Tuesday, February 8, 2011

More Kepler Krap, now with Charts!

Boom, planets everywhere.
You might be wondering what my Kepler kick is all about.

Well just lookie-here at this Chartasaurus Rex and tell me it isn't blowing your mind yet:

New planets are dots.  What is the big blue one?  Death-Star??  Click to read more!
No?

Fine, here is a direct link to the charticle.  It has bigger pictures and also sounds and other shiny stuff:


In short, a very clever man decided to represent Kepler's findings using a visual charting system.  It flows seamlessly in the animation, and is available in high definition (*fwooosh*).  One of those spinning dots could have once harbored the invasion force of bug-eyed aliens about to drop-ship on your lawn.

Credit to the ever-vigilant Deborah Beale for finding this article.  I stumbled onto it via her twitter.  You should follow her and her husband, the great Tad Williams, and vote for their dog's poetry (he is GOOD. What?)

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