This is a video of The Epic Spaceman (aka Toby Lockerbie) trying his best to explain the scale of the Milky Way Galaxy, and our place in it. In order to help our feeble minds, “he shrunk the hazy cluster down to such smaller perspectives as the diameter of the
This is a video of the astronaut sculpture created by ex-physicist (once a physicist, always a physicist in my opinion) and artist Julian Voss-Andreae. It’s constructed of cross section slices of mirrors, and almost seems invisible when viewed directly head-on (or back-on), but appears more solid as you move around
Seen here pooping on a console as usual, this is another compilation video from Trekkie John DiMarcio (previously), this time featuring Data’s pet cat, Spot. That’s cool, but as someone who was born in space I happen to know firsthand that cats aren’t allowed on spaceships. They’re too much of
In wayback news (my favorite kind, all new news is bad news), this is a video from the Australian Public Broadcast service on August 31st, 1962 asking Sydney residents if they think there’s life on other planets. The answers range from “no” to one guy having seen a UFO. Most
This is a clip from a 2011 episode of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? in which a contestant (who already used all three lifelines in the firsts four questions) is asked which planet out of four was derived from Greek mythology instead of Roman. While talking out her answer,
This is another compilation created by Trekkie and editor John DiMarco (previously), this time highlighting 40 years of various Star Trek characters saying ‘Engage!’. Oh you thought it was just Picard? Some fan you are. The Enterprise crew has been engaging since the original series! Probably in freaky deaky alien
Because the fourth is strong today, here’s a video from Red Side comparing the sizes of various starships and planets in the Star Wars universe. The video begins with small ships, before progressing to giant city-sized ones, then on to the planets as compared to the size of earth. I
To celebrate Star Wars Day, here are several unearthed audio recording outtakes from Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, and James Earl Jones recording lines for a 1-800 number that was set up way back in 1979 so fans could call and listen to pre-recorded messages about Star Wars. That’s fun, why