Tag Archives: Outer Space

The other blue planet: How Mars looked 3.5bn years ago – and scientists believe the water is still there

Posted on December 24, 2017 by The Great One

It would be so cool if man could actually colonize Mars. This however, seems increasingly more unlikely to occur, given how mankind continues to “behave” here on earth. Odds are that a third world war, which quite possibly could become … Continue reading →

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Colossal distant black hole holds surprises about early universe

Posted on December 7, 2017 by The Great One

Interesting stuff. One regret of mine, and I have many, is not studying astronomy, theoretical physics, etc. I find it more fascinating and relevant than most other fields of study. It would be interesting to spend a week among people … Continue reading →

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Time Travel Is Possible Through Wormholes—but You Can Only Ever Go Backward

Posted on November 19, 2017 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… Refer to story below. Source: Newsweek Hannah Osborne, Newsweek Time travel through a wormhole is technically feasible under the rules of theoretical physics—the only catch is that we can only ever go backward. In a blog post for … Continue reading →

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Massive Galaxy That Formed Just After Big Bang Is Second Oldest Cosmic Object Ever Discovered

Posted on November 7, 2017 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Newsweek Meghan Bartels,Newsweek Astronomers announced today they’ve spotted the second-oldest object in the universe to date, a star-forming galaxy located 12.8 billion light-years away. Because astronomical observations act as a sort of … Continue reading →

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Astronomers have detected ‘strange signals’ that may come from a star 11 light-years away

Posted on July 18, 2017 by The Great One

Is there intelligent life somewhere in the universe? With the endless numbers of galaxies containing planets, there has to be. The numbers the number of celestial bodies is just too large for life to be limited to planet earth. TGO Refer … Continue reading →

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NASA has a plan for preventing asteroid strikes, and it’s going to test it

Posted on July 5, 2017 by The Great One

As people of a certain faith (which shall remain nameless) continue stoning people to death, cutting off women’s clitorises, blowing themselves up, etc., decent, educated people of science work to improve the human condition. Hopefully, science will someday do away … Continue reading →

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Universe ‘resting on sofa’ as it slowly dies

Posted on August 11, 2015 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press August 10, 2015 Sydney (AFP) – The Universe is experiencing a slow death, like a person resting on the sofa awaiting eternal sleep, according to astronomers from a project which … Continue reading →

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Vatican skeptical about close encounters of the third kind

Posted on August 2, 2015 by The Great One

I almost hate to say this, being that the Catholic Church is not exactly one of my favorite institutions, but I agree with them on this one. I don’t believe that we will meet intelligent life out there in the … Continue reading →

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A nearby black hole just erupted for the first time in 26 years and scientists are ecstatic

Posted on June 30, 2015 by The Great One

The universe is such an intriguing place. One has to wonder if we, the human race, will ever know how it all came to be; whether there is one universe or multiple universes, what are all of the natural forces … Continue reading →

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Brightest Galaxy in the Universe Found

Posted on May 24, 2015 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Mike Wall May 22, 2015 A newfound galaxy 12.5 billion light-years from Earth is the most luminous one known in the universe, blazing more brightly than 300 trillion suns, a … Continue reading →

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New evidence that dark matter could be self-interacting

Posted on April 20, 2015 by The Great One

Interesting article regarding dark matter. TGO Refer to story below. Source: ars technica Colliding galaxies suggest dark matter interacts with forces other than gravity. by Xaq Rzetelny – Apr 19, 2015 9:00pm EDT A new study examined the galaxy cluster … Continue reading →

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Colossal Ancient Galaxies Die from the Inside Out

Posted on April 16, 2015 by The Great One

Astrophysics is such an amazing field. There is so much mystery; so much to speculate on and so much to discover. In this day and age, when so much is known about our world, it is so fascinating to have the … Continue reading →

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New clue sheds some light on mysterious ‘dark matter’

