the SDO satellite captures a ultra-high definition image of the Transit of Venus across the face of the sun at on June 5 from space. The last transit was in 2004 and the next pair of events will not happen again until the year 2117 and 2125. (NASA)
In this composite image provided by NASA, the SDO satellite captures the path sequence of the transit of Venus across the face of the sun at on June 5-6 as seen from space. The last transit was in 2004 and the next pair of events will not happen again until the year 2117 and 2125. (NASA via Getty Images)
A girl reacts as she uses a pair of eclipse glasses to watch Venus passing the sun in Kolkata, India on June 6. The planet Venus made a slow transit across the face of the sun on Tuesday, the last such passing that will be visible from Earth for 105 years. (Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)
A plane flies under a thin layer cloud crossing the sun as Venus moves past the sun are seen through a coelostat at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles on June 5. (Gene Blevins/Reuters)
Professor Hashim Ahmed Yousif al-Sayed, dean of the College of Science at the University of Bahrain, points out the planet Venus passing the sun as seen through a telescope projected on paper to a small group of spectators gathered, not pictured, at the campus of a university in Sakhir, Bahrain on June 6. People around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. (Hasan Jamali/Associated Press)
A visitor photographs a live image of Venus moving past the sun showing through a coelostat at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles on June 5. (Jae C. Hong/Associated Press)
Planet Venus, pictured as a black dot, is seen in transit across the Sun in New Delhi, India on June 6. Sky-gazers around the world held up their telescopes and viewing glasses to watch a once-in-a-lifetime event as Venus slid across the sun. (Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images)
Astronomer and Vice President for Planning and Development of Bahrain University, Waheeb Essa al-Naser, (fourth left) watches the planet Venus pass the sun, with a small group of spectators at the university in Sakhir, Bahrain on June 6. (Hasan Jamali/Associated Press)
Indians watch the projection of the transit of Venus against the Sun in New Delhi, India on June 6. People around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. (Manish Swarup/Associated Press)
Planet Venus, pictured as a black dot, is seen in transit across the Sun at sunrise in Kathmandu on June 6. Sky-gazers around the world held up their telescopes and viewing glasses to watch a once-in-a-lifetime event as Venus slid across the sun. (Prakash Mathhema/AFP/Getty Images)
Elementary school students gather to watch the projection of Venus crossing the sun in Kobe, western Japan on June 6. From the U.S. to South Korea, people around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. The next one won't be for another 105 years. (Kyodo News via Associated Press)
Venus moves across the sun during the transit in Sydney, Australia on June 6. People around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. (Rob Griffith/Associated Press)
Venus begins to cross the sun's face during the transit of Venus on June 5 as seen from the west side of Manhattan in New York. Astronomers around the world are training their telescopes on the skies to watch Venus pass in front of the sun, a once-in-a-lifetime event that will not be seen for another 105 years. (Stan Hond/AFP/Getty Images)
South Korean primary school students wearing masks with solar viewers watch Venus passing between the sun and the Earth at the Gwacheon National Science Museum in Gwacheon, south of Seoul on June 6. (Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)
The planet Venus is seen in transit across the Sun during sunrise in Sofia, Bulgaria on June 6. (Nikolay Doychinov/AFP/Getty Images)
A bird sits atop one of the domes of the landmark Taj Mahal as Venus begins to pass in front of the sun, as visible from Agra, India on June 6. People around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the rare sight of the transit of Venus. (Kevin Frayer/Associated Press)
A man looks through a telescope (left) early on June 6 to see the transit of Venus across the Sun in the countryside outside the Belarus capital Minsk. Sky-gazers around the world held up today their telescopes and viewing glasses to watch Venus slide across the sun. (AFP/Getty Images)
An image provided by NASA, the SDO satellite captures a ultra-high definition image of the Transit of Venus across the face of the sun on June 6 from space. The last transit was in 2004 and the next pair of events will not happen again until the year 2117 and 2125. (NASA)
Jose Borrero, of Grand Rapids, adjusts his telescope to watch the transit of Venus from the top of the Grand Rapids Public Museum parking garage on June 5 in Grand Rapids, Mich. "It's a cool event," he said. Borrero is a member of the Grand Rapids Amateur Astronomical Association. (Cory Morse/The Grand Rapids Press va Associated Press)
Students use a welding mask and eclipse glasses to watch Venus passing between the Sun and the Earth in Luneta park in Manila, Philippines on June 6. (Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)
Venus is silhouetted as it crosses in front of the sun as it sets behind the Kansas City, Mo. skyline on June 5. From the U.S. to South Korea, people around the world turned their attention to the daytime sky on Tuesday and early Wednesday in Asia to make sure they caught the once-in-a-lifetime sight of the transit of Venus, which won't be seen for another 105 years. (Charlie Riedel/Assocaited Press)
A Lebanese man looks through a protective viewing filter sheet as he watches the transit of the planet Venus moving across the sun, in Beirut, Lebanon on June 6. (Hussein Malla/Associated Press)
Schoolchildren look at the planet Venus transiting across the sun at Sydney's Observatory on June 6. (Daniel Munoz/Reuters)
An image provided by NASA, the SDO satellite captures a ultra-high definition image of the Transit of Venus across the face of the sun at on June 5 from space. The last transit was in 2004 and the next pair of events will not happen again until the year 2117 and 2125. (NASA)
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Supermoon: the perigee moon of 2012
The night sky on May 5 was animated by the once-a-year cosmic event of the perigee moon. Popularly known as the "Supermoon", the moon appears much larger above us when the elliptical orbit brings it within 221,802 miles to Earth, the closest point. The effect is magnified during a full moon, when we see our nearest celestial neighbor appear roughly 20 percent brighter and 15 percent larger. Collected here are images taken just before, during, and just after the perigee moon of 2012.
