Posts Tagged ‘space’

Views from Hubble’s Ultra Deep Field in 3D!

August 13th, 2009 by Dave@LGUK
 
While trying to find more information on the meteor shower I was promised last night but didn't see, I came across this gorgeous video on YouTube today. In the words of Tony Darnell, who scripted the narration and shared it with the world: I've recently discovered an animation that was rendered using the measured redshift of all 10,000 galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field image. I've written a short script that leads you through a quick history of both deep field images and this video ends with a fly-through of the Ultra Deep Field. Every galaxy in the image is in its...
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Galactic Centre

May 20th, 2009 by Dave@LGUK
 
OK - I know it's not strictly related to design, technology or innovation but I'm sitting in the office feeling very small after watching this amazing video of the galactic centre of the Milky Way rising over a party in Texas. Have a look, and feel a little insignificant too. Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party from William Castleman on...
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Fly me to the moon and let me play among the stars

May 14th, 2009 by Dave@LGUK
 
If you're a regular reader you may have already noticed my penchant for aerial photography and this is arguably as aerial as it gets!* yes, yes, technically it's not air in space so it probably doesn't count as aerial.. The BBC have a great collection of some of the best photos taken by the Hubble telescope to date, including 'cat's eye' nebulas and the "Pillars of Creation": The Daily Mail also have some photos from Hubble and there are probably hosts of collections doing the rounds this week! - According to a friend this is all to celebrate the release of a...
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Space Colony Art from the 1970s

February 14th, 2009 by Dave@LGUK
 
A couple of space colony summer studies were conducted at NASA Ames in the 1970s. Colonies housing about 10,000 people were designed. A number of artistic renderings of the concepts were made and you can see them on the official NASA site Extraordinary to think these were the real deal, rather than flights of sci-fi fancy. See the full gallery...
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Apollo 13

April 17th, 2008 by Dave@LGUK
 
37 years ago today the Apollo 13 splash landed in the Pacific Ocean four days after an oxygen tank explosion in space which spawned on of the most endlessly misquoted quotes: "Houston, we've had a problem here." Apollo 13 was supposed to land in the Fra Mauro area but the explosion 3 days into the mission forced Apollo 13 to circle the moon without landing. In case you aren't familiar with the plight of Apollo 13, everyone survived. It's safe to say they didn't enjoy the ride though - there was a lack of food, water and power, making sleep almost impossible...
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See the stars like never before

March 20th, 2008 by Dave@LGUK
 
I've just watched a video from TED.org of the presentation given by Harvard Center for Astrophysics Researcher Roy Gould and Curtis Wong, manager of Microsoft's Next Media Research, unveiling Microsoft's new WorldWide Telescope a few weeks ago. According to Gould produces a "holistic approach" by weaving together the best images and information from satellites and telescopes all over the world and will have "as profound an impact on they way we view the universe as Galileo did 4 centuries ago." Big claims but apparently it made Robert Scoble, MD of Fast Company.TV and, according to Wikipedia an "American blogger, technical evangelist,...
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