APOD: 2011 April 18 - Visual Effects: Wonders of the Universe"What visual effects are depicted in this video? The effects were created by BDH for the BBC television show Wonders of the Universe, but are unlabeled on the above version posted to Vimeo. Even so, some stills in the video are easily identified, such as the Hubble image of the Carina ( Read more... )

http://www.universetoday.com/84565/mars-misty-mountains/

http://www.universetoday.com/84504/new-images-from-mercury-just-the-beginning-for-messenger-in-orbit/

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/29mar_vesta/

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/18mar_orbitmercury/

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/15mar_messenger/

http://www.universetoday.com/82207/star-birth-and-death-in-the-andromeda-galaxy/

http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/101204_trees.htm

http://www.universetoday.com/77441/simple-colors-could-provide-first-details-of-alien-worlds/

At best, the few extrasolar planets we have imaged directly are just points of light. But what can that light tell us about the ( Read more... )

http://www.universetoday.com/77315/two-new-kinds-of-moon-rocks-found/

Scientists analyzing data from the Moon Mineralogy Mapper instrument or M Cubed, on the Chandrayann-1 spacecraft found two different kinds of never-before-seen lunar rocks - one ( Read more... )