Space: the final frontier. Captain Kirk said that so it must be true. This is a video from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) of a massive plasma eruption taking place, played in both visible and invisible wavelengths for reference. Some more info while I pretend it’s actually the devil trying

The Arecibo Telescope, probably better known for its appearance in GoldenEye than for any of its scientific discoveries, made an unplanned crossing of the Rainbow Bridge on December 1st after several catastrophic cable failures dropped the telescope’s 900-ton receiver through the dish below. The collapse was captured on video both

This is a video of Youtuber Kurtis Baute using a 13,799 piece, 300-meter long domino maze to tell the history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the present, sad bang. Obviously, the dominos are a metaphor for time, with each individual piece falling representing the passing of a

This is a video of SpaceX’s successful hop of a prototype Starship rocket 450-meters from one pad to another in southern Texas. “It looks like a skinny, naked R2-D2.” It sure does. *gets up to go find another chair further away* That’s exactly what it looks like. The prototype that

This is a video unveiling the interior of the Virgin Galactic SpaceshipTwos the company plans to use to send rich people briefly into space, to the tune of around $250,000+ per ticket. Will that include complimentary beverage service? It better. Also, where’s the bed? I thought the whole purpose of

This is a visualization created by MetaBallStudios comparing the sizes of the natural satellites that exist in our solar system, first using New York City as a size reference, then the entire earth. So — what moon is your favorite? “The Death Star.” That’s no moon! “LOL.” LOLOL. Hey let’s

This is a very worthwhile video of the first ‘footage’ of Mars rendered in 4K resolution, using composite images captured by Mars rovers Spirit and Curiosity to create panoramas of the red planet. It is really something. SOMETHING FULL OF ALIENS. Quick, toss me my laser blaster! *fumbles with blaster,

This is a video created by Dr James O’Donoghue of the relative sidereal rotation periods of planets in 2-D. Sidereal meaning relative to background stars, of course. “Of course.” As you can see– “Uranus is backwards.” Like a front-butt? I don’t think so. No, what I was going to say