The May's full moon rises beside San Francisco's Coit Tower on May 5, 2012. (Frederic Larson/San Francisco Chronicle/Associated Press)
The moon shines behind the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro on May 6, 2012. (Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)
Lanterns released by Buddhist worshippers fly as the full moon shines in the background during a procession commemorating Waisak, which marks the birth, death and enlightenment of Buddha at the 9th century Borobudur temple in Magelang, Indonesia. (Slamet Riyadi/Associated Press)
A full moon shines behind the minaret of Mohamed Ali Mosque in Cairo on May 5, 2012. (Asmaa Waguih/Reuters)
Wrangler Nate Cummins rides by moonlight on the night before the "Super Moon" during Montana Horses' annual horse drive outside Three Forks, Montana on May 4, 2012. Approximately 300 horses are rounded up and driven 35 miles from their winter range to the Mantle ranch over the course of three days. (Jim Urquhart/Reuters)
Skipper Ken Read works at the navigation station while the crew sail under full Supermoon conditions onboard PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 on May 6, 2012 from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami. (Amory Ross/PUMA Ocean Racing/Volvo Ocean Race via Getty Images)
The moon rises behind the cross of the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) in Dresden, Germany on May 4, 2012. (Robert Michael/AFP/GettyImages)
The full moon rises behind a steeple of the cross of Ayia Thekla (Saint Thekla) Christian Orthodox church near the coastal resort of Ayia Napa, Cyprus on May 5, 2012. (Petros Karadjias/Associated Press)
The full moon rises behind a mosque in Amman on May 5, 2012. (Ali Jarekji/Reuters)
A runner makes his way along a trail on a butte in front of the moon at Papago Park in Phoenix on May 5, 2012. (Darryl Webb/Reuters)
The moon rises above an egret nesting area in Wichita, Kansas on May 5, 2012. (Bo Rader/The Wichita Eagle/Associated Press)
The moon shines behind a rose bush in Los Angeles on May 5, 2012. (Joe Klamar/AFP/GettyImages)
The moon rises over Los Angeles on May 5, 2012. (Patrick T. Fallon/Reuters)
The moon rises over the Angel's Gate lighthouse in San Pedro, Calif. on May 5, 2012. (Chuck Bennett/Daily Breeze/Associated Press)
The moon rises over Vancouver on May 5, 2012. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press/Associated Press)
The moon rises behind wind turbines on May 5, 2012 near Palm Springs, Calif. (David McNew/Getty Images)
Tourists look at the moon rising over the ancient temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, Greece on May 5, 2012. (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images)
The moon rises over Cultus Mountain on May 5, 2012 in Skagit County, Wash. (Scott Terrell/Skagit Valley Herald/Associated Press)
The moon lights up Waikiki and Diamond Head on May 5, 2012 in Honolulu. (Eugene Tanner/Associated Press)
The moon appears behind statues of angels on the St. Isaak's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia on May 5, 2012. (Dmitry Lovetsky/Associated Press)
The moon appears behind a steeple of an Orthodox church in the town of Novogrudok, Belarus on May 5, 2012. (Sergei Grits/Associated Press)
The moon appears behind the Mare shanty town complex in Rio de Janeiro on May 6, 2012. (Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)
Maple leaves are silhouetted by the moon in Spring Lake Township, Mich. on May 6, 2012. (Cory Morse/The Grand Rapids Press/Associated Press)
A statue of ancient Greek Goddess Athena is highlighted by the moon in Athens on May 6, 2012. (Kostas Tsironis/Associated Press)
Fishermen cast from a jetty as the moon rises over the Atlantic Ocean on May 5, 2012 near Bal Harbour, Fla. (Wilfredo Lee/Associated Press)
The moon rises over the skyline of Manhattan and One World Trade Center (left) in New York on May 6, 2012. (Gary Hershorn/Reuters)
The full moon rises above Los Angeles on May 5, 2012. (Salman Jafri)
