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Sun Erupts with Enormous X2 Solar Flare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5ZiLl8hMBs Just in time for Valentine’s Day, [and the Stardust flyby of Comet Tempel 1] the Sun erupted with a…
Study: Thawing Permafrost Could Accelerate Global Warming
From a press release from the University of Colorado Boulder: Up to two-thirds of Earth's permafrost likely will disappear by…
Stardust-NExT zooms by Comet Tempel 1 for Cosmic Encounter
[/caption] NASA’s Stardust-NExT comet chaser successfully zoomed by Comet Temple 1 exactly as planned a short while ago at 11:37…
Mysterious Noctilucent Clouds As Seen from Space
[/caption] Mysterious “night shining” or noctilucent clouds are beautiful to behold, and are usually seen during the summertime, appearing at…
Earths Entire Star for the First Time on Super SUNday
[/caption] Super Bowl SUNday XLV marks a watershed moment in observing our Sun. Today, February 6, 2011, NASA’s twin STEREO…
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NASA Robot and First Whole Sun Picture .. Coming on Super Bowl SUNday
[/caption] What do NASA, Robots, the Sun and the NFL have in common ? Well … its Super SUNday ...…
Videos: Two Different Satellite Views of the Big Snowstorm of 2011
To speak in the vernacular of the peasantry, this storm was a whopper. Heavy snow, ice, freezing rain, and frigid…
Sunrise Photos from the Edge of Space shot by College Team
[/caption] A college-age team of space and photography enthusiasts have created a fully reusable capsule that can travel autonomously to…
Kilauea Volcano, Up Close and Personal
[/caption] Today, NASA's Earth Observatory website featured an image of activity on the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii. The image was…
More Asteroids Could Have Made Life’s Ingredients
[/caption] From a NASA press release: A wider range of asteroids were capable of creating the kind of amino acids…