Tag: cosmos

October 29, 2018 at 3:31 pm

Some of the Largest Known Stars Compared to a Tennis Ball-Sized Earth

Some of the Largest Known Stars Compared to a Tennis Ball-Sized Earth

If The Earth were shrunk down to the size of a tennis ball, how big would the universe be?

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August 3, 2018 at 4:13 pm

A 1960s Reporter Asks People in Sydney If There’s Life on Other Planets

A 1960s Reporter Asks People in Sydney If There's Life on Other Planets

In an ABC News segment from Aug 31, 1962, Ray Taylor asks an eclectic mix of Sydneysiders, “Is there life on other planets?”

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July 3, 2018 at 1:12 pm

Putting the Pillars of Creation Into Perspective

Putting the Pillars of Creation Into Perspective

You know it’s big when a little dot is a 170 billion kilometres long..

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May 8, 2018 at 4:56 pm

This Video Really Captures the Awe and Wonder of the Northern Lights

This Video Really Captures the Awe and Wonder of the Northern Lights

Seeing the northern (or southern) lights is a bucket list for many (myself included)

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April 15, 2018 at 11:30 am

Holding Pieces of the Moon and Mars on Earth

Holding Pieces of the Moon and Mars on Earth

Planetary science professor Sarah Hörst has an out of this world experience

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April 9, 2018 at 10:25 pm

A 4K Tour of the Moon with NASA

A 4K Tour of the Moon with NASA

Take a virtual tour of the Moon in 4K thanks to data by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

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March 22, 2018 at 3:13 pm

Guy Takes Giant Telescope Around LA and Shows People the Moon Up Close

Guy Takes Giant Telescope Around LA and Shows People the Moon Up Close

He went around LA to give strangers an up-close look at a familiar object; one we might sometimes take for granted

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February 27, 2018 at 2:54 am

Casting the Mirror for the World’s Largest Telescope

Casting the Mirror for the World’s Largest Telescope

The castings of the 15-metric ton, off-axis mirrors for the Giant Magellan Telescope forced engineers to push the design and manufacturing process beyond all previous limits

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February 24, 2018 at 2:05 pm

Every 10 Seconds This Film Zooms Out 10 Times Further

Every 10 Seconds This Film Zooms Out 10 Times Further

‘Powers of Ten’ (1977) is an award winning film that takes you on an adventure in magnitudes

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January 24, 2018 at 12:04 pm

Mind-Boggling Visual Compares Our Sun to the Biggest Known Stars in the Universe

Mind-Boggling Visual Compares Our Sun to the Biggest Known Stars in the Universe

Just when you think it’s going to stop, they keep getting bigger. Earth for scale.

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