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The Science Behind the Art: Visualizing Astrophysics

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Jesse Rogerson, PhD
Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Aug 23, 2017
When you read a scientific story in a popular blog or magazine, many times you will see the caveat "artist interpretation" next to some of the accompanying images. This as a gross undersell of the time, effort, and most important, accuracy, that goes into developing the renders. While we don't know what a black hole or an exoplanet looks like, it is important to attempt to visualize them, and to do it as accurately as possible. This video is an interview with two people who are responsible for
A close up view of a storm on the surface of Saturn, taken by the Cassini spacecraft.
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Cassini Makes its First Dive Between Saturn and its Rings

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Jesse Rogerson, PhD
Canada Aviation and Space Museum
May 1, 2017
NASA's Cassini-Huygens mission has begun its final mission phase, making its first dive between the planet Saturn and its rings. It is the only craft to ever make that plunge. Check out some of the amazing images it took as it went through, including the north pole hexagonal vortex.

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