Goodies // Random Awesomeness I Encounter

Incredible Images of our Amazing Star: 5 Years & 2,600 Terabytes

By Ben | science, space

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is celebrating its fifth year of continuously observing the Sun. [&hellip

Flying through the Solar System at the speed of light

By Ben | science, space

It turns out the solar system is really, really big. From the video description: "In [&hellip

The solar system's solid surfaces

By Ben | infographics, maps, space

I'm not sure if "human skin" really counts as a solid surface...but... [click to embiggen] [&hellip

Saturn is Beautiful.

By Ben | photography, science, space

Holy Saturn, Batman! In perhaps one of the most beauteous pictures ever, this image was [&hellip

Every SciFi Spaceship Ever (to scale)

By Ben | pop culture, space

Okay, it might not have like...two. But it's pretty amazing nevertheless. Be sure to click [&hellip

The Pale Blue Dot: The 2013 Cassini Edition

By Ben | photography, space

On July 19, 2013, NASA's Cassini spacecraft took images "using the red, green, and blue [&hellip

What Other Planets Would Look Like if they Were as Close as the Moon

By Ben | science, space

The Moon is approximately 1/2 a degree in diameter when you look at it from [&hellip

Earthquake Astrophotography Light Painting

By Ben | photography, science, space

What happens when you combine a long-exposure photograph of Jupiter and the Galilean moons with [&hellip

Wringing out Water from a Washcloth in Zero G

By Ben | science, space

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8TssbmY-GM] My initial thoughts on what would happen were pretty wrong- though once I [&hellip

Streamlines Visualize Gravitational Fields

By Ben | infographics, science, space

From matthen: "Streamlines exposing the structure of a gravitational field surrounding multiple masses. Streamlines run in the direction [&hellip

The NorthEastern United States at Night

By Ben | photography, space

  by ISS Expedition 30, NASA via 

If the Earth Were 100px Wide, How Far Away is Mars?

By Ben | infographics, space

A fun little interactive website that gives you a sense of the vastness of space. [&hellip

Sitting Ringside with Rhea

By Ben | space

  Taken by the Cassini spacecraft in April 2011, the Saturnian moon Rhea sits on [&hellip

Spacebat: A Tribute

By Ben | animals, inspirational, internet culture, space

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gZgdlYGNJs&version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0] by Diego Camarotta, via

The Solar System to Scale (includes some TNOs)

By Ben | art, infographics, science, space

Includes the dwarf planets Pluto, Huamea, MakeMake, & Eris, but bafflingly excludes Ceres. via reddit, [&hellip

Exoplanets Are As Plentiful As Weeds

By Ben | infographics, science, space

"NASA's Kepler mission has already found more than 100 planets, along with strong hints of [&hellip

The Helical Model of the Solar System (is probably crap)

By Ben | science, space

So, I saw this beautiful & interesting GIF via the twitter: . Intrigued, I hunted [&hellip

Mars Curiosity takes its Profile Pic

By Ben | science, space

This is totally Curiosity's version of the duck face. APOD: 2013 February 22 - Curiosity [&hellip

A Flight Through the Universe, by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey - YouTube

By Ben | science, space, Uncategorized

from The Sloan Digital Sky Survey, animated Miguel Aragon with Mark Subbarao and Alex Szalay [&hellip

Curiosity Rover Discovers Shocking Evidence of Life! :-)

By Ben | funny, science, space

via boingboing.net

Keep Calm & Land on Mars

By Ben | pop culture, science, space

via blog.makezine.org

Crater Lake Under the Stars

By Ben | nature, photography, space

via vimeo.com Beautiful time-lapse. Suddenly I have an urge to go West this winter