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Posted on: January 3, 2010 12:00 PM, by Greg Laden
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Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you might think it's a long walk down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space.
Posted by: Katharine | January 3, 2010 2:12 PM
Damn..way to burst my bubble. For 50+ years I just KNEW I was the center of the Universe! Great video..now if I can only get people to sit and watch it....and learn...
Posted by: gwen | January 3, 2010 4:10 PM
A cool video affirming yet again why I don't dare try to study or think about astronomy. I can barely get my head around population genetics.
Posted by: rich lawler | January 3, 2010 9:18 PM
@#1, who said:
Mind-boggling? 'Zat all? Try heart-breakingly. Much bigger than mere mind-boggling. More daunting. Leaves you with an even greater heartache.
Posted by: Crudely Wrott | January 3, 2010 9:49 PM
What are all you wankers talking about? The universe ain't all that much. I am a significant part of the universe.
Posted by: Zaphod Beeblebrox | January 3, 2010 10:38 PM
Pretty impressive! Do I have it wrong, or was the Earth spinning the wrong way in the video?
Posted by: Katkinkate | January 4, 2010 1:55 AM
"Do I have it wrong, or was the Earth spinning the wrong way in the video?"
Yep you are correct. Assuming that all the planets are shown with their poles in the usual configuration only Venus is spinning the correct direction since it is the only planet shown that has retrograde rotation about its axis.
Posted by: Lance | January 4, 2010 3:19 AM
Just to continue in this pedantic excursion, all the objects are shown spinning with the same angular velocity which is also whack.
I think the folks that made this great video new that and just thought it looked cooler to have them all spinning at the same rate and in the same direction.
Posted by: Lance | January 4, 2010 3:24 AM
Holy crap, they're using the theme song to The Black Hole!
Posted by: Radioactive afikomen | January 4, 2010 4:45 AM
I think the term you're all looking for is "astronomical". Or as Feynman would say, "economical".
Posted by: Alex | January 4, 2010 7:16 PM
Thanks Lance. Maybe it was just easier.
Posted by: Katkinkate | January 4, 2010 7:17 PM