Skywatch

[libby]

Chaos in Orion

Baby stars are creating chaos 1,500 light-years away in the cosmic cloud of the Orion Nebula. Four massive stars make up the bright yellow area in the center of this false-color image for NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Green indicates hydrogen and sulfur gas in the nebula, which is a cocoon of gas and dust. Red and orange indicate carbon-rich molecules. Infant stars appear as yellow dots embedded in the nebula.

(Picture too huge to post here.)
http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news-DS-Chaos-in-Orion-042012.aspx?et_cid=2607389&et_rid=41373174&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.scientificcomputing.com%2fnews-DS-Chaos-in-Orion-042012.aspx

Enlarge that and let it roll and you can get lost in it.

[Bo D]

Enlarge that and let it roll and you can get lost in it.

Yes! It's easy to get lost in those pictures, isn't it?

[The Troll]

    I thought your first answer was a good answer to an improbable question. Just shows how different people think differently.

  Since the Big Bang our Galaxy is traveling at great speed from the center of the Big Bang.  Our solar system with our sun and the earth is traveling around the center of our galaxy at a great speed.  Plus we are traveling around the sun at a great speed and it that is not enough our earth is spinning on it axis at a great speed.  Our whole universe is sorta like a helicopter it's got a lot of parts moving at a great speed.  So I was thinking what would happen if we here on earth could just for a short time stop our motion in the universe to see what it would be like when everything keeps moving and we don't.  I'll bet the scientist would like to study that little interesting event.   

[libby]

Yes! It's easy to get lost in those pictures, isn't it?

[Bo D]

I get those pictures in an email almost every day. But it's been a couple of days since I've seen one. I hope my subscription didn't expire.

[Bo D]

  Since the Big Bang our Galaxy is traveling at great speed from the center of the Big Bang.  Our solar system with our sun and the earth is traveling around the center of our galaxy at a great speed.  Plus we are traveling around the sun at a great speed and it that is not enough our earth is spinning on it axis at a great speed.  Our whole universe is sorta like a helicopter it's got a lot of parts moving at a great speed.  So I was thinking what would happen if we here on earth could just for a short time stop our motion in the universe to see what it would be like when everything keeps moving and we don't.  I'll bet the scientist would like to study that little interesting event.   

OK, I'll play ... let's suppose we could stand still while everything else kept moving. And let's assume we were lucky enough not to get blasted to dust by everything speeding by us. I'll bet it wouldn't look all that different from what we see now. After all, we are looking at systems that are already moving at enormous speeds - can you actually see them move?

[Bo D]

Strange Objects seen Blazing Trails in Saturn's Ring



Scientists working with images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have discovered strange, half-mile-sized objects punching through one of Saturn's rings and leaving glittering trails behind them. The results were presented at the European Geosciences Union meeting in Vienna, Austria.
The penetration occurred in the outermost of Saturn's main rings, called the F ring, which has a circumference of 550,000 miles (881,000 kilometers).

http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news-DS-Strange-Objects-seen-Blazing-Trails-in-Saturn-Ring-042412.aspx?et_cid=2615547&et_rid=41373174&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.scientificcomputing.com%2fnews-DS-Strange-Objects-seen-Blazing-Trails-in-Saturn-Ring-042412.aspx

[Bo D]

This one is particularly beautiful ......

Orion's Rainbow of Infrared Light



This new view of the Orion Nebula highlights fledgling stars hidden in the gas and clouds. It shows infrared observations taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the European Space Agency's Herschel mission, in which NASA plays an important role.



Go here for the big picture ...

http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news-DS-Orions-Rainbow-of-Infrared-Light-042412.aspx?et_cid=2615547&et_rid=41373174&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.scientificcomputing.com%2fnews-DS-Orions-Rainbow-of-Infrared-Light-042412.aspx

[Bo D]

Strange Objects seen Blazing Trails in Saturn's Ring



Scientists working with images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have discovered strange, half-mile-sized objects punching through one of Saturn's rings and leaving glittering trails behind them. The results were presented at the European Geosciences Union meeting in Vienna, Austria.
The penetration occurred in the outermost of Saturn's main rings, called the F ring, which has a circumference of 550,000 miles (881,000 kilometers).

http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news-DS-Strange-Objects-seen-Blazing-Trails-in-Saturn-Ring-042412.aspx?et_cid=2615547&et_rid=41373174&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.scientificcomputing.com%2fnews-DS-Strange-Objects-seen-Blazing-Trails-in-Saturn-Ring-042412.aspx

If you read the article in the link, there is another link at the end ... "New images and movies of the mini-jets are available at: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/whycassini/cassini20120423.html "

Strangely erotic in its own way ...

[libby]

  I've just looked at what you've been posting .... thank you .... what nice images to nod off to sleep with ....

[Henry Hawk]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9230801/Astronomers-find-new-planet-capable-of-supporting-life.html

Astronomers find new planet capable of supporting life Astronomers have discovered their "holy grail"

- a planet capable of   supporting life outside our solar system.

[Bo D]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9230801/Astronomers-find-new-planet-capable-of-supporting-life.html

Astronomers find new planet capable of supporting life Astronomers have discovered their "holy grail"

- a planet capable of   supporting life outside our solar system.

WOW!

Can you imagine what life would be like there? Gravity would be stronger and everything would look red!

And it's only 22 light years away!

WOW!

[Henry Hawk]

Okay, this may be a dumb question, but why would you assume things would look red?  What does our system look like from that distance?
Just wondering...

[Bo D]

Okay, this may be a dumb question, but why would you assume things would look red?  What does our system look like from that distance?
Just wondering...

"As the light is in the infrared area,"

[Bo D]

Anybody remember that old hit from the 60's - 'Midnight in Moscow?' ........

Here's a picture ...






and a really big one here .....

http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news-DS-Moscow-at-Night-042412.aspx?et_cid=2617964&et_rid=41373174&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.scientificcomputing.com%2fnews-DS-Moscow-at-Night-042412.aspx