Science is Drokking Fantastic Because...

[The Legendary Shark]

...it gives us images like this:



ISS Crew Captures Shuttle Atlantis’ Last Brilliant Trip Through the Atmosphere

[DrJomster]

Is that real? If so, that is amazing!

[The Legendary Shark]

I got it from Universe Today, a site which seems to know its onions:  http://www.universetoday.com/87633/amazing-image-iss-crew-captures-shuttle-atlantis-last-brilliant-trip-through-the-atmosphere/  so I assume so.

[pops1983]

You'd like this, it's called Nasa's Astronomy Picture of the Day. Or Space Porn for short:

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html

Every image has a wee explanation

[The Legendary Shark]

Ooh, yeah - I can lose hours on sites like that. I remember in the early days of Satellite TV there used to be this German channel that showed videos taken from the ISS all night after the programmes had stopped. It was simply entitled "Space Night" and I've watched it for hours. I really miss that.

[vzzbux]

Devastatingly beautiful





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[pops1983]

In 1994, The Schumacher-Levy comet struck Jupiter. The resulting explosion was calculated to be a few hundred times the explosive force of the Earth's entire nuclear arsenal. It sent a 300 mile an hour seismic shockwave through the entire planet. You can still see the scars today.

http://rack1.ul.cs.cmu.edu/jupiterimpact/

[TordelBack]

You'd like this, it's called Nasa's Astronomy Picture of the Day. Or Space Porn for sho

First thing I look at when I switch on the computer in the morning.  Hugely informative if you have the time to follow the links, pretty cool even if you don't.

[Richmond Clements]

Excellent! I was thinking of starting a thread like this myself!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/14200255

[Zarjazzer]

i once studied molecular biology but they stopped me just because (a) i was a bit of a thickie and (b) I tried to make a race of super mutants so I could take over the world! Muhwahahahah!  Um,,, anyway not all science is mad but here's a page for science questions and some stock answers in the FAQ like " Why is the sky blue"? (And no its not cos of corporate conspiracies/giant lizards so bang goes my pet theory)

http://www.madsci.org/

[The Legendary Shark]

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I could say it, but I won't.

[pops1983]

Ummm..............OK

This thread needs a TED video:

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/brian_greene_on_string_theory.html

[The Legendary Shark]

A negative, or color reversed image of the Sun. Credit: César Cantu from Monterrey, Mexico, and the Chilidog Observatory.

(http://www.universetoday.com/87711/awesome-astrophotos-a-negative-sun/)

[Richmond Clements]

...it gives us images like this:



ISS Crew Captures Shuttle Atlantis’ Last Brilliant Trip Through the Atmosphere

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE_USPTmYXM

[pops1983]

Watching Space Shuttle:The Final Mission on BBC2.

On re-entry, the Space Shuttle goes at Mach 19.

MACH ***KING NINETEEN!