Through a Lens, Brightly: Hubble’s Universe Unfiltered

Matter warps the space around it. The more matter there is, the stronger the warp. For really strong distortions of space-time, like black holes, the warping acts like a lens. Such gravitational lenses have been found, and astronomers can use them to study very distant and very faint galaxies.

“Hubble’s Universe” is a recurring broadcast from HubbleSite, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope. Astrophysicist Frank Summers takes viewers on an in-depth tour of the latest Hubble discoveries. Find more episodes at HubbleSite.org.

Astronomers Find One of the Youngest and Brightest Galaxies in the Early Universe
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/08/

Jupiter Gets the Measles: Hubble’s Universe Unfiltered

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, a whirling storm on the gas giant planet’s surface, has been one of the planet’s most recognizable features for centuries. But in 2006 and 2008, Jupiter’s Great Red Spot was joined by two companions, smaller red spot storms.

“Hubble’s Universe” is a recurring broadcast from HubbleSite, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope. Astrophysicist Frank Summers takes viewers on an in-depth tour of the latest Hubble discoveries. Find more episodes at HubbleSite.org.

Hubble Snaps Baby Pictures of Jupiter’s “Red Spot Jr.”
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2006/19/

New Red Spot Appears On Jupiter
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/23/

Three Red Spots Mix It Up On Jupiter
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/27/

Hubble Falls Into Coma: Hubble’s Universe Unfiltered

Take a safari through the Coma Cluster, one of the richest nearby galaxy collections. Thousands of galaxies are gathered together here, making it an ideal location to witness the diversity of galaxies in the universe.

“Hubble’s Universe” is a recurring broadcast from HubbleSite, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope. Astrophysicist Frank Summers takes viewers on an in-depth tour of the latest Hubble discoveries. Find more episodes at HubbleSite.org.

Hubble’s Sweeping View of the Coma Cluster
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/24/

Interacting Galaxies Galore: Hubble’s Universe Unfiltered

Hubble celebrated its 18th anniversary in 2008 by releasing a huge image gallery of interacting galaxies. Such galaxies pass close enough to each other that their mutual gravity can stretch and distort their shapes. Eventually, interacting galaxies merge together to form a single larger galaxy. However, since these interactions can take billions of years, how do we study them?

“Hubble’s Universe” is a recurring broadcast from HubbleSite, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope. Astrophysicist Frank Summers takes viewers on an in-depth tour of the latest Hubble discoveries. Find more episodes at HubbleSite.org.

Cosmic Collisions Galore
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/16/

Download an interacting galaxies poster
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/16/image/b/

The genius puppetry behind War Horse | Handspring Puppet Company

http://www.ted.com “Puppets always have to try to be alive,” says Adrian Kohler of the Handspring Puppet Company, a gloriously ambitious troupe of human and wooden actors. Beginning with the tale of a hyena’s subtle paw, puppeteers Kohler and Basil Jones build to the story of their latest astonishment: the wonderfully life-like Joey, the War Horse, who trots (and gallops) convincingly onto the TED stage.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate.

The Corridor Contest! Giveaways, challenges, and prizes for our 2nd channel!

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Challenge rules!

There are 3 contests we’re holding, and you can enter all 3! Prizes will be given for each! THE DEADLINE FOR ALL 3 IS APRIL 21ST, 2011, 11:59PM PST! Winners will be announced soon after. Contest is open for ALL COUNTRIES.

_____1) Second Channel Subscriber Contest._____

We will pick 3 random subscribers from our new second channel and give away prizes to each. All you need to do is subscribe to youtube.com/samandniko, and you’re automatically entered!

_____2) VFX Challenge_____

Create an awesome 30 second video using pre-keyed greenscreen clips that we provide (below) and upload it to YouTube. You must use at least one of these clips in your movie, you don’t have to include all of them. Once uploaded, fill out the form that will require you to provide a link to your video. Use anything you want, and submit as many as you want!

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_____3) Facebook Photo War_____

Make an awesome and/or hilarious photo that has something to do with Corridor Digital. It can be from our videos, something we’ve done, or just us! Use anything you want, and submit as many as you want!

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Music in this video is a song we wrote called the Two Fifteen. We’ll be putting it up on iTunes in a few days if you guys would like to have it.