It is a talk on the expedition of Cassini to Titan, one of Saturn's moon. It really puts us in perspective and CERTAINLY look into another world as though we were flying in a plane to be landed on it.
Amazingly Incredible.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/caro ... aturn.html
Everyone here HAS to watch this
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Hi,
Anyway, most chinese Astronomy book still refer M31 as "Great Andromeda Nebula" (仙女座大星云).
Have a nice day.
The M31 was called "Great Andromeda Nebula" in older text... I think she is old enough... ha ha hashe called andromeda "The andromeda nebula"..
Anyway, most chinese Astronomy book still refer M31 as "Great Andromeda Nebula" (仙女座大星云).
Have a nice day.
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(仙女座大星云). .... ( Fairy astrotype huge spectacular star cloud )....now you know what the ancient Chinese astronomers were thinking when they saw M31 in their ancient telecope.
Anyway, i enjoy her commentaries very much...some thought provoking talk includes....
" Genesis had not just occured once, but twice ( in Saturn ) or even numerous times in the 13.7 billion years of the Astronomical Age of our Universe"
Anyway, i enjoy her commentaries very much...some thought provoking talk includes....
" Genesis had not just occured once, but twice ( in Saturn ) or even numerous times in the 13.7 billion years of the Astronomical Age of our Universe"