Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Galaxy Formation

This cosmological simulation follows the development of a single disk galaxy over about 13.5 billion years, from shortly after the Big Bang to the present time. Colors indicate old stars (red), young stars (white and bright blue) and the distribution of gas density (pale blue); the view is 300,000 light-years across. The simulation ran on the Pleiades supercomputer at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., and required about 1 million CPU hours. It assumes a universe dominated by dark energy and dark matter. (courtesy of "thekidshouldseethis.com")


Sunday, October 14, 2012

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Distance of Stars

Cool video showing how Doppler Effect and parallax can determine star distances.

Friday, March 9, 2012

Challenger Deep

For the first time since 1960, a manned expedition is planned to go down to the bottom of the Marianas Trench.  James Cameron will be the 3rd person in history to reach the Challenger Deep.  Click the image for the full story.  Video below as well.


Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Red Kite Hawks in Slo-Motion -- Nature Rules!

World's Highest Skydive Attempt

This guy will set a bunch of records doing this jump, including breaking the sound barrier without any kind of propulsion mechanism.  See the video after clicking the image. 

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Our Awesome Planet



The picture below is the highest resolution picture of Earth ever taken.  Click on the image to be taken to the site where you can get the full resolution image.  

7th Grade Lung Lab

Friday, January 13, 2012

Kinect Controlled Off-Road Skateboard

Check it out.  This guy's skateboard is now the coolest board in the world.  I am curious what happens when he accidentally puts his hands up when something unexpected jumps in front of him.  Read the article to find out what I mean.  DO IT!

8th Grade Straw Rockets

This is Why Mimicry is Cool