links for 2008-11-27
November 27th, 2008 by timelady
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Welcome to the Hubblecast! Hubblecast features news and Images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
The Hubblecasts are offered for download in several formats: standard (.mov, .mpeg, .mp4, .m4v), HD (High Definition) and Full HD. Now anyone can follow the hottest and coolest discoveries from the near and far Universe – anywhere, anytime, for free!
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The International Astronomical Union's book and movie celebrating the 400th anniversary of the telescope.
THE INVENTION OF THE TELESCOPE has been by far the most revolutionary development in the history of astronomy. For thousands of years, astronomers had to rely on their eyes in unravelling the mysteries of the Universe. The telescope revealed an embarrassment of astronomical riches, and led to a dramatic increase of knowledge about the wider world we live in.
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Somewhere out to sea, the Good Ship Marrow ploughs through a mackerel ocean.
Elsewhere, garlic balloons float over fields of brocolli. At first glance, they may seem like ordinary landscape paintings.
