Best Astronomy Pix of the Year
Star gazing is a key ingredient of the Christmas story we're all rehearsing again this time of year. Those mysterious Magi kept their eyes on the sky and somehow followed a star right to the doorstep of newborn Jesus. (Cue: "We Three Kings" soundtrack)
You wonder what the Magi would have done with access to modern observatories and the Internet. At the very least, they would have found even more reason to worship the Creator. If you're inspired by galactic images, you'll dig the Top Ten Astronomy Pictures of 2007 on a site called Bad Astronomy. Even better, astronomer Phil Plait explains what you're marveling at in layman's terms and with the passion of a Maji.
And if you like that, you'll love the HD video podcast from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope project. It features jawdropping infrared and ultraviolet images from around the universe. Yes, the story is sometimes told from an evolutionary perspective, but that doesn't silence the gut-level appreciation for the Artist those images provoke. A sky watcher named David said it best.
The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they display knowledge.There is no speech or language
Their voice goes out into all the earth,
where their voice is not heard.
their words to the ends of the world.
Posted by Christopher Lyon on at
11:17 AM
1 Comments:
I am not at all surprised that the narrative on the website is from an "evolutionary perspective".
The images you see are so far away from earth than many of them exceed the distance, in light years, that light could possibly have travelled since the biblical creation.
What that means is that a narrative based on biblical creationism would necessitate the conclusion that the events taking place in these photos, such as supernova exploding for example, are not actually occuring, and never have occured - but are merely a type of movie film, and optical illusion coded into light by a divine trickster.
Besides that, it is unlikely that a reputable organisation like NASA would disregard real science in their podcasts.
Glad you're reading websites like Badastronomy.com though!
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