astro video for the day!

http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/

I can't seem to embedd this video onto my blog; so, your going to have to click the link to see this video of saturn.

quote for the day/cicero anti-mathematics quote

"Geometry was in high esteem with them, therefore, none were more honourable than
mathematicians; but we have confined this art to bare measuring and calculating." - Cicero

astro picture for the day

latest image from mars - Nasa

astro picture for the day

Nasa Hubble space telescope image;

astro picture for the day

thought for the day/the logan's run future

Arthur C Clarke published in 1948 his "Against the Fall of Night."  It was a story about mankind confining itself inside a dome world to lock itself away from the universe.  In Arthur C Clarke's story here, mankind did so because it met an intelligence that was way ahead of it and Humanity would never catch up to these extraterrestrial intelligences.  I'm finding that Humanity, namely nanotechnologists, are going to do this "Logan's Run" type of solution.  They're arguement is going to be that we can't let humanity run wild through the universe with nanotechnology because somebody, sooner than later, will abuse it.

astro picture for the day

Nasa Spitzer infrared image of the Orion nebula;