If you wish to have a last supper, you must first create the universe.
at the new Dallas Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Must watch: A new Symphony of Science video, Our Biggest Challenge (Climate Change).
Featuring Bill Nye, Isaac Asimov and a reminder that we have the power to change our globally connected ecosystem for better for worse. Let’s do something.
A million props to @nerdniteaustin for showcasing Austin’s new planetarium/museum venture. We need this!! (Taken with Instagram at The ND at 501 Studios)
I think the real scandal here is Neil Tyson’s polo shirt.
What’s not to love about a choral suite inspired by and set to the words of the great Carl Sagan? Kenley Kristofferson penned this beautiful work using the late Sagan’s inspiring writings as his lyric. You can see more details about the three movements here.
Exoplanets, all that we have verified. And if you don’t feel like clicking on the link and viewing the mouse-over text, a little extrapolation says that just the likely planets in our one galaxy would require a chart three to four orders of magnitude larger. So yeah, there’s a lot of planets out there.
Let’s ensure we have the best tools to study them, shall we?
(via xkcd)
Our last Transit of Venus, June 5/6 2012
Is this a New Planet?
The answer to the title is NO. These images are from a project entitled “Devour” by Christopher Jonassen, which displays pictures of the bottom of worn-out frying pans.
Looks like we’ve discovered a new egg-soplanet. Maybe these images come from Voyager II’s fry-by?
