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Behind the Scenes: When Galaxies Collide (Felicia Day, Sean Astin)

Felicia Day explains some of the science behind galactic "collisions," including the upcoming collision between the galaxy Andromeda and our own galaxy, in this mock behind-the-scenes look at the m...  
 
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PapaSmurf255 (8 hours ago) Show Hide
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"What in the name of Joss Whedon was that?"

Not sure why but that made me laugh uncontrollably. This was awesome :D
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tru i no ican nvr discuss snc and new frontier technology wit my parent they jus dnt get it o hwel nice 2 know im not the only 1 rock on dude
LordAtheist (3 days ago) Show Hide
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Felicia Day, still the most beautiful woman on televison
luishernandez770 (4 days ago) Show Hide
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At first it seems like a badly made amateur porno. I swear, I thought she was gonna start taking her clothes off.
SeskaLien (5 days ago) Show Hide
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I love that this was actually endorsed by NASA. They need to release more fun PSA-type things like this to connect with the general public better!
colleenky (6 days ago) Show Hide
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"North Pasadena." LOL
junmengo (1 week ago) Show Hide
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lol
SimonBolivarX (1 week ago) Show Hide
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way cool...I hope you can come up with a solution to the very short attention span for this generation X...if you can get them of twitter or texting for a few minutes l) jajaja!
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"The.  Earth. Is. Blue. And. Has. Clouds."
"Hi. I'm. Sean Astin."

Okay, Felicia Day and Sean Astin and astronomy? I'm in heaven right now.
Yeesha8679 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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Fair enough. But many average adults also do not understand the mechanisms of galactic collisions either and have little concept of galactic scales. I for one wouldn't know half of the things mentioned in this video merely from my high school education (I have the unfair advantage of having an unhealthy interest in physics).

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