Mars Curiosity Descent in Ultra HD

This incredible person worked very hard, full time for 29 days remaking this video frame by frame. Cleaned it up, sharpened it, and now it is as if we can actually witness the Curiosity descending to the surface of Mars like we were there! Too cool.

Symphony of Science - The Quantum World

A musical investigation into the nature of atoms and subatomic particles, the jiggly things that make up everything we see. What could be better than Morgan Freeman, Stephen Hawking, Michio Kaku, Brian Cox, Richard Feynman, and Frank Close, all autotuned very well, in a fascinating and interesting video that is educational as well?!?

Fan Made Star Wars Anime.

I I love this depiction of the Star Wars Universe in an anime world.  Word is coming down that Lucas Arts is pulling this video, so if it is not avail, now you know why.

What do you think?  Would you watch an anime version of Star Wars?

You are the universe.

every time i feel like my problems are too big to handle, i remind myself of my origins: every molecule in your body was created in the heart of an exploding star. “we are star dust, in the highest exalted way, being called by the universe, reaching out to the universe, with the methods and tools of science.” -Neil deGrasse Tyson.

someone asked me if my fascination with the cosmos made me feel small. if, after studying the infinites of the universe, i would even see meaning in existence here on earth as such a small fraction of a fraction of a thing. in my opinion, viewing things on a cosmic scale can be very humbling, but at the same time make you feel so blessed, so special, to be alive at this point in time. it helps me to take a step back from the focus on our personal relationships and realize that a sad moment is far from everything. it also helps me focus on relationships though. because in this unfathomably enormous existence, what else can we do but our best to make it an enjoyable one? in our own small worlds, personal relationships are the most important aspect of living a happy, healthy life. without our friends, without our families, we are nothing.

so no, having a galactic perception of existence does not mean that i don’t see the importance of the small. if nothing else, it intensifies my appreciation. if we shrink down the age of the universe to one year, the entirety of human civilization has taken place in the past 5 seconds. so enjoy yourselves, you are here at the best possible time. keep calm, and remember:

Hey there guys!

I'm Katie, I'm gonna be contributing here for a while. :)
First, a bit about me then we'll get to the good stuff.
I'm 20 years old, astrophysics major in my first year.
I love to learn!
People don't believe me when I tell them I'm a nerd.
Until I start talking.

I'll post things I think are just swell, hopefully you'll get as much enjoyment out of it as I do!

<3<3(:

Sinister looks to offer some very nice thrills!

It is that time of the year, when the horror movies start rolling out.  I know many people talk about V/H/S being one the scariest movies in a long time, I disagree.  My feelings on the best horror movie in a long time was Cabin in the Woods, which just came out on DVD/Blu-ray.

But here is another movie that could be fighting for your scares outside of the Paranormal Activities and V/H/S of the world.
The movie is called Sinister and it stars Ethan Hawke as a criminal novelist that recently moved into a house that another family was murdered in.  He comes upon a box of old film reels.  The film reels show the previous families being murdered in the house.
Slowly, his entire family is tortured by the soul that is haunting the house, and that his family might be the next one on the film reel.

Ben Folds Five are back and they are bringing The Fraggles

The nerdist Chris Hardwick was asked by Jim Henson group if he would be interested in doing anything with the Fraggles for their 30 year anniversary.