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| Boom, planets everywhere. |
You might be wondering what my Kepler kick is all about.
Well just lookie-here at this Chartasaurus Rex and tell me it isn't blowing your mind yet:
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| New planets are dots. What is the big blue one? Death-Star?? Click to read more! |
No?
Fine, here is a direct link to the charticle. It has bigger pictures and also sounds and other shiny stuff:
Fine, here is a direct link to the charticle. It has bigger pictures and also sounds and other shiny stuff:
In short, a very clever man decided to represent Kepler's findings using a visual charting system. It flows seamlessly in the animation, and is available in high definition (*fwooosh*). One of those spinning dots could have once harbored the invasion force of bug-eyed aliens about to drop-ship on your lawn.
Credit to the ever-vigilant Deborah Beale for finding this article. I stumbled onto it via her twitter. You should follow her and her husband, the great Tad Williams, and vote for their dog's poetry (he is GOOD. What?)
Interesting stuff bro.
ReplyDeletei enjoyed reading this
ReplyDeleteDon't mind my jaw, I'll just be leaving it on the floor.
ReplyDeletewhat is that big as streak of light
ReplyDeleteThe giant streak of light in the first picture is the Kepler satellite being launched. If you click on the photo it will take you to the Astronomy picture of the day website, from which that picture was pulled.
ReplyDeleteCool pic
ReplyDeleteMost awesome! I love stuff like this.
ReplyDeleteReal interesting, and the linked video was awesome
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