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Our universe at home within a larger universe? So suggests physicist’s wormhole research

EurekAlert! - Space and Planetary Science — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0000

(Indiana University) Could our universe be located within the interior of a wormhole which itself is part of a black hole that lies within a much larger universe? [...]

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The Known Universe

Tim — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:05:58 +0000

That earlier bit by the Monty Python folks was fun and gives a general idea of how big ‘everything out there is’ and how small a part of it we are. Here is another view based on the latest information available. Put together by the American Museum of Natural History, I find it very dramatic. I wanted to share it with you.

The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world’s most complete four-dimensional map of the universe, the Digital Universe Atlas that is maintained and updated by astrophysicists at the American Museum of Natural History. This new film updates an earlier version, was created by the Museum, is part of an exhibition called Visions of the Cosmos: From the Milky Ocean to an Evolving Universe, and is showing at the Rubin Museum of Art in Manhattan through May 2010.

Here’s the video. You might need to wait a bit for it to fully load:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=17jymDn0W6U

For more information visit http://www.amnh.org

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Keeping A Humble Perspective

Tim — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:55:00 +0000

Lately I’ve become increasingly interested in cosmology. Questions about the universe, astronomy, this and other solar systems, the vast amount of whole galaxies other than our own Milky Way, and even the theories of alternate universes.

Luckily there are a growing number of books and websites dedicated to these issues. But there is also a great piece of video which touches on these subjects. It’s a clip from the movie “Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life” and can be found on YouTube.com. In case you missed it or just have not seen it lately, here it is. You might need to wait a bit for it to fully load:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=buqtdpuZxvk

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