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...orbit around its star. The result: an ever-closer tango of death, with the planet eventually spiraling into the star. It is a slow death. The planet WASP-18b has maybe a million years to live, said planet discoverer Coel Hellier, a professor of astrophysics...
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USA Today
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-TechTopStories/~3/niE85p_9Cbs/2009-08-26-suicidal-planet_N.htm
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...around its star. The result: an ever-closer tango of death, with the planet eventually spiraling into the star. It's a slow death. The planet WASP-18b has maybe a million years to live, said planet discoverer Coel Hellier, a professor of astrophysics at the...
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CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/26/tech/main5266906.shtml
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...well, sucks. Why doesn't Luke wear a seatbelt? Shouldn't lightsabers have certain basic safety features? Why does the Death Star have an open tunnel leading directly to a combustible central reactor? And why does the Emperor have a dangerously deep open shaft...
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Core77
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/core77/blog/~3/beAaRVmw5NA/the_death_star_will_never_make_it_into_the_moma_14379.asp
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...to YouTube the day before my birthday, in the hopes that everyone would join us live to watch us working on building the Death Star. We had well over 1000 people watching at several times throughout the day, and that was great! Thank you everyone who joined...
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Chris Pirillo
http://chris.pirillo.com/my-birthday-present-building-the-lego-death-star/
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...then this chick is seriously damaged. Swim away, swim away. Would make a fun came pulling out and using the heart-shaped Death Star as a target. 10 points for that, 2 points for the light sabres, 5 points for the flying things (not a huge Star Wars fan) and...
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Geekologie
http://www.geekologie.com/2009/07/death_star_of_hearts_star_wars.php
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...using the Keck Telescope in Hawaii. The study is in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature. Study author Jeff Cooke (coo-KEE) at the University of California, Irvine, said this new technique may eventually find the first deaths of stars in the universe. ...
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Fresno Bee
http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/1522766.html
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...to cope with traffic last night and this morning as million of internet users went online to read about the death of pop star Michael Jackson. The first reports of the pop singer's death emerged on a showbiz website at around 10pm Irish time last night sparking...
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Irish Times
http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/851/f/10838/s/4f38f81/l/0L0Sirishtimes0N0Cnewspaper0Cbreaking0C20A0A90C0A6260Cbreaking220Bhtm/story01.htm
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...footage pits the two high-tech war machines against each other in the sci-fi franchise faceoff. As with his 2008 masterpiece “Death Star Over San Francisco,” the reel above was probably made on Horn’s computer using nothing more than After Effects, Final Cut...
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Wired
http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wiredunderwire/~3/1tpcAvPjliU/
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...finally settling the sci-fi battle of Star Trek vs. Star Wars. The video was created by M Horn, the same guy who released the Death Star over San Francisco video which we also featured on the site (almost a year back). It’s funny that Horn chose to release...
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Slash Film
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slashfilm/~3/lUtNq8l3RcQ/
Military force was authorized yesterday minutes after the ET's 48 hour deadline had passed. The ET's were given an ultimatum to stop their whale poaching and leave Earth or face military action.
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...those Star Trek-lovin' fanboys enjoy their time in the spotlight this weekend, as a new video has arrived online that shows the Death Star blowing up the Starship Enterprise because, according to the video description, those folks aboard the Trek ship were...
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Cinematical
http://www.cinematical.com/2009/05/08/watch-the-death-star-destroy-the-enterprise/
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...answer in the endless Star Wars vs Star Trek debate. If the USS Enterprise showed up in Imperial controlled San Francisco, the Death Star could easily blast the starship out of the sky. It’s that simple. Star Wars wins. Or so says the must-see video after...
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Crunch Gear
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/05/08/video-death-star-vs-uss-enterprise/
Josh Rushing returns to his home town of Lone Star, Texas to see how it has been affected by the decline of the steel industry.
Princess Leia has been captured by Imperial forces, and is brought before Lord Vader. Meanwhile, the Rebel Alliance, led by Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, infiltrate the Lego Death Star in an attempt to rescue the princess... Please feel free to rate/comment. Thanks for watching!!
