Let's Put It Into Perspective

June 16, 2009

Having a bad day? Need to find your place in the universe? Ever feel insignificant? I think you might find the answers in this awesome video. It might not make you feel any better, but it will certainly give you some perspective about our place in the cosmos.

By "place" I mean this tiny speck of dust we live on, orbiting that minute sand grain-sized ball of burning gas...

Awesome!

Thanks Bad Astronomer Phil Plait for the tip off... now I really feel small and insignificant...

Wide Angle Round-Up: Solar Minimum

June 03, 2009

Galaxies Crash, Dino-Killing Asteroid, Twin Space Shuttles (Video)

April 27, 2009

Up to bat for this week's Discovery Space Wrap Up: Four-way galaxy cluster crash spied by Hubble and Chandra telescopes, Asteroid collision predates dinosaur extinction by 300,000 years, The last time you'll see two space shuttles out at NASA launch pads -- ever:

You Are Small and Insignificant

April 22, 2009

No, seriously. I mean it.

In case you didn't catch my podcast for the 365 Days of Astronomy project, you aren't even a speck of dust in an arena.

And to belabor the point, get a load of this great new video some clever person put together for storming the Internet via YouTube:

It's actually a complete rip-off of a very successful video on YouTube (see here), but the one I posted here is much higher quality, and much more illustrative. What's that saying... Imitation is the highest form of flattery?

Now that you've watched, I hope you feel as puny as I do!

Mars 500, Hubble's Winning Image, Yuri's Night Craziness (Video)

April 06, 2009

In this week's Discovery Space Wrap Up:
Mars500 trial run begins (aka 6 guys stuck in a tube for 105 days), Hubble Space Telescope's winning image of Arp 274 taken, and last but not least some crazy fun Yuri's Night parties:

'Batty' Shuttle Launch, Space Junk Miss, Moon Face Swap (Video)

March 16, 2009

In this week's Discovery Space Wrap Up: Space shuttle Discovery blasts off (with a bat), Space station has a near miss with space junk, Earth's moon used to face the other way.

Oh, and the nasty, scraggly beard is going bye-bye after this:

Planet-Hunter Launches, Moon Crash, Colbert for Space Station (Video)

March 09, 2009

What's in store for this week's Discovery Space Wrap Up: NASA's earth-like planet-hunting Kepler Telescope launches, China's Chang'e 1 spacecraft bites the moon dust, Stephen Colbert wants his own space station node.

Also of note is that I am working on a grotesque beard to ward off single women -- enjoy:

Climate Change Satellite Crashes, Titan's Weather, Big Bang Evidence (Video)

March 02, 2009

A new week, and a new video (were you expecting otherwise?):

Comet Lulin, Kepler Spacecraft, Milky Way 'Ripples' (Video)

February 23, 2009

The latest video from yours truly:

Note: Thankfully, YouTube has a wonderful annotations editor -- which lets me add in nifty facts and correct my word fumbling that I don't notice until after shooting a decent 3-5 minute take.

Satellite Crash, Europa Moon Mission, Hubble Mission in Danger?

February 19, 2009

Please don't hesitate to chastise me for how late this is:

Also: I wanted to mention another bit of news in the video, but I had already made a YouTube clip for it. Check this out: