This is the first in what I hope to be a daily "Cosmic" picture posting. The goal is to feature images from amateur astronomers, but could (and will) include anything.
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7/31/2012
This is the first in what I hope to be a daily "Cosmic" picture posting. The goal is to feature images from amateur astronomers, but could (and will) include anything.
7/10/2012
6/28/2012
As if our existence on this rock alone wasn’t an amazing example of how awesome our Sun is, then these 12 pictures will put it’s power into even more mind boggling perspective. Life, it finds a way…
6/05/2012
2/12/2012
1/29/2012
I originally found this awesome bit of work put together in GIF format, but decided to break it down frame by frame to allow you to read it at your own pace. Epic is such a cliche phrase to use, but I honestly can’t think of another word to describe this. I Wonder how or if the human race will survive to be able to witness the end of our great planet? You can view the original full size GIF here.
1/25/2012
1/24/2012
1/01/2012
If you have ever wondered why there was so much hoopla when scientists predict solar flares then this video will put them in pretty big perspective. When common flares are 30 times the size of Earth, it is no wonder why satellites and anything else in Earth’s orbit isn’t safe!
12/17/2011
Growing up I always had this thought that if something got even remotely close to the Sun that it would just disintegrate into nothing. I mean, after all, the Sun’s surface is several million degrees.
That was not the case for a newly discovered comet named “Lovejoy”. Scientists tracked the two football field-sized comet as it traveled within 75,000 miles of the Suns surface to slingshot around it. Although the comet was only 10% the size it was before it’s encounter, it still survived only losing it’s tail.
Lovejoy isn’t expected to get that close to the Sun for another 800 to 900 years, so it has plenty of time to regain some of it’s mass and tail.
12/10/2011
If you were lucky, this morning you may have seen an amazing large red Moon as the Moon fell into Earth’s shadow. West Coast Americans got the best view and the the further east you go the less visible it became. The best views came from Australia and the Pacific Ocean. Luckily, there were plenty of pictures taken. Here are 12 courtesy of Twitter:
Space.com also posted a great infographic explaining how the eclipse works.
If you missed it, the next chance to view a partial lunar eclipse is June 04, 2012.
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