Archive for the ‘Cosmos’ Category

16
Aug

In the general sense, a cosmos is an orderly or harmonious system. It originates from the Greek term κόσμος (kosmos), meaning “order” or “ornament” and is antithetical to the concept of chaos. Today, the word is generally used as a synonym of the word Universe (considered in its orderly aspect). The word cosmos originates from [...]

17
Aug

A look at how the universe could end with various theories explored such as a “random quantum fluctuation” where everything is obliterated in the blink of an eye; where all energy is consumed and ends in a “cosmic ice age”; where everything collapses into black holes and disappears, and how there is nothing we can [...]

17
Aug

History Channel. A look at the cosmic shooting gallery of the universe; what happens during comet, asteroid and planetary collisions; the effects of mass extinction impacts; what happens when stars collide, and when entire galaxies merge together.     Cosmic Collisions (The Universe 2) part 45 of 72 TitleCosmic Collisions (The Universe 2) part 45 [...]

17
Aug

A look at the mysteries of black holes and theories about the existence of other kinds of holes, such as “mini” or microscopic black holes that exist at the atomic level; “white holes” — the opposite of black holes where matter is eject out; and “wormholes” — gateways in hyperspace that connect points in space [...]

17
Aug

History Channel. A look at various cosmic phenomena, both “good” — such as the beauty of the aurora borealis, the thrill of a meteor shower, the miracle of photosynthesis, and the “bad” — such as UV radiation that can “get under our skin”, and solar flare activity that can not only scramble electronics, but could [...]

17
Aug

A film for the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, presented as a public service for the advancement of science education by the Motorola Foundation and the National Air and Space Museum with the additional support from the National Science Foundation and Cosmic Voyage, Inc. ; producers, Jeffrey Marvin, Bayley Silleck ; writers, Michael [...]

21
Oct

There are two ways to view the stars: as they really are and as we might wish them to be. These are the Pleides, a group of young stars astronomers recognize as leaving their stellar nurseries of gas and dust, and this is the Crab Nebula, a stellar graveyard where gas and dust are being [...]