This scene is the re-edited version of the famous Death Star battle at Yavin. It took some time to cut this differently than the original way Lucas had done it, because I could not seperate the audio (dialogue and sound effects) from the musical score that is world famous. I was especially bothered by several things during the space battle that I think Lucas had overlooked when he filmed it. 1. I always wondered why the Y-wing fighters never attempted their trench run as soon as the battle ...
Darth arrives at the Death Star II - full scene. Some people expressed an interest in seeing this.
Death Star for Star Wars - The Force Unleashed. www.nextgenwalkthroughs.com Guide on theSith Master difficulty. To unlock the Sith Master difficulty, complete the game on any difficulty first. Playlists for this guide and all our other guides can be found on our website. This guide was recorded on the Xbox360, which is identical to the Playstation 3 version, but is different from the PS2, Wii and portable versions. Guide by Beer_Baron...
Scientists attempt to find a unit of measurement to chart the distance and speed of gamma ray bursts. Can any astronomers find the key afterglow and identify where in the universe these explosions are happening? Watch this great clip from BBC science show 'Death Star' to find out.
Stan Woosely, a scientist at the university of California, tries to identify where the powerful explosions in the universe are coming from, where stars are dying and where black holes are being born. Brilliant video from BBC science show 'Death Star'.
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A commenter on my review of the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds show provided a quote by Cave. From an Esquire interview: "The more information you have, the more human our heroes become and consequently the less mysterious and godlike. They need to be
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NPR
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This is a lego animation of a Eddies Izzard's death star cantine. Hilarious! A must watch!! i did not make this.
Just after the big bang 14 billion years ago, there was a time without stars that scientists called the cosmic Dark Age. Awesome video charting the rise of the very first stars in the universe from BBC documentary 'Death Star'.
Take a closer look at the gargantuan density of a neutron star as it drifts through space with BBC science show 'Death Star'. Scientists explian the potential effect an explosion from a neutron star within our galaxy would have on Earth.
On 2nd July 1967, a satellite picked up a huge burst of gamma rays. Was it evidence of a nuclear bomb test in space? Or was it from a much bigger explosion in deep space? Can Einstein's famous physics equation E=MC2 help? Watch this video from BBC science show 'Death Star' to find out more.
Could the explosions happening in deep space defy Einstein's famous equation - E=MC2 ? Check ou tthis clip from BBC science show 'Death Star' to find out more.
SPOILER!!!!!!!!!!!!ALERT!!!!!!!!!!this is the final mission in the game.
SPOILER!!!!!!!!!!!!ALERT!!!!!!!!!!this is the final mission in the game.
Lego Set 10188 Death Star Build 3738 Parts 24 Minifigs
Imperial Fleet Week. For those interested in how I made it: I shot the background video on a 1/3-chip DV camera (TRV25). The Star Wars vehicles are either 2D stills found on the internet, or video I roto-scoped out of the movies, which I then motion-tracked and composited in After FX. I used the trapcode particular plug-in for some steam and smoke effects, and did basic sound design and assembly in Final Cut. Thanks for watching! - Mike Horn
OK, I give in. Due to overwhelming popular request and to celebrate the 1st anniversary of my German surprise hit (see my other movies) here's finally an English version. I present it with the utmost respect for the creators, actors, staff and all other participants of the original STAR WARS movie and without any intensions for commercial use. © 1977 Lucasfilm / Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
This is part 1 of a 5 part episode. To watch the full show go to my channel (Zuke696) then go to my Playlist, find the show then click Play All - Out there in the depth of space lurks something so deadly it destroys everything it's path. Explosions of inconceivable power are tearing through the Universe hundreds of times a day. For years science has been on a quest to find out what was causing these explosions and now at last they may have found the answer. What they have discovered is that ...
One of the best-looking Star Wars Transformers there are. The mech mode looks very menacing and the Death Star is solid...the major flaw I have with this is the really, REALLY aggravating transformation (though I suppose you get used to it after a while). Recommended!
