WND NEWS Grave threat could affect lives of 160 million people WASHINGTON – While Washington is abuzz this week with investigations into several scandals, a summit on a much graver threat that could affect the lives of some 160 million… Read More ›
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NASA: Meteor slams into Moon, causes explosion visible to naked eye on Earth
Posted on May 18, 2013 by The Extinction Protocol May 18, 2013 – SPACE – A massive explosion from a meteor which crashed into the Moon was visible to the naked eye on Earth, NASA says. A boulder-sized meteor slammed… Read More ›
Dark, massive asteroid to fly by Earth on May 31
The orbit of asteroid 1998 QE2. (NASA / JPL / Caltech) By Deborah Netburn May 17, 2013, 7:00 a.m. It’s 1.7 miles long. Its surface is covered in a sticky black substance similar to the gunk at the… Read More ›
Worst case EMP scenario? Half in U.S. dead
WND NEWS Threat surges as sun spots zero in on Earth Published: 9 hours ago WASHINGTON – The sun has kicked into high gear and produced four so-called X-class solar flares over the past week from a solar spot that… Read More ›
Sun unleashes two powerful X-class flares within 24 hour period
May 14, 2013 The sun erupted for the second time in less than 24 hours Monday morning, releasing the most powerful solar flare so far of 2013. Monday’s solar flare, which peaked at 9 a.m. Pacific time, came just 14… Read More ›
SIGNS IN THE HEAVENS: Sun unleashes Massive Solar Flare, Strongest yet of 2013
May 13, 2013 The sun unleashed a colossal Mother’s Day solar flare on Sunday May 12 in what has become the most powerful solar eruption of the year. The giant solar flare, which registered as one of the largest eruptions the sun… Read More ›
Space Station Leaking Vital Coolant, NASA Says
This image from a NASA space shuttle mission shows the International Space Station in orbit. The space station is the size of a football field and home to six astronauts. Image taken: Feb. 10, 2010. CREDIT: NASA by Clara Moskowitz,… Read More ›
SIGNS IN THE HEAVENS: Scientists record the brightest explosion ever seen in space
SIGNS IN THE SUN, MOON AND STARS: A star being ripped to shreds in a violent supernova is one of the most powerful explosions in the universe. The largest supernovae can produce gamma-ray bursts: a tightly concentrated lance of… Read More ›
Mars ‘Curiosity’ Landing Site –May Preserve Evidence of a Massive Ancient Lake
The Daily Galaxy|The 3.5-mile high Martian mound at the center of the Gale Crater Curiosity Mission landing site that scientists suspect preserves evidence of a massive lake might actually have formed as a result of the Red Planet’s famously… Read More ›
Two M-class solar flares in a row – M1.3 followed by strong M5.7
Pakalert Press A long duration, moderate, solar flare reaching M1.3 peaked at 16:53 UTC on May 3, 2013. The source of the event was Region 1731 still classified as Beta-Gamma-Delta and capable of more strong eruptions. This region has rotated out of the Sun’s central disk area… Read More ›
Former US Officer Describes Encounter With Alien Craft
WASHINGTON-A former U.S. Air Force officer described in detail a spaceship he saw while investigating an incident near a U.S. airbase in the United Kingdom in 1980. By Shar Adams, Epoch Times Sgt. James Penniston was speaking at a “Citizen… Read More ›
Stunning New Hubble Image of the Horsehead Nebula – Includes video footage!
