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photo inky: Distance from the Sun Having a go at making infographics. Distances are to scale; sizes of the planets are not. Click the image to embiggen.

inky:

Distance from the Sun

Having a go at making infographics. Distances are to scale; sizes of the planets are not. Click the image to embiggen.

1 year ago

September 5, 2010
sun solar system distance infographic
reblogged via inky
photo unknownskywalker: This image is a comparison chart of the largest stars observed in the universe so far. The sun is represented by a single pixel. This image does not include the recent discovery of the star R136a1, which is 265 solar masses. As a comparison, VY Canis Majoris, the largest star shown in this image, is only 25 solar masses. (Image via DuggBack)

unknownskywalker:

This image is a comparison chart of the largest stars observed in the universe so far. The sun is represented by a single pixel. This image does not include the recent discovery of the star R136a1, which is 265 solar masses. As a comparison, VY Canis Majoris, the largest star shown in this image, is only 25 solar masses.

(Image via DuggBack)

1 year ago

July 25, 2010
star chart comparison sun size
reblogged via unknownskywalker
photo cakeface: The Art of Michael Paukner

cakeface:

The Art of Michael Paukner

1 year ago

July 18, 2010
astronomy solar system Sun art 2d Michael Paukner
reblogged via cakeface
link Telegraphs Ran on Electric Air in Crazy 1859 Magnetic Storm

science:

On September 2, 1859, the Earth witnessed the perfect solar storm. If anything on the same scale happened today, “the damage could range upwards of a $1 trillion, largely because of disruptions to the electrical grid.”

2 years ago

September 4, 2009
solar storm sun electric field disruption
reblogged via science