Category Archives: Space

Solar Max

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Thanos

We are nearing Solar Maximum, which means that we will have some effects to radio spectrum telecommunications, like the X1.4 flare detailed below: NASA has confirmed that a powerful X-class solar flare erupted from the sun on Apr. 24. Thanks … Continue reading →

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360-Degree View of the Milky Way From NASA – JPL

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Thanos

This video shows a continually-looping infrared view of our Milky Way galaxy, as seen by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. MORE INFO BELOW… The icon in the lower right corner shows how the view changes over time, from our position in … Continue reading →

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Plasma Rockets & Solar Storms

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Thanos

 

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Gamma Rays From Thunderstorms and Dark Lightning

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Thanos

There are amazing things happening in the skies above thunderstorms. Researchers studying thunderstorms have made a surprising discovery: The lightning we see with our eyes has a dark competitor that discharges storm clouds and flings antimatter into space. Astrophysicists and … Continue reading →

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Night of Meteors

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Thanos

From EsoCast. Look closely and see a meteor shower captured in this series of timelapse shots. On 14–16 December 2012, the Geminid meteor shower made a spectacular appearance over ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. As the meteors showered down over … Continue reading →

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Orion

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Thanos

I took this an hour and half before sunrise today from my yard, it took quite a bit of fiddling about in photoshop to get the white balance and light levels correct. The thumbnail will look mostly black, so click … Continue reading →

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Big things have Small Beginnings: Prometheus – Official Full HD Trailer – Ridley Scott

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Thanos

In the distant future, two superpowers control Earth and fight each other for all the solar system’s natural resources. When one side dispatches a team to a distant planet to terraform it for human colonization, the team discovers an indigenous … Continue reading →

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Awesome Grail twins launch Video

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Thanos

Twin lunar gravity research satellites were successfully launched this week, here’s some great video from NASA of the launch.

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Environmental Disaster

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Thanos

Here are a series of time lapse photos that show the growth and extent of the Gulf oil lead from NASA satellites Terra and Aqua Continue reading →

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Deep Space and That Sense of Wonder

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Thanos

Deep Space and That Sense of Wonder Few things inspire true awe and wonder about the Universe as much as it’s immense size and age. Get your heaping helping of “sense of wonder” for today by watching this video. You’ll … Continue reading →

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