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Roland Gesthuizen

Scale of Universe - Interactive Scale of the Universe Tool - 0 views

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    Awesome interactive tool that illustrates the different sizes and scales.
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    Check this out, a great tool for exploring the different scales and spaces in our world.
Roland Gesthuizen

Kepler: Home Page - 0 views

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    The Kepler Mission, NASA Discovery mission #10, is specifically designed to survey a portion of our region of the Milky Way galaxy to discover dozens of Earth-size planets in or near the habitable zone and determine how many of the billions of stars in our galaxy have such planets. Results from this mission will allow us to place our solar system within the continuum of planetary systems in the Galaxy.
Roland Gesthuizen

The Making of a Mind-Blowing DIY Sun Photo | Wired ScienceĀ | Wired.com - 0 views

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    This stunning portrait of the sun spread like hot plasma all over the internet yesterday. Wired.com spoke with artist and astrophotographer Alan Friedman to find out how he made it. Friedman shoots the sky from his backyard in downtown Buffalo, New York. That means the usual celestial candidates - galaxies, nebulae, distant star clusters - are washed out by the glow of the city. But the sun is fair game, as long as the sky is clear and turbulence-free.
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