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How small are we? The Known Universe by AMNH

June 3, 2011

by yaska77

I first watched this video a couple of years ago, and was left feeling awed.  And small.  Very, very small.

Created by the American Museum of Natural History, The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas out through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world’s most complete four-dimensional map of the universe, the Digital Universe Atlas that is maintained and updated by astrophysicists at the American Museum of Natural History.

The film was part of an exhibition, Visions of the Cosmos: From the Milky Ocean to an Evolving Universe, at the Rubin Museum of Art in Manhattan.

I hope you like it as much as we do here at Sky-Watching! :)

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Jupiter bound Juno arrives in Florida

April 11, 2011

by yaska77

On Friday 8th April NASA’s Juno spacecraft arrived in Florida for final checks before the planned launch this summer.  The solar-powered craft is set to orbit Jupiter’s poles 33 times to help determine the gas giant’s origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere.

Conceived in 2003, the scientists involved are hoping Juno will rewrite the books on how Jupiter was born and also gain clues into how our whole solar system was created.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Later this week the spacecraft will begin testing to verify its health after the journey from Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Colorado. After this, updated flight software will be loaded and a series of mission readiness tests performed, which include the spacecraft flight system, science instruments and the ground data system.

The launch period opens 5th August 2011 and extends through 26th August.  For updates keep checking this blog, and for additional details you can have a look here

Source: NASA/JPL

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