April 19, 2013 | SOURCE In this new Hubble image, the backlit wisps along the Horsehead’s upper ridge are being illuminated by Sigma Orionis, a young five-star system just out of view. Along the nebula’s top ridge, two fledgling stars… Read More ›
It’s Time for Next Phase in Search for Alien Life, Scientists Say
by Mike Wall, SPACE.com Senior Writer Date: 19 April 2013 Time: 06:30 AM ET | CLICK HERE With more and more Earth-like alien planets being discovered around the galaxy, humanity should now start planning out the next steps in its… Read More ›
NASA’s Kepler Telescope Discovers Most Earthlike Planets Yet
SOURCE Artist’s concept of one of two potentially habitable earthlike planets, Kepler-62f © NASA NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech 01:32 19/04/2013 WASHINGTON, April 18 (by Karin Zeitvogel for RIA Novosti) – NASA’s Kepler planet-hunting space telescope has discovered seven new planets, including two… Read More ›
Europa’s ET Life Hotspots Identified –NASA
New analysis of observations made more than a decade ago by NASA’s Galileo mission to Jupiter helps identify places where Jupiter’s moon Europa exposes material churned up from inside the moon. “We have found the… Read More ›
Massive solar eruption could cause magnetic storm here on Earth
By Deborah Netburn April 11, 2013, 3:51 p.m. | SOURCE Early Thursday morning, solar observers watched as a dark spot on the sun erupted with an enormous flash of light, causing the biggest solar flare of 2013. Solar flares… Read More ›
NASA Finds an ‘Angel’
The two photos above were taken at different times by NASA. The first taken on October 2012, the other taken February 2013. During NASA’s routine imaging of the sun, this mysterious angel-like figure appeared in the lower right hand corner of the photos. Although,… Read More ›
Curiosity Gale-Crater Mission Finds Mars’ Atmosphere Depleted But Still Active
While Mars has lost much of its original atmosphere, what’s left remains quite active, recent findings from NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity indicate. Rover team members reported diverse findings today at the European Geosciences Union 2013 General Assembly, in Vienna. Evidence… Read More ›
NASA to Livestream ‘Dark-Matter’ Discovery Today
April 03, 2013 | SOURCE NASA will unveil the first discoveries from a powerful $2 billion particle physics experiment on the International Space Station in what could be a major vindication for the science tool, which… Read More ›
A Supernova Epicenter and “Gravity Engine” 100-Million Times Mass of the Sun
SOURCE The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured a spectacular image of the bright star-forming ring that surrounds the heart of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1097. In this image, the larger-scale structure of the galaxy is… Read More ›
SIGNS IN THE HEAVENS: NASA Spacecraft Snaps New Photo of Potential ‘Comet of the Century’
END TIMES HEADLINES A NASA spacecraft scanning for the most powerful explosions in the universe has captured a photo of Comet ISON, an icy wanderer that could potentially dazzle stargazers when it swings close to the sun later this year. NASA’s Swift satellite, which… Read More ›
Image of the Day: The Vela Pulsar –”A Vast, Natural Particle Accelerator”
SOURCE The Vela pulsar is a neutron star about 12 miles in diameter, itself spinning at a dizzying 11 times per second and the brightest and most persistent source of gamma rays in the sky. The pulsar and the supernova… Read More ›
Strange Sky Phenomena Escalating Worldwide – Includes Video
Reblogged From World Chaos Published on Feb 28, 2013 With the Russian meteor impact on Earth, asteroid 2012 DA14, and fireballs entering the atmosphere in Cuba, Florida, and California – the amount of “coincidental” aerial activity on February 15th, 2013 is… Read More ›
Astronomers Gearing Up For Possible ‘Comet Of The Century’
By Mike Wall | Published March 18, 2013 Space.com Astronomers are already getting set for the arrival of Comet ISON, which may become one of the brightest comets ever seen when it cruises through the inner solar system this fall…. Read More ›
Large asteroid heading to Earth? Pray, says NASA
By Irene Klotz | Reuters – 5 hrs ago Reuters/Reuters – The passage of asteroid 2012 DA14 through the Earth-moon system, is depicted in this handout image from NASA. REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout By Irene Klotz | SOURCE CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters)… Read More ›
Earth approaching objects – Tuesday March 19th, 2013
March 18, 2013 Earth Watch Report - Space CLICK HERE TO READ MORE–Family Survival Protocol And, CLICK HERE Earth approaching objects (objects that are known in the next 30 days) Object Name Apporach Date Left AU Distance LD Distance Estimated… Read More ›
Solar Storm Passes Earth
March 18th, 2013 | by Michael Keller | SOURCE The sun shot out a torrent of charged particles on March 15 in an event called a coronal mass ejection (CME). The eruption, which occurred at 3:24 a.m. EDT, sent what… Read More ›
Radioactive solar blast to hit Earth
NASA tracks particles moving at 900 miles per second by Drew Zahn SOURCE-Published only 3 hours ago 3|17|2013 A burst of radioactive solar particles has erupted from the Sun, streaking toward Earth at 900 miles per second, NASA has announced…. Read More ›
Stunning Photos of Volcanic Lightning
Photos from: Martin Rietze Published: Mar 14, 2013, 11:25 AM EDT SOURCE Sakurajima Erupts in Japan German photographer Martin Rietze travels around the world every year to capture the most stunning, breathtaking places on Earth, from the peaks… Read More ›
Earth-directed coronal mass ejection from the sun
By Karen C. Fox SOURCE The ESA and NASA Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) captured these images of the sun spitting out a coronal mass ejection (CME) on March 15, 2013, from 3:24 to 4:00 a.m. EDT. This type of image… Read More ›
Tigris and Euphrates rivers is losing water reserves at a rapid pace
SOURCE-World Chaos A large portion of the Middle East lost freshwater reserves rapidly during the past decade. New data revealed already an arid region of Tigris-Euphrates Basin, which grows even drier due to human consumption of water for drinking and… Read More ›
Big Asteroid to Zoom By Earth This Weekend–Includes Video
By Mike Wall | SPACE.com – 4 hrs ago A newly discovered asteroid the size of a football field will cruise through Earth’s neighborhood this weekend, just days after another space rock made an even closer approach to our planet…. Read More ›
NASA: Something Unexpected Is Happening To The Sun, ‘The End Of 2013 Could Be A Lot Livelier Than The Beginning’
03/04/2013 | Midnight Watcher’s Blogspot NASA Science – “Something unexpected is happening on the sun. 2013 is supposed to be the year of Solar Max, the peak of the 11-year sunspot cycle. Yet 2013 has arrived and solar activity is… Read More ›
Could the Solar System’s Deepest Ocean Harbor Life?
