The Universe As We Know It

via The Imaginary Foundation Blog

How The LHC (Large Hadron Collider) Works

One of the most comprehensive explanation of the LHC's inner workings I've seen so far.
Bow to the Super Proton Synchrotron:




http://public.web.cern.ch/public/

2005 YU55, I salute you.

This just happened:

Animation of the trajectory of asteroid 2005 YU55 compared to the orbits of the Earth and the Moon on 8–9 November 2011.

From Wikipedia: 

2005 YU55 is a potentially hazardous asteroid that is 400 meters in diameter. It was discovered on 28 December 2005 by Robert S. McMillan at Steward Observatory, Kitt Peak. On November 8 2011 it passed 0.85 lunar distances (about 324,600 kilometers, or 201,700 miles) from the Earth. This is the closest known approach by an asteroid with an absolute magnitude this bright since 2010 XC15 (H = 21.4) approached within 0.5 lunar distances in 1976.

Quantum Levitation

I can see an hoverboard taking shape in many people's mind... Astonishing stuff from Tel Aviv University:



http://astc.org/

Super Conductivity Group

Via The Imaginary Foundation

Wave Pendulum

A Glorious Dawn

After seeing this little gem delivered to AK's door a couple of weeks ago, jealousy took over me and I had to have it myself. The music on this 7" is produced by John Boswell whose goal is " to bring scientific knowledge and philosophy to the masses, in a novel way, through the medium of music... " 
It features the auto-tuned voice of the late Carl Sagan and a small guest appearance by Stephen Hawking.  All the samples are taken from the the award-winning 1980 television series 'Cosmos: A Personal Voyage'. 

My deep hatred for Auto-tune didn't stop me from wanting a copy on 7" vinyl. Go here to purchase it for only $10 including shipping!  By the way, it's on the new Jack White of  The White Stripes' record label.

The video is pure class (lyrics on the side bar):