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New amateur video of Challenger disaster surfaces

  • Posted by flung
  • February 5, 2010

 
24 years after the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, a new video has surfaced capturing the incident from afar.
The four minute video, shot by retired optometrist Jacob Moss, is believed to be the only amateur video of the event.
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Galactic Ctr of the Milky Way overhead

  • Posted by flung
  • May 22, 2009

 

Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party from William Castleman on Vimeo.

Here’s an awesome time-lapse video of the sky overhead a Texas Star Party. The galactic center of the Milky Way goes right on by before morning..
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My.. we’re… small

  • Posted by flung
  • April 16, 2009

Ever feel like you’re insignificant in the grand scheme of things? Well to help encourage that line of thought – the above image tries to put everything in perspective by comparing the sizes of various objects in space.
Yes it truly puts all of us in our place doesn’t it? (Tho yes, if we [...]