Asteroid

May 31, 2010

Meteorite Crash in Canada Filmed by Police Cam

Meteor Crash In Alberta/Canada, Filmed By Police Cam

Until 1:00 it’s accurate (real meteorite crash Nov. 20, 2008), the rest is computer animation (no pictures from ISS!), but similar collisions happened many times in the history of our planet.

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May 27, 2010

Asteroid negotiations – Hyperdrive – BBC comedy

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Commander Henderson, Nick Frost, is on the brink of an agreement between rival alien races. Can he prove to them that British negotiators are just as good as Americans? Free clip from the British comedy tv series Hyperdrive.

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NASA – Dawn’s Mission to the Asteroid Belt

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The Dawn spacecraft will employ ion propulsion to explore two of the asteroid belt’s most intriguing and dissimilar occupants: asteroid Vesta and the dwarf planet Ceres.

Dawn’s goal is to characterize the conditions and processes of the solar system’s earliest epoch by investigating in detail two of the largest protoplanets remaining intact since their formations. Ceres and Vesta reside in the extensive zone between Mars and Jupiter together with many other smaller bodies, called the asteroid belt. Each has followed a very different evolutionary path constrained by the diversity of processes that operated during the first few million years of solar system evolution.

Dawn has much to offer the general public. It brings images of varied landscapes on previously unseen worlds to the public including mountains, canyons, craters, lava flows, polar caps and, possibly ancient lakebeds, streambeds and gullies. Students can follow the mission over an entire K-12 experience as the mission is built, cruises to Vesta and Ceres and returns data. The public will be able to participate through the Solar System Ambassadors and through participation on the web.

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Hubblecast 01: The Comet Galaxy

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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, in collaboration with several other ground- and space-based telescopes, has captured a galaxy being ripped apart by a galaxy cluster’s gravitational field and harsh environment. The finding sheds light on the mysterious process by which gas-rich spiral-shaped galaxies might evolve into gas-poor irregular- or elliptical-shaped galaxies over billions of years. Read more on:
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0705.html

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May 11, 2010

Spaced Out- Comets

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What exactly are comets and what did they have to do with life on Earth?

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May 8, 2010

Small Comets and The Tunguska Event

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Video is clipped from History Channels The Universe Deadly Comets and Meteors, showing another theory of The Tunguska Event.

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BBC: Unlocking Comet Secrets – A Comet’s Tale

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Observation Domes and powerful telescopes are builts in the clouds to study comets. As only 4% of light is reflected off the black comet rock, these cosmic rocks can be a little tricky to spot. Clip taken from BBC Documentary ‘ A Comet’s Tale’.

Watch more Comet’s Tale videos with BBC Worldwide here: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=0E69828D29AD416B

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May 7, 2010

BBC: Jupiter Explosion – A Comet’s Tale

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A rare chance to see space agency footage as a comet strikes Jupiter and is caught on camera. In one of the biggest explosions that have ever been witnessed, scientists discuss the theoretical impact of a relative blast on Earth. Clip taken from fascinating BBC documentary ‘ A Comet’s Tale ‘.

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