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Voyager 1 Leaving Our Solar System (Video)

Johnny2x — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:02:04 +0000

Launched in 1977 Voyager 1 traveled through our solar system capturing some of the best data and images ever recorded in space exploration and is soon leaving the outer most boundaries of our solar system. It is now nearly 11.5 billion miles from the Sun, speeding away at 38,000 miles per hour. Last year Voyager 1’s instruments recorded a doubling [...]

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NASA Says Life On Mars Existed In Ancient Times

Johnny2x — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:40:15 +0000

While this is not official news that life has been discovered outside of our own little tiny planet, it certainly backs up what most scientist now agree on. We are not alone. The universe has the potential to be full of life. www.eurasiareview.com: The first rock sample collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover shows ancient Mars could [...]

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Is 670 million mph Fast? Said the guy who is terrible at judging speed

Johnny2x — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:43:41 +0000

This illustration, released by NASA, shows a supermassive black hole in the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 1365. A study published Thursday in the journal Nature calculated the spin rate of the black hole and found it’s rotating close to the speed of light. Supermassive Black Hole Spins Super Fast To give you an idea of [...]

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Hear the Russian Meteor Blast

Johnny2x — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:10:51 +0000

You have seen the meteor strike from about 1000 angles and dash cams. Now you can hear the blast. Pretty amazing actually… The signal was filtered and sped up 135 times to make it audible to human ears, according to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), which runs the stations. [Listen to the recording]

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Destroying Asteroids with Sun-Powered Laser Array

Johnny2x — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:31:20 +0000

Wow that sounds awesome. Like a Bruce Willis movie or something. What it is in reality is scientists’ plan to save the Earth from any asteroids. Russia, as depressing as it is, had some attention and excitement online with the meteor crash. It reminded us that we are just a little blue dot in a gigantic space. We are floating around [...]

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Anyone have a really really big net?

Johnny2x — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:01:30 +0000

The asteroid that is about to buzz Earth’s tower is worth some cash. $195 billion, space miners say It’s a lot of money. Foxnews.com (YUCK) has the full story: The space rock set to give Earth a historically close shave this Friday, Feb. 15, may be worth nearly $200 billion, prospective asteroid miners say. The [...]

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Huge Surprise! News Anchor Asks A Dumb Question (Video)

Johnny2x — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:37:09 +0000

So by now you have heard the news of the Asteroid giving us a close fly by this week. How close? About 17,000 miles. On a global scale that is pretty damn close. We are in no danger of being hit. Even if we were the asteroid (2012 DA14) is only about the size of [...]

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Curiosity begins first drilling on Mars

Johnny2x — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:08:28 +0000

The Curiosity rover began the historic drilling on Mars on February 6th. Said on NASA scientist on the Curiosity team: “We be drillin that mutha!” I can not stress enough how cool this is. This man made robot that we landed on ANOTHER PLANET is now drilling on that planet. I can not stop being amazed by [...]

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Earth is Habitable, But Just Barely

Johnny2x — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:03:57 +0000

An updated model for identifying what is known as the “Habitable Zone” for life on other planets puts our little Earth just on the edge. A few 100,000 miles more and we are toast, or cold toast. Some guys much smarter than me wrote a whole article on the subject. Get your info from them. Updated model [...]

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Deep Space Industries | Asteroid Mining

Johnny2x — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:51:38 +0000

Interested in a mining job? Interested in a mining job IN SPACE!? Don’t miss the video below the story as well. Check out the story from gizmag.com (Source: DSI) The first DSI spacecraft is the Firefly. According to a company spokesman, it will cost US$20 million to deliver three finished versions into orbit. Based on cubesat and nanosat design, [...]

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