Tag: Star

  • Welcome to Star City

    Welcome to Star City

    ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen introduces us to Star City, near Moscow, where he is currently training for his mission to the International Space Station in 2015.

  • NASA Star Party Helps Celebrate Inauguration

    NASA Star Party Helps Celebrate Inauguration

    Video of a NASA star gazing “party” at the David M. Brown Planetarium in Arlington, Va. on Jan. 19. Free and open to the public, the event featured astronomers, astronauts, and other experts answering questions about the night sky. Telescopes were provided; planetarium shows were also held.

  • ESA – Space to Relax / Stellar Works of Art

    ESA – Space to Relax / Stellar Works of Art

    Journey through galaxies, past star-forming clouds, around mammoth stars, and inside gas and dust nebulas. A relaxation programme of astronomical wonders by the European Space Agency.

    Originally produced for Lufthansa inflight entertainment (released June 2011).

    Credit images: XMM-Newton, Herschel, Planck, Cluster, Integral, Joint ESA/NASA Hubble Space Telescope and ESA amateur ground-based cameras.
    Credit music: “Dream Elements” by Green Sun, licensed by AmbientMusicGarden.com

  • ESA Euronews: Desvelando los secretos de Venus

    ESA Euronews: Desvelando los secretos de Venus

    Es conocido como el lucero del alba o la estrella de la mañana, pero no es una estrella: es un planeta. Venus es, junto con Marte, nuestro vecino más cercano, y al mismo tiempo, un gran desconocido. Levantamos el velo que esconde los misterios del planeta ardiente.

  • ESA Euronews: Quand Vénus se dévoile

    ESA Euronews: Quand Vénus se dévoile

    On l’appelle l’étoile du berger ou encore l’étoile du matin, mais c’est tout sauf une étoile. C’est même une planète de notre voisinage immédiat. Vénus est, avec Mars, la plus proche planète de la Terre. Proche peut-être mais au combien différente. On commence tout juste à lever quelques pans du voile qui entoure le mystère de la planète brûlante.

  • ESA Euronews: Unveiling Venus

    ESA Euronews: Unveiling Venus

    It can be called the morning or evening star, depending on where you are or what time it is, but it is anything but a star. In fact, it is one of our nearest planetary neighbours. Venus and Mars may be Earth’s close cousins, but they are oh-so different. Only now are we starting to peer through Venus’ clouds to reveal the burning planet’s secrets.

  • ESA Euronews: A star rocket is born

    ESA Euronews: A star rocket is born

    The family of European rockets is growing. The next one is the youngest, called Vega, soon to be launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
    This new rocket complements the range that Europe already has to offer in the commercial market.

  • Borax Crystal Star – Sick Science! #066

    Borax Crystal Star – Sick Science! #066

    Learn more at http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/content/experiment/magic-crystal-snowflake
    Bringing real snowflakes inside individually is next to impossible. So, to work around this conundrum, we’ve come up with the Magic Crystal Snowflake. This special snowflake is just a beautiful and unique as a snowflake from the sky, but it won’t melt! The Magic Crystal Snowflake uses some fun hands-on chemistry and makes a perfect holiday experiment.

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    © 2011 Steve Spangler Science all rights reserved

  • Toothpick Star Table Trick – Sick Science! #008

    Toothpick Star Table Trick – Sick Science! #008

    Check out this and other cool science experiments at http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiments/ With Thanksgiving just around the corner, here is a cool table trick to perform while you are waiting for the thanksgiving day turkey!

    Want more experiments like this? Check out http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/product/naked-eggs-and-flying-potatoes

    Sick Science™ is a trademark of Steve Spangler, inc.

    © 2010 Steve Spangler Science all rights reserved