Posted on April 15, 2015 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press Paris (AFP) – Scientists on Tuesday said they had found tantalising evidence suggesting “dark matter” — the mysterious substance believed to comprise most of the Universe’s mass — may be … Continue reading →

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The Real History of Space Travel

Posted on November 10, 2014 by The Great One

Informative article for you space-junkies. TGO Refer to story below. Source: The Hollywood Reporter By Graeme McMillan November 8, 2014 4:08 PM As the promotion for Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar puts it, “Mankind was born on Earth. It was never meant … Continue reading →

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Some Galaxies Like Our Milky Way are Born in Colossal Crashes

Posted on September 19, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Elizabeth Howell, SPACE.com Contributor September 18, 2014  The history of the Milky Way has a new wrinkle. Scientists used radio telescopes like the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array — a vast … Continue reading →

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Newfound Asteroid Will Give Earth Super-Close Shave on Sunday

Posted on September 6, 2014 by The Great One

All of the madness going on here on earth; the fighting, the killing… Yet all it takes is one of these giant space rocks to collide with our planet and we are history… That wouldn’t be a very honorable way … Continue reading →

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Star Explosion’s Beauty Revealed by Space Telescope Photo

Posted on August 26, 2014 by The Great One

Awesome! The universe is truly a magnificent place. It really is a shame that we don’t completely understand it, at least not yet. But then again, there is a certain beauty in the mysterious. TGO Refer to story below. Source: … Continue reading →

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Specks of star dust likely first from beyond solar system

Posted on August 15, 2014 by The Great One

The universe is such a fascinating place. It would have been incredible to have been born 100 years from now, just to know and understand what will be common knowledge then. With scientific advancements growing at a seemingly geometric rate, … Continue reading →

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How Did Supermassive Black Holes Get So Big So Fast?

Posted on August 8, 2014 by The Great One

Black holes have always been fascinating, although rarely understood by the average Joe, such as me. In fact, I’m not so sure that even theoretical physicists such as Stephen Hawking really and truly understand black holes. Nevertheless, it is interesting … Continue reading →

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Alien Planet Camera Is Most Sensitive Exoplanet Imager Yet

Posted on May 14, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Charles Q. Choi, SPACE.com Contributor A newly christened telescope imager built to snap photos of alien planets around distant stars is the most sensitive camera of its kind, preliminary tests … Continue reading →

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Exploring Dark Energy

Posted on April 13, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: The Daily Beast By Matthew R. Francis  The Daily Beast The Universe is expanding—the space between galaxies is growing larger all the time. Not only that, but the rate of expansion is … Continue reading →

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Dino-Killing Asteroid Impact Dwarfed by Earlier Space Rock Crash

Posted on April 11, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Mike Wall, Senior Writer  Scientists have reconstructed a long-ago asteroid impact that makes the strike that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago look like a playful chuck on … Continue reading →

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Seeds of Monster Black Holes Were Surprisingly Big

Posted on March 30, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Mike Wall, Senior Writer March 28, 2014 6:06 PM The gigantic black holes that lurk at the hearts of galaxies were apparently born big.  The central black holes in dwarf … Continue reading →

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Asteroid Found with Rings! First-of-Its-Kind Discovery Stuns Astronomers

Posted on March 26, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com Contributor Scientists have made a stunning discovery in the outer realm of the solar system — an asteroid with its own set of rings that orbits … Continue reading →

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As scientists watch, distant asteroid disintegrates

Posted on March 7, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters By Will Dunham  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Patsy Cline’s classic country song “I Fall to Pieces,” has nothing on this one. Scientists said on Thursday they have observed for the first time … Continue reading →

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Quarter of Americans Convinced Sun Revolves Around Earth, Survey Finds

Posted on February 18, 2014 by The Great One

There is no limit to the ignorance and just plain stupidity of the human race, and that includes Americans. I suppose that if people still believe in gods and ghosts, why not believe that the Sun revolves around the Earth. … Continue reading →

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Star-rich galaxy found