My Modern Metropolis

All Blog Posts Tagged 'Universe' (3)

Scale of the Universe

If all of our planets were as far away as the moon, how large would they appear in the sky? Brad Goodspeed created this video in After Effects, making all the planets in scale with one another. "Here's an animation I did to make you feel small, and also convey the deep awe I feel at the feet of the Universe," he says.



via [… Continue

Added by Eugene on January 31, 2011 at 3:30pm — 3 Comments

The Invisible Universe is Now Visible (10 photos)

Colliding Galaxies

While NASA's Hubble is one of the largest and most well-known space telescope for astronomy, there are actually four large, powerful space-based telescope that fall under NASA's series of Great Observatories - Hubble, the now deorbited Compton Gamma Ray Observator (CGRO), Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) and Spitzer Space Telescope… Continue

Added by alice on September 13, 2010 at 10:00am — 5 Comments

Pic of the Day: Beautiful Universe

A magical photo by Terra Kate.

Added by alice on August 11, 2010 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

Monthly Archives

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

ADVERTISEMENT

© 2013   Created by alice.

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service