The May's full moon rises beside San Francisco's Coit Tower on May 5, 2012. (Frederic Larson/San Francisco Chronicle/Associated Press)
The moon shines behind the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro on May 6, 2012. (Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)
Lanterns released by Buddhist worshippers fly as the full moon shines in the background during a procession commemorating Waisak, which marks the birth, death and enlightenment of Buddha at the 9th century Borobudur temple in Magelang, Indonesia. (Slamet Riyadi/Associated Press)
A full moon shines behind the minaret of Mohamed Ali Mosque in Cairo on May 5, 2012. (Asmaa Waguih/Reuters)
Wrangler Nate Cummins rides by moonlight on the night before the "Super Moon" during Montana Horses' annual horse drive outside Three Forks, Montana on May 4, 2012. Approximately 300 horses are rounded up and driven 35 miles from their winter range to the Mantle ranch over the course of three days. (Jim Urquhart/Reuters)
Skipper Ken Read works at the navigation station while the crew sail under full Supermoon conditions onboard PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 on May 6, 2012 from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami. (Amory Ross/PUMA Ocean Racing/Volvo Ocean Race via Getty Images)
The moon rises behind the cross of the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) in Dresden, Germany on May 4, 2012. (Robert Michael/AFP/GettyImages)
The full moon rises behind a steeple of the cross of Ayia Thekla (Saint Thekla) Christian Orthodox church near the coastal resort of Ayia Napa, Cyprus on May 5, 2012. (Petros Karadjias/Associated Press)
The full moon rises behind a mosque in Amman on May 5, 2012. (Ali Jarekji/Reuters)
A runner makes his way along a trail on a butte in front of the moon at Papago Park in Phoenix on May 5, 2012. (Darryl Webb/Reuters)
The moon rises above an egret nesting area in Wichita, Kansas on May 5, 2012. (Bo Rader/The Wichita Eagle/Associated Press)
The moon shines behind a rose bush in Los Angeles on May 5, 2012. (Joe Klamar/AFP/GettyImages)
The moon rises over Los Angeles on May 5, 2012. (Patrick T. Fallon/Reuters)
The moon rises over the Angel's Gate lighthouse in San Pedro, Calif. on May 5, 2012. (Chuck Bennett/Daily Breeze/Associated Press)
The moon rises over Vancouver on May 5, 2012. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press/Associated Press)
The moon rises behind wind turbines on May 5, 2012 near Palm Springs, Calif. (David McNew/Getty Images)
Tourists look at the moon rising over the ancient temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, Greece on May 5, 2012. (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images)
The moon rises over Cultus Mountain on May 5, 2012 in Skagit County, Wash. (Scott Terrell/Skagit Valley Herald/Associated Press)
The moon lights up Waikiki and Diamond Head on May 5, 2012 in Honolulu. (Eugene Tanner/Associated Press)
The moon appears behind statues of angels on the St. Isaak's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia on May 5, 2012. (Dmitry Lovetsky/Associated Press)
The moon appears behind a steeple of an Orthodox church in the town of Novogrudok, Belarus on May 5, 2012. (Sergei Grits/Associated Press)
The moon appears behind the Mare shanty town complex in Rio de Janeiro on May 6, 2012. (Victor R. Caivano/Associated Press)
Maple leaves are silhouetted by the moon in Spring Lake Township, Mich. on May 6, 2012. (Cory Morse/The Grand Rapids Press/Associated Press)
A statue of ancient Greek Goddess Athena is highlighted by the moon in Athens on May 6, 2012. (Kostas Tsironis/Associated Press)
Fishermen cast from a jetty as the moon rises over the Atlantic Ocean on May 5, 2012 near Bal Harbour, Fla. (Wilfredo Lee/Associated Press)
The moon rises over the skyline of Manhattan and One World Trade Center (left) in New York on May 6, 2012. (Gary Hershorn/Reuters)
The full moon rises above Los Angeles on May 5, 2012. (Salman Jafri)
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