These movies have been made with a Canon Powershot S60, using its 'Intervalometer' feature to make the shots.
You will need QuickTime 7.1.3 (or VLC) to play these movies. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft, launched from Earth just over a year ago, is heading for a close encounter with the giant planet Jupiter. "Jupiter's just a waypoint to take us to our ultimate destination, which is, of course, the planet Pluto."

The pass will provide the first close-up look at Jupiter and its moons since the Galileo mission, which reached the planetary system in 1995. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

Astronomers think they’ve got a handle on how Sun-sized stars come together. But the formation of the largest stars - more than 10 times the mass of the Sun - still puzzle astronomers.

New observations may change that... picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

To view the Earth as currently seen from a satellite in Earth orbit, choose the satellite from the list below and press the "View Earth from Satellite" button.

Sorry if this is a dupe. Can't find it in any searches picked by doggylives 8 months ago

Some info on them and how to find them without the aid of a telescope or map. (step one: it has to be night) picked by donteatpoop 1 year ago

Eleven Dimensions, parallel universes, and a world made out of strings. It's not Science Fiction,
It's String Theory.
A wonderful 3 hour program presented by PBS Nova.
I highly recommend it.
Link directly to program here picked by SUBobISIS 5 months ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists said on Wednesday that they have found the most distant galaxy yet, nearly 13 billion light-years away, in a discovery that could help explain how stars were formed at the dawn of time. picked by Galoot 2 years ago

The Star of Bethlehem is one of the most powerful, and enigmatic, symbols of Christianity. Second perhaps only to the Cross of the Crucifixion, the importance of its role in the story of the Nativity of the Christ child is almost on a par with the birth itself. However, the true origin of the Star of Bethlehem has baffled astronomers, historians, and theologians for the past two millennia. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

...but the vast majority of you will never see it. So there! picked by mitzuzake 11 months ago

Almost 2-1/2 years have passed since the Moon plunged completely into the Earth’s shadow. But if you live in Europe, Africa, or the eastern half of North America, but sure to put a big circle on your calendar for tomorrow. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

This is astronomical picked by buddha 4 months ago

Mike Constantine’s Moon Pans website has some incredible panoramas. You can sweep back and forth on images, going around 360 degrees. It’s not precisely like being there (you can, for example, do this feat in your underwear which is not recommended on the lunar surface), but it’s still pretty cool. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Four galaxies are slamming into each other and kicking up billions of stars in one of the largest cosmic smash-ups ever observed. picked by DemureArt 1 year ago

This movie shows dynamic rings, wisps and jets of matter and antimatter around the pulsar in the Crab Nebula as observed in X-ray light by Chandra (left, blue) and optical light by Hubble (right, red). picked by Neiako 2 years ago

"Astronomers on Wednesday announced they had spotted the first planet beyond the Solar System that has water, the precious ingredient for life." picked by deepchill 1 year ago

10 billion, trillion, trillion carats. Kobe Bryant's wife says "I want that." picked by misterc 2 years ago

The nights and early morning hours of November 17-19 mark the return of the Leonid meteor shower to the skies of Earth

Viewers along the northeastern coast of the United States and Canada, as well as people in Europe and western Africa might get to see an "outburst" of as many as 100-600 meteors per hour! picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then move through space towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude until you reach a tall oak tree just outside the buildings of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida. After that, begin to move from the actual size of a leaf into a microscopic world that reveals leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus, ch... read full post picked by wags273 7 months ago

A volcano with a 290-kilometer (180-mile) high plume photographed by this probe. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

...but you'll have to wait until May 14th. picked by Jetka 3 months ago