After 20-months of preparation and practice and consistently not dying, this is a video of BMX rider Ryan Williams successfully landing the world’s first 360 double backflip tailwhip, which I have no clue what is, but looks impressive. It’s like he gets in the air and panics and figures the
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 showcasing the mad ups of Riley Smith, a guy who’s 5’9″ with an astounding 50″ vertical leap, allowing him to easily dunk, and jump so high he can hit his head on the basketball hoop. That is impressive. For reference, I’m 6’1″ and just tried to
This is a video from Youtuber and match chain reactionist The S launching a cardboard UFO with the help of a 25,000 match chain reaction. It really was glorious to watch, particularly all the matches flying towards the camera in slow motion. I felt like I was right there! I
Note: The whole photo can be seen HERE. This is the closest photo captured of the sun to date, taken by the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter satellite from a distance of 77-million kilometers. It features thousands of small solar flares scientists have nicknamed campfires. Some more info while I
Because upscaling to 4K, 60FPS is clearly the new CSI zoom and enhance, this is a video from the Apollo 16 moon mission of a ridealong in the lunar rover to Station 4, Stone Mountain (the Cinco Crater) that’s been given the treatment. For reference, the original footage was 16mm
