Aug 03
Tags: heat wave, NASA, solar flare, solar storm, solar tsunami, space weather, sun fireworks
The solar fireworks at the weekend were recorded by several satellites, including Nasa’s new Solar Dynamics Observatory which watched its shock wave rippling outwards.
Astronomers from all over the world witnessed the huge flare above a giant sunspot the size of the Earth, which they linked to an even larger eruption across the surface of Sun.
The explosion, called a coronal mass ejection, was aimed directly towards Earth, which then sent a “solar tsunami” racing 93 million miles across space.
Images from the SDO hint at a shock wave travelling from the flare into space, the New Scientist reported.
Experts said the wave of supercharged gas will likely reach the Earth on Tuesday, when it will buffet the natural magnetic shield protecting Earth.
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Jul 31
Tags: aliens, government, hackers, NASA, UFO
“One of these people was a Nasa photographic expert, and she said that in building eight of Johnson Space Centre they regularly airbrushed out images of UFOs from the high-resolution satellite imaging. What she said was there was there: there were folders called “filtered” and “unfiltered”, “processed” and “raw”, something like that.” – Full interview @ BBC News
May 20
Tags: mars, mission, NASA, phoenix, Science, space, spacecraft
After traveling 422 million miles since its launching last Aug. 4, NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander is aiming for a touchdown on Sunday in the unexplored northern regions of Mars. But first, it must survive what its developers call the final “seven minutes of terror” to reach the surface.
Read the Full article at The New York Times.
Apr 08
Tags: journey, mankind, mars, mission, NASA
CBS News has posted an article about the most difficult mission attempted by the human race-”Mission to Mars”
This article also comes with a video.
Link: Mission to Mars
