Tag Archives: cosmic

An Intergalactic Collision

By dog | Published: August 31, 2012

This simulation shows two galaxies in a billion year tango of epic proportions. From NASA: This simulation, which represents a few billion years of evolution, shows two disk galaxies interacting in a graceful gravitational dance. The color represents the temperature of the gas in the galaxies. The simulation shows how gravity can rearrange the gas [...]

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Cosmic Curiosity: Is Mars still on our minds?

By dog | Published: August 18, 2012

NASA’s ‘Curiosity’ rover has begun work on planet Mars, preparing to zap a small rock with a laser to examine its chemical composition. The car-sized vehicle has ten different tools to study the Red Planet, one of which was developed in Russia. RT’s Lori Harfenist went to find out whether average New Yorkers are excited [...]

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Soviet Files: Best men for Star Squad

By dog | Published: April 16, 2012

The documentary marks the Cosmonautics day when on April 12, 1961 the first manned space flight took place! Everyone knows his name. Yury Gagarin, the first man in space. But there were 19 people more — the members of the first cosmonauts squad. What did they have to endure before the first human being flew [...]

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NASA Video: Rare giant solar tornado caught on tape

By dog | Published: March 29, 2012

A giant solar tornado – five times the Earth’s diameter – swirling at incredible speed of some 186000 mph has been captured on video by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. This is the first time giant solar twister has been caught on video. Solar tornadoes, known as solar prominences, are shaped by the sun’s magnetic field [...]

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The Moon’s Incredible Evolution

By dog | Published: March 16, 2012

NASA’s two most recent videos of our moon are absolutely amazing. One is a simulation of the moon’s evolution and the other is a narrated history of the rock. View both videos on our website, here: Evolution of the moon: ywtv.tv Tour of the moon: ywtv.tv Add TDC to your circles on Google+ plus.google.com Join [...]

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Chinese ISS? Video of ‘Heavenly Palace’ launching into orbit

By dog | Published: September 30, 2011

FOOTAGE PROVIDED BY CHINA’S STATE BROADCASTER ON BEHALF OF THE BEIJING GOVERNMENT China on Thursday launched an experimental module to lay the groundwork for a future space station, underscoring its ambitions to become a major space power. The Tiangong-1 module was shot into space from the Jiuquan launch centre on the edge of the Gobi [...]

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60 Million Dollar Views: Space hotel makes ET tourism reality

By dog | Published: September 4, 2011

Forget the Maldives, the Seychelles – or anywhere else. If you are looking for a really exclusive holiday, you should be looking beyond our planet. A Russian company is building a new hotel in space which is scheduled to open in five years’ time. And as RT found out, with an astronomical $60-million price tag, [...]

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Lecture 4 | Topics in String Theory

By dog | Published: July 27, 2011

(January 31, 2011) Leonard Susskind gives a lecture on string theory and particle physics that focuses on the geometry of a black hole near the horizon. He describes how standard concepts from quantum physics can explain the physics that occur at this point. In the last of course of this series, Leonard Susskind continues his [...]

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Beautiful Risk: ‘Hubble Deep Field was a gamble’

By dog | Published: July 27, 2011

As the imminent end of the Space Shuttle program is about to set a landmark for space exploration, RT talks to astronomer Robert Williams, one of those behind the Hubble Space Telescope, who says his field of science is experiencing its golden age. The former director of the Hubble’s operating center spoke about the public [...]

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