I love these awesome Milky Way simulators. A new one just released by Chrome experiments came out and is spreading like crazy. It’s a star simulation and it’s possibly one of the coolest things I have seen from Google. You may or may not have seen this already but please check this out NOW. Click here to take journey.   There is an even better one made by NASA called Exoplanet. It’s basically Keplers planet tracking app but it has a really awesome feature where you can see where each planet is located and gives you the same “traveling out”  experience. You can download the iPhone app for free.    

Well today is an amazing day for anyone who is in Australia at the moment. However if you’re not in the area then here is where you’ll see the 2012 total solar eclipse. Where: http://events.slooh.com/ When: 20:39 UTC or 15:39 in Toronto Canada (where I am) Source Interesting Facts: Last time there was a total solar eclipse was in July 2010 and the next time you’ll be able to see one is in August 2017. Baily’s Beads: is a special effect that can only be seen during a total solar eclipse. It’s when the moon is directly right in front of the Sun and you can see the beads of light on each side. Here’s a picture.   Here’s one from APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day)    

NASA is awesome. Not many people know specifically why. However, here is all things awesome NASA edition. Here are two images I came across that were interesting.     This next picture is a recent news article by NASA. Here is the link for more information on this. http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2012/44/   What’s interesting about this is that according to astronomer by the name of Mario Livio he suggests that the size and location of an asteroid belt, shaped by the evolution of the Sun’s protoplanetary disk and by the gravitational influence of a nearby giant (Jupiter in our case), may actually determine whether complex life will evolve on a rocky planet (such as our Earth). “Our study shows that only a tiny fraction of planetary systems observed to date seem to have giant planets in the right location to produce an asteroid belt of...

How much would you weigh on different planets? Well here is a sweet little image that shows you!

Here are some great inspiring astronomy photos you should not miss. Head on over to our friends at Space.com for their awesome photo gallery. There are probably TONS of photos that inspire me everyday but here are just a few that keep the fire burning within. You must be humble when approaching our knowledge to the universe. Astronomy is truly a character building experience as once said by Carl Sagan.   NGC 4216 a beautiful galaxy that you can see edge on. This is located 40 million light years away and has been known to be five times more populous than our own. M64 is one a recognizable galaxy for amateur astronomers as it looks great through a small  telescope. This is often nick named as the “Black Eye” or “Evil Eye”. It’s also a peculiar galaxy because at first it looks like a normal pinwheel galaxy and everything is moving in the same direction...

source What a crazy super storm!