Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Imminent collision
This is an artist's rendition of 'an imminent planetary collision around a pair of double stars'. According to NASA, this type of collision is likely to be common around tight binary star systems where over time, the stars orbit each other closer and closer. The resulting changes in gravitational force is enough to send orbiting bodies out of whack.....(http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA13347)
Isn't this absolutely AMAZING?! It's moments like this that makes me dream about living in the future. People there would be able to travel from galaxy to galaxy and see the wonders and beauty of the universe.
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the greater universe and me just don't go together... i have no feeling from seeing this lol.
ReplyDeletelots of feeling when seeing antarctica and all the other places on earth haha.