bemused

November 2, 2008

Zoom in to the Hubble Ultra Deep Field

Filed under: cosmology — Tags: , , — mikelowndes @ 11:54 pm

Hubble was pointed at an area of sky with only a couple of faint stars in this galaxy.

Thus, everything here in this tiny patch of sky, other than the obvious stars,  are galaxies.

Give your mind some time to adjust…

Zoom in

Like to know how big, big can be?  Zoom out from the local group of stars

October 24, 2008

Zoooom

Filed under: cosmology, nature — Tags: , , — mikelowndes @ 10:19 pm

I love NASA’s detailed images but why don’t they make them explorable? Here are some of my favourites in a zoomable format.

December 10, 2006

And to rub it in…

Filed under: cosmology — mikelowndes @ 11:58 pm

Cheer up, you’re lucky to be here….

Filed under: cosmology — Tags: , , , , — mikelowndes @ 11:51 pm

October 27, 2006

Get really close to Mars

Filed under: cosmology — Tags: , , , — mikelowndes @ 9:37 pm

October 17, 2006

Unintelligent Design

Evolution a ‘theory’?

A scientific theory is not a guess or an approximation but an extensive explanation developed from well-documented and reproducible sets of data based on repeated observations of natural processes (Stephen J. Gould, 1994).

Another one; as Theodosius Dobzhansky said “Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.”

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