I so feel this today:
I’ve run a lot of pictures from Andrew McCarthy. The interesting thing about his pictures, unlike a lot of the others I run, is they’re all his own work with his own setup. Many people have asked how he does it. I’ve gotten in touch with Andrew, who has kindly agreed to discuss his methods. So, drop me your question in the comments and we’ll run with them.
He talks about it here.
But Andrew isn't the only good source. There were a lot of other fun images, including many videos. Like this one.
This one is fun. A lot of people are looking at the upcoming collision of the Andromeda galaxy with our old home galaxy. The video below makes it look like it's a looming event, when in fact it will take literally billions of years. But it's sure fun to watch.
Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
This actually goes with one of my on-going pet peeves: I don’t know if it’s the influence of Star Trek and Star Wars, or just because it involves numbers and numbers are icky, but a lot of people really don’t think about scale very well. Andromeda is about 2.5 million light-years away and moving towards us at about 100 kilometers per second. This means it will be nearly 7 billion years before the collision.
It really is fun to watch this simulation, but to actually see any change you’d need to have the lifespan of a mountain range.
This is what will happen. Eventually.
This makes me happy. I want to be able to watch this from my Mars excursion ship.
Okay, actually I couldn’t — a Martian day is about 24 1/2 hours long, so this would be a time-lapse film. But I’d be willing to come back and look every few minutes.
A flashy picture. Just enjoy it.
Someone call Marvel. Thor’s helmet needs a refresh.
Does this make you think black holes are the flushing toilets of the universe?
More here: GOLDEN AGE OF SPACE PORN
I'm going to bring this to a close. I could probably run 50 images today. Oh, and by the way, I’m not supposed to use the phrase “space p*rn” anymore, lest Google demonetize us.
Astounding footage of Saturn emerging from behind the Moon
— Curiosity (@MAstronomers) October 31, 2024
📸 Jan Koet pic.twitter.com/v1iOmQSdYM
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