I had to look her up--you're right, definitely a similarity of facial features there! (The woman I think you're referring to from the video is more specifically an astronomer, though. :D)

So do people like The Room, or do they just like making fun of The Room?

I've never seen The Room.

But I do like saying The Room.

The later. Here's a good rundown about just how amazing it is. Caution: NSFW

http://nostalgiacritic.blip.tv/file/3878344/

Ohhhh. That *is* bad.

Time-lapse space videos!

Amateur telescope footage compressed from 3-4 hours of watching Jupiter and its moons:



About nine minutes of the view from the ISS, which orbits the Earth every 90 minutes:



Three months of the Sun:



I got the first two of those from the blog Starts with a Bang; written in fairly plain language by a professional theoretical astrophysicist and frequently updated with media-heavy articles, it's a darn fine blog!

Those are some awesome videos BC!


Im not sure how to embed this, but its worth the look!!! A guy sends a ballon up into "space" with a high def video camera and and an Iphone.
The video takes forever to load up (for me anyhow) but is pretty darn cool.

http://vimeo.com/15091562

oh yeah the launch site is only about 10 miles from where I live too :)

Yeah! I actually mentioned that one in the news about three weeks ago. :D Can't use the "embed" tag here for Vimeo, though--only YouTube.

oh nuts, sorry about the repost then. In my head I read all the news here...but I guess I miss stuff.

That's okay, reposting just means it's extra good! :D