Deep Sky – Page 2 – Into the West

Recently Discovered Big Bang “Smoking Gun” Could Be A Bust

http://io9.com/recently-discovered-big-bang-smoking-gun-could-be-a-b-1575597952?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_twitter&utm_source=io9_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

Just when I was getting used to the Big Bang theory being taken as fact by everyone. Gotta love the scientific method.

Posted from WordPress for Android via my Samsung smartphone. Please excuse any misspellings. Ciao, Jon

Why “Critical Density” Could Determine the Fate of the Universe

http://io9.com/why-critical-density-could-determine-the-fate-of-the-1550168923?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_twitter&utm_source=io9_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

I don’t remember seeing Esther (the author of the above article) at last Saturday evening’s ASKC meeting and Dr. Feldman’s lecture on Dark Matter and Dark Energy … but I’ve seen that graph very recently.

Hmmm…

20140322_192901 — Dr. Feldman and the Definition of Cosmology

Professor Hume A. Feldman, Ph.D.

Watch a staggeringly beautiful time-lapse video of Yosemite National Park

http://io9.com/5878091/this-time-lapse-video-of-yosemite-is-staggeringly-beautiful

I’ve been to Yosemite twice. I loved it. It would be the only reason I would ever move to California.

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Yosemite HD from Project Yosemite on Vimeo.

This stunning time lapse combines several of my favorite photography subjects into four breath taking minutes: sunrises, sunsets, moon rise, Milky Way with meteors, nature, landscapes, etc.

And if four minutes wasn’t enough, try the five minute sequel from Project Yosemite:

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Yosemite HD II from Project Yosemite on Vimeo.

ASOD: Nebulae in Oils

The Astronomy Sketch of the Day from Monday, February 24, 2014, caught my eye this morning as I perused my various and varied news feeds. The artist, Greg Wing, used graphite pencil sketch on canvas overlaid with oil paints to achieve this representation of the Rosette Nebula.