A little hopefully non too offensive astronomy humor!

Let me preface this picture by saying I am a big supporter of Neil deGrasse Tyson, for anyone who looks at this and plans on going off the deep end.

Check it out...the latest in Celestial Spheres!

Zooniverse.org

Logged into Zooniverse as spattershall, seems to be a very cool website, for those interested in science in general.  I am currently in a project to track stars and planets crossing through them nightly, very cool stuff.

So far, here are some links to the pages, more to come!

http://talk.planethunters.org/users/52e731b055c9e01190000253

http://www.planethunters.org/classify

Vocabulary One!

Blog Vocabulary

1. Astronomical Unit- average distance between Earth to Sun
2. Astronomy- study of all matter and energy
3. Big Bang- theoretical beginning of evolution for universe
4. Black Hole- escape velocity exceeds speed of light
5. Ecliptic- path of sun by Earth's orbit
6. Electromagnetic Spectrum- traveling energy in a vacuum
7. Galaxy- how matter organizes in a universe
8. Gravity- force of attraction between two bodies
9. Hydrogen- most abundant element in the universe
10. Light Year- distance light travels in one year
11. Mass- amount of matter in an object
12. Meridian- imaginary circle dividing direction and zenith
13. Oscillating Universe- universe regenerating constantly by Big Bang
14. Planet- large enough object to clear debris
15. Precession- Earth's axis conical wobbling
16. Quantum Mechanics- physics of smallest parts of atoms
17. Revolution- orbit of one body around another
18. Rotation- body's motion spinning around its axis
19. Solar System- family of bodies orbiting around sun
20. Speed of Light- distance of electromagnetic radiation versus time
21. Stellar System- star surrounded by other bodies in orbit
22. Star- body converts matter into energy luminously
23. String Theory- theory where universe is energy strands