Showing posts with label star formation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label star formation. Show all posts

Sunday, April 19, 2009


Here's game by Discover Magazine which can be both entertaining and educational. Create stars by setting off supernovas in a gas cloud. Level 3 is very challenging.

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Bad Astronomy, Good Explanations

Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy website started out mainly as a forum for nitpicking the science in movies (hence the name) but over the years, Phil has turned it into a valuable and entertaining way of educating people about astronomy. Here's a video of Phil answering an intriguing question, "why don't giant clouds of gas dissipate in space?"