Astronomy • Motion and Magic in the Cosmos https://keathrycroft.ca The astounding discoveries of artist Keath Rycroft Sun, 04 Feb 2024 19:51:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://keathrycroft.ca/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Progression-2-32x32.jpg Astronomy • Motion and Magic in the Cosmos https://keathrycroft.ca 32 32 The Trouble With Motion https://keathrycroft.ca/trouble-with-motion/ Wed, 01 Jan 2020 02:21:44 +0000 https://keathrycroft.ca/?page_id=363 This journey will take us to the frontiers of astronomy and physics; it will re-examine the time frames of history and cosmology, stretch the boundaries of biology and genetics and examine beautiful art from ancient civilizations. The site will cast a new light on religion and the real reason why it exists. I would be delighted if you would share in my discoveries.

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]]> Laniakea Our Home Supercluster https://keathrycroft.ca/laniakea-our-home-supercluster/ Mon, 23 Dec 2019 01:15:41 +0000 https://keathrycroft.ca/?page_id=720 About a hundred to a hundred and fifty thousand large spiral galaxies, like our own Milky Way compose a unit of the cosmos that is a watershed of motion. This watershed has been named Lanikaea, Hawaiian for “Immeasurable Heaven”.

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]]> The Moving Solar Sytem https://keathrycroft.ca/the-moving-solar-sytem/ Fri, 20 Dec 2019 19:39:12 +0000 https://keathrycroft.ca/?page_id=688 To this day, one of the nagging mysteries of the solar system is elliptical orbits. Johannes Kepler, who worked on the Copernican model, was disturbed by this. Why couldn’t the orbits be perfect circles?

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]]> Cosmography of the Local Universe https://keathrycroft.ca/cosmography-of-the-local-universe/ https://keathrycroft.ca/cosmography-of-the-local-universe/#respond Mon, 16 Dec 2019 02:12:05 +0000 https://keathrycroft.ca/?p=900 A film by Hélène Courtois, Daniel Pomarède, R. Brent Tully, Yehuda Hoffman, and Denis Courtois.

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]]> https://keathrycroft.ca/cosmography-of-the-local-universe/feed/ 0 Feature Movie https://keathrycroft.ca/feature-movie/ Sat, 05 Oct 2019 21:45:28 +0000 https://keathrycroft.ca/?page_id=216 A movie animation by Trevor Gent, this video is an exposé of motion in the cosmos.

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