Your Trip Is Short.....

[mbw]

WOAH, via @EducationalPics

Since the sun is also moving, this is a better representation of how the planets revolve around the sun

fake news.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/03/04/vortex_motion_viral_video_showing_sun_s_motion_through_galaxy_is_wrong.html

[ytowndan]

 :hereitisyousentimentalbastard

[runawayjimbo]

WOAH, via @EducationalPics

Since the sun is also moving, this is a better representation of how the planets revolve around the sun

fake news.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/03/04/vortex_motion_viral_video_showing_sun_s_motion_through_galaxy_is_wrong.html

Nice, although I found his punching down at David Icke a tad uncalled for. Reptilian aliens are people too, man.

Not everything that's cool is science, but everything in science is cool.

[PIE-GUY]

Winning!

[PIE-GUY]

Oops. Wrong thread. Pauging by phone is risky business.

[WhatstheUse?]

Oops. Wrong thread. Pauging by phone is risky business.

You kidding me? Pretty sure Herbie know what's up with space. It applies.

[gah]

Totally valid post. Space funk exists.

[VDB]

This is not news, but it answered a question I've had recently as I've been on both a mild Pluto and Hubble Telescope kick of late:

Why can't we just use Hubble to take pictures of Pluto?

[sls.stormyrider]

http://time.com/unseen-apollo/

[Superfreakie]

http://time.com/unseen-apollo/

AMAZING!!!

[VDB]

So I'm getting pretty jazzed about this eclipse, the path of which is going to pass directly over my house in less than two weeks.

Been nice knowing you, earthlings.

[Hicks]

Watching the eclipse today was completely a surreal experience, I cannot even put into words the flood of emotions that I felt during the totality.  Literally was jumping up and down laughing and yelling.  Really glad I made the 30 mile drive to see a complete eclipse and that I got to watch and share it with my family too. 

I'm already planning on being there for 2024, party at PG's house? 

[ytowndan]

It was 80% here, and I was kinda disappointed to be honest. 

I didn't have the proper eyewear to look at it directly, so I obviously missed out in that respect, but I thought it would still be cool to enjoy the surrealism of it getting so dark in the middle of the afternoon.  I'm not exactly sure what I was expecting, I guess I imagined that it would look kinda like twilight.  I'm not sure where I got this idea from.  In the end, though, it just looked like an otherwise sunny day got overcast for a bit.  Oh well.

Glad you had a great experience, Hicks!  That sounds unreal!

[birdman]

Watching the eclipse today was completely a surreal experience, I cannot even put into words the flood of emotions that I felt during the totality.  Literally was jumping up and down laughing and yelling.  Really glad I made the 30 mile drive to see a complete eclipse and that I got to watch and share it with my family too. 

I'm already planning on being there for 2024, party at PG's house?

burlington vt. It'll be 100 Degrees cooler.

[sunrisevt]

With seven years' lead time, the 'paug could own a house in VT by then.