Cool Space GIFs

Here's a great animation that I originally encountered thanks to Kelli, a fellow blogger over at Delightfully Ludicrous.  I recommend that you go read what she had to say about this.  It's pretty great.


This image was, as far as I can tell, originally uploaded to Photobucket by ceruleanscarab, and it shows how our planets are orbiting the sun while the entire solar system is moving around the center of the galaxy.  

 

Now here are a couple of others I liked, though they're not so scientifically based as this last one.  They are, however, visually appealing.

By blue-nightingale.

By Richtoon18.

 

Trekking Into the Absurd

Here are some Star Trek GIFs that are bound to brighten any geek's day.  I found them in the Gif Bin.

Spock isn't all that different from Kirk in many ways.

Who got into the Romulan Ale again?

It must have been another strange day on the Enterprise.

Even futuristic technology is imperfect!

The Size of the Planets

This is kind of cool to watch. It sure puts things in perspective.

 

Neil deGrasse Tyson Gets Down With the GIFness!

Here's an interesting interview with who is clearly becoming one of the most popular astrophysicists in the world, Neil deGrasse Tyson.







 And here's a clip where he discusses the strange nature of his popularity.

 



Also for your amusement is one of the many GIFs that Tyson has floating around of him.  Look, he's dancing!




GIFSoup


And here's a link if you're interested in the paper dolls that Tyson was talking about.  Dang, scientists are getting popular.  Cool!