When you have a bit of time and want to feel inspired, watch

When you have a bit of time and want to feel inspired, watch

Postby pumpkinpi » Thu Jun 13, 2013 3:29 pm

...this (too many characters to fit that into the subject!)

http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/press-releases/flows/

It gets into some pretty technical astrophysics, but described in a way that most people, and certainly everyone here, can understand.

It is the best visualization of why we are in no particular special place in the universe that I have ever seen....and I deal with these visualizations on a regular basis.
Too bad ignorance isn't painful.
"Standing at the forefront of human ignorance." Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe
User avatar
pumpkinpi
 
Posts: 2034
Joined: Mon May 27, 2013 12:56 pm
Location: 100 meters closer to the north pole than the equator

Return to Sci-Tech… and Stuff

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 39 guests

cron