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The search for Earth-like planets is reaching a fever-pitch. Does the evidence so far help shed light on the ancient question: Is the galaxy filled with life, or is Earth just a beautiful, lonely aberration? If things dont work out on this planet Or if our itch to explore becomes unbearable at some point in the future Astronomers have recently found out what kind of galactic real estate might be available to us. Well have to develop advanced transport to land there, 20 light years away. The question right now: is it worth the trip?

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Travel back in time and space to witness the awesome forces that gave birth to the Sun and the far-flung family of planets that orbit it. From the rocky, superheated surface of Mercury, to the storm-wracked atmosphere of gigantic Jupiter and the distant mysteries of Pluto, this is a richly detailed introduction to the creation, composition and alien landscapes of The Planets.

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The universe has long captivated us with its immense scales of distance and time. How far does it stretch? Where does it end and what lies beyond its star fields and streams of galaxies extending as far as telescopes can see? These questions are beginning to yield to a series of extraordinary new lines of investigation and technologies that are letting us to peer into the most distant realms of the cosmosBut also at the behavior of matter and energy on the smallest of scales. The mind-blowing answer comes from a theory describing the birth of the universe in the first instant of time.

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Hubblecast 27: What Hubble Taught Us About The Planets.

For nineteen years, NASA/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope has made some of the most dramatic discoveries in the history of astronomy but it has also helped scientists learn more about our own Solar System. From its vantage point 600 km above the Earth, Hubble has studied every planet in our Solar System except Mercury where light from the Sun would damage its instruments.

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Hubble has captured the impact of a comet on Jupiter, immense storms on Neptune and even tiny dwarf planets at the edge of our Solar System. The veteran telescope keeps a watchful eye on our solar backyard.

Regarded by many as the most valuable astronomical tool, the Hubble space Telescope is approaching its 19th anniversary in space. Hubble sees into the far reaches of the Universe but its powerful instruments have also surveyed our planetary neighbours. In this episode, well see what Hubble has revealed to us in our own solar backyard.

Even those who, for some strange reason, arent astronomy enthusiasts are likely to recognise some of Hubbles most famous images, like the “Pillars of Creation”in the Eagle Nebula or the Hubble Deep, and Ultra Deep, Fields which have shown us some of the most distant galaxies ever observed. The Hubble Space Telescope has really fundamentally changed our understanding of the universe at large, but with its high resolution images of planets and moons in our own Solar System, it has also taught us a lot about our own cosmic neighbourhood.

Hubble cannot observe our Sun, or the closest planet, Mercury, because its instruments are light-sensitive and would be damaged. However, the telescope has examined every other planet in the solar system, including dwarf planets Pluto, Ceres and Eris. But, of course, Hubble does not just produce pretty pictures, it provides planetary scientists with vital information about our neighbours that may help us better understand our own home planet, Earth.

More (PDF): http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/scripts/hubblecast27a.pdf

Credits:
• ESA/Hubble (Martin Kornmesser, Colleen Sharkey & Lars Lindberg Christensen)
• Visual design & Editing: Martin Kornmesser
• Animations: Martin Kornmesser
• Host: Dr. J
• Narration: Robert Fosbury
• Cinematography: Peter Rixner
• Music: movetwo
• Web Hosting: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum (LRZ)
• Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen & Raquel Yumi Shida
• Written by: Lars Lindberg Christensen
• Directed by: Colleen Sharkey
• Additional photos and footage: United States Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Strang, NASA-JPL/ESA, NASA/JHU/APL,

Dr. J is a German astronomer at the ESO. His scientific interests are in cosmology, particularly on galaxy evolution and quasars. Dr. J’s real name is Joe Liske and he has a PhD in astronomy.

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1 Dec 08 Update
Thanks for watching my video. I never thought it would reach more than a million views. I don’t interact too much because of my poor English. But there are a few things I need to set clear.
1. “Why did you stop at the Milky Way?”: Because I didn’t have more images.
2. This video is not about God. When I made it I wasn’t thinking in God, it’s more a video about humility and humanity. But each person interprets the video in a different way, and that’s okay.
3. I never said we humans are “insignificant”; saying that the true greatness is not in (or only in) the Earth doesn’t mean we are insignificant. I just wanted to say that we humans need to stop thinking we are te greatest thing in the universe, since we don’t know the universe well enough to say that. You don’t need to be the greatest thing in the universe to be significant.
4. Please excuse my terrible English, I know there are a lot of grammar and spelling mistakes in the video, but the important thing is the message of the video, and I know that the great majority of viewers understand that.

5. “The scales are wrong”: This was made two years ago, with some images I found in the web. Besides, as I said before, the important thing is the message. If you want correct scales search in a book and not in YouTube.
Information about “Death Star”(Saturn’s satellite):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimas_(moon)

Images showing the size of the planets compared to the Sun, and the Sun compared with other stars.

Music: Title Music from A Clockwork Orange, Wendy Carlos. (Original version: Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, by Henry Purcell).

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How big is the universe?

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A mind blowing animation showing the relative size of planets and stars in our universe.

Background music is from the song “Such Great Heights” by “The Postal Service”.

Original animation was made by http://www.cycomedia.net, this version was found on http://www.transbuddha.com

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READ THIS FIRST! : The Size Of Planets and Stars to Scale (see NOTE)
Name of planets as shown:
Pluto Mercury Mars Venus Earth Neptune Uranus Jupiter Saturn
Name of Stars as shown:
Sun Sirius Vega Pollux Arcturus Aldebaran Rigel Deneb Pistol Star Betelgeuse Antares VV Cephei
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Name of Song: Stakka & K Tee – Rubber Bullet
Original video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1NkoZeTEWc
Author: jaxxrr
Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/jaxxrr
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NOTE: This video is a edited version of “Energy vs Information” made by jaxxrr (to which all credit goes to), I was very impressed by the production value both the video and music.

Seeing that it received few hits, which may be due to the title and tags. In order for more people to see and enjoy this video I mirrored the edited version, so people won’t get too side tracked on the political message. (Although I’m against wars and big oil as well)

Please see the original version if you like here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1NkoZeTEWc

-=NOTE=-
This video was made BEFORE “VY Canis Majoris” was listed as the largest known star, When this video was made 2006 by it’s author JAXXrr, the star “VV Cephei A” was listed as the largest known star.

For a list of current largest “known” stars see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_known_stars
Keep in mind while watching this video that the “largest known stars” are all found in our own galaxy (The Milky Way). We know of only of a very few of the estimated 200-300 Billion stars that make up our galaxy, which is just ONE of at least 300-500 billion galaxies in the visible Universe.
To learn more about the universe see this site; it will blow your mind!…
http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/12lys.html
Just keep zooming out……..

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See How Big The universe Is

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music is from the movie “The Island”
composed by Steve Jablonsky

1. This Tongue Thing’s Amazing
2. The Island Awaits You

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Pluto Mercury Mars Venus Earth Neptune Uranus Jupiter Saturn Sun Sirius Vega Pollux Arcturus Aldebaran Rigel Deneb Pistol Star Betelgeuse Antares VV Cephei

planets stars universe astronomy solar system science asteroids space Pluto Mercury Mars Venus Earth Neptune Uranus Sun

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