See 50 Billion Years Back In Time in 3D HD Via Hubble August 14, 2009
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Solar Storm Disaster in 2012? March 25, 2009
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Our modern way of life, with its reliance on technology, has unwittingly exposed us to an extraordinary danger: plasma balls spewed from the surface of the sun could wipe out our power grids, with catastrophic consequences.
The “perfect storm” is most likely on a spring or autumn night in a year of heightened solar activity – something like 2012. Around the equinoxes, the orientation of the Earth’s field to the sun makes us particularly vulnerable to a plasma strike.
The projections of just how catastrophic make chilling reading. “We’re moving closer and closer to the edge of a possible disaster,” says Daniel Baker, a space weather expert based at the University of Colorado in Boulder, and chair of the NAS committee responsible for the report.
According to the NAS report, the impact of what it terms a “severe geomagnetic storm scenario” could be as high as $2 trillion. And that’s just the first year after the storm. The NAS puts the recovery time at four to 10 years.
via Space storm alert: 90 seconds from catastrophe – space – 23 March 2009 – New Scientist.
Proof That Black Holes Exist January 30, 2009
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Thanks to Jeff Ullian
Ultimate NASA Web-site July 28, 2008
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After 5 years of development, here is an awesome searchable database from 50 years of NASA images and videos. When complete, this database will contain twenty-one collections, featuring millions of images and thousands of hours of video footage.Click on thye link or the image to go there.
Google Sky March 14, 2008
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It’s like having your own Hubble telescope. Zoom in and out of the visible universe from your web browser.
