The Biggest Stars in the Universe.mp4. The Detailed Universe: This will Blow Your Mind. The helical model - our Galaxy is a vortex. Journey to the end of the universe. Science. Sky above 39°6'6"N 84°30'34"W at Fri 2012 Dec 14 2:38. Explain symbols in the map. Click in map to aim telescope.View horizon at this observing site. Ephemeris: Azimuth in the above table follows the astronomical convention: zero degrees is South with positive angles toward the West and negative angles toward the East. Back to Sky Maps Up to Your Sky Credits Customise Help Images produced by Your Sky are in the public domain and may be used in any manner without permission, restriction, attribution, or compensation. The Earth, shaped by gravity, is anything but round. The saying that beauty is in the eye of the beholder means that what we see is subject to our perspective.
Take our planet for example. From space through human eyes or a camera, it seems to be a beautiful uniform sphere, but that’s not how the European Space Agency’s ( ESA ) GOCE satellite sees it. In fact, looking through its eyes you would have to say that Earth looks more like a potato. GOCE was launched in March 2009 with the mission to map the small differences in our planet’s gravity . Stellar tantrum blasts away part of its planet’s atmosphere! Life must suck for HD 189733b.
It’s a planet orbiting the star HD 189733, about 63 light years from Earth. It’s similar to Jupiter, being slightly more massive and slightly bigger. Space.com.