LEGO Death Star Playset
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New York, Jun 15 It was a dream come true for astronomers at the University of Oxford, as they witnessed for the first time the final moments of death of a massive star a blast of ultraviolet light signals.
Astronomers have been dreaming about seeing
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Expressindia.com
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Ayoung, oxygen-rich supernova remnant with a pulsar at its center surrounded by outflowing material
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PARIS (AFP) - Astronomers on Wednesday said they had witnessed for the first time how a dying star erupted into a supernova, one of the
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Agence France-Presse
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a stroke of cosmic luck, astronomers for the first time witnessed the start of one of the universe's most fiery events: the end of a star's life as it exploded into a supernova.
Astronomers were observing SN 2007uy when they saw
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CNN
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WASHINGTON - In a stroke of cosmic luck, astronomers for the first time witnessed the start of one of the universe's most fiery events: the end of a star's life as it exploded into a supernova.
On Jan. 9, astronomers used a NASA X-ray satellite to spy
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Santa Maria Times
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http://www.santamariatimes.com/articles/2008/05/21/ap/headlines/d90q78no0.txt
Part one of the battle of Yavin. I couldnt not upload the entire thing so I had to make it out of parts. I ONLY UPLOADED THIS FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES AND THE COPYWRIGHT GOES TO THEIR RESPECTED OWNERS!
Eddie Izzard
Once free from the clutches of the Death Star, the crew of the Millennium Falcon make their way to the hidden Rebel base on the moon of Yavin. With the plans of the Death Star in their hands, the Rebel Alliance discover a single weakness in the battle station, a flaw in the design that can only be exploited by small star fighters. In the meantime, the Empire has tracked the Falcon back to the base. As it prepares to obliterate the Rebels once and for all, the Rebels are preparing to set ...
Once free from the clutches of the Death Star, the crew of the Millennium Falcon make their way to the hidden Rebel base on the moon of Yavin. With the plans of the Death Star in their hands, the Rebel Alliance discover a single weakness in the battle station, a flaw in the design that can only be exploited by small star fighters. In the meantime, the Empire has tracked the Falcon back to the base. As it prepares to obliterate the Rebels once and for all, the Rebels are preparing to set ...
The Emperor reveals to Luke that despite its half-finished appearance, the new Death Star is "fully armed and operational"!
hold of the Death Star again! Start with Hangar 84G and shoot down Wookies and Rebel fighters for two minutes -- they will come through the hangar's two internal entrances. Then capture the Detention Block 2180 CP located further inside the Death Star. Since the prisoners managed to steal the plans for the Death Star, retrieve them back by following the objective markers. Continue taking over CPs and hunting down the Rebels until their landing craft attempts to rescue them. Throw ...
In this episode I answer the question "Why did you build a flaw into the Death Stars?"
JUST TO CLEAR SOMETHING UP RIGHT HERE!: People who start complaining about how I stole this vid from some youtube-user...read this: First of all the author is unknown!!! Then again he/she should have copyrighted it. So if I DID 'steal' it, I'm free to go. Fact: I got this from funnyjunk.com not from some lame-ass youtube user. Oh and the sketch is originally from Eddie Izzard...who hasn't copyrighted it either.
Hilarious Star Wars Lego skit featuring comedian Eddie Izzard's play by play.
When I saw the batplane in Batman(1989) it reminded me off the Battle of Yavin in New Hope. This edit is short, but it has some jokes and references that I think are good. Comment if you like.
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NASA astronomers have dubbed it the Death Star: an extraordinary jet of radiation blasted from a massive black hole into a neighbouring galaxy.
The scientists say what they've found in a galaxy far, far away - in fact, 1.4 billion light years away - is
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ABC Online
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/19/2123282.htm
A "death star" galaxy that is possibly destroying nearby life forms by firing off powerful jets of particles, has been discovered.
Yea, u know, deathstar, cafeteria, darth vader.
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