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See what it’s like to ride the space shuttle first hand

This eight and a half minute video is from the point of view of the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster with sound mixing and enhancement done by the folks at Star Wars/Skywalker Sound. Watch as the shuttle reaches speeds of up to 3000mph! The sound is all from the camera microphones and not fake or replaced with foley artist sound. Amazing.

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Measuring the size of the Universe

Finding out the distance from the stars to Earth may seem like a huge task at hand. And don’t get me wrong, it is. However, in this video by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, they breakdown how scientists measure the Universe in very simple terms using somewhat simple math.

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Spectacular: Top Astronomy photos of 2010

Discover Magazine has released their top 14 Astronomy pictures of 2010.  Some of the images are so amazing.  Our universe is beautiful.

Discover did a really good job on this.  To see all the rest of the photos you can visit their blog.

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