The deepest ocean on Earth is the Pacific Ocean’s Marianas Trench, which reaches a depth of 6.8 miles awesomely trumped by the depth of the ocean on the Jupiter’s moon, Europa, which some measurements… Read More ›
Salinity Levels In Atlantic Ocean Are Off The Chart, According To NASA Instrument
Posted on March 2, 2013 by END TIME HEADLINES The salinity level of the world’s rivers, lakes and oceans has been a growing topic in response to global climate change. As NASA’s Aquarius instrument has shown previously, seasonal salinity has been on the… Read More ›
Awesome photos of the sun!!
SOURCE The Sun The Sun is now in the quietest phase of its 11-year activity cycle, the solar minimum – in fact, it has been unusually quiet this year – with over 200 days so far with no observed sunspots…. Read More ›
Space station capsule problem appears fixed
From: Yahoo News By MARCIA DUNN | Associated Press – 5 hrs ago View PhotoAssociated Press/John Raoux – The Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, March… Read More ›
NASA measures ‘monster’ black hole’s spin for first time, clocks it at nearly 1.08 billion km/h
NASA/JPL-Caltech This artist’s concept illustrates a supermassive black hole with millions to billions times the mass of our sun. Supermassive black holes are enormously dense objects buried at the hearts of galaxies. (Smaller black holes also exist throughout galaxies.) In… Read More ›
NASA Discovers New Radiation Belt Around Earth
by Charles Q. Choi, SPACE.com Contributor Date: 28 February 2013 Time: 02:01 PM ET| source Two giant swaths of radiation, known as the Van Allen Belts, surrounding Earth were discovered in 1958. In 2012, observations from the Van Allen… Read More ›
Outburst from Enormous Black Hole 11-Billion Years Ago Swept Past Earth in 2011 –”Brighter than All the Stars in Milky Way”
In early November, 2011, a months-long blast of energy launched by an enormous black hole almost 11 billion years ago swept past Earth. At the height of the outburst, the galaxy was more than 10,000… Read More ›
NASA Joins Europe for Exploration of Jupiter’s Icy Moons: Europa, Ganymede and Callisto
NASA has selected key contributions to a 2022 European Space Agency (ESA) mission that will study Jupiter and three of its largest moons in unprecedented detail. The moons are thought to harbor vast water oceans… Read More ›
Mystic Mountain–The Carina Nebula
Mystic Mountain Hubble’s 20th anniversary image shows a mountain of dust and gas rising in the Carina Nebula. The top of a three-light-year tall pillar of cool hydrogen is being worn away by the radiation of nearby stars, while stars… Read More ›
The Changing Face of Mars–What Went Wrong?
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The Black Hole-Video
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Asteroids and Meteoroids: Older Than Earth, Bringing Fire
NOTE: This video has beautiful footage and is extremely educational. We hope you enjoy it! Related articles Meteor shower in Russia unrelated to large asteroid predicted to make a close pass (vineoflife.net) Infographic: What’s the Difference Between a Comet, Asteroid… Read More ›
“No Jupiter, No Advanced Life? ” (’2012 Most Popular’)
December 29, 2012 | SOURCE What are the implications of a star systems missing a massive gas giant such as our Solar Systems‘Jupiter –it could imply conditions of massive bombardment from comets and asteeoids that would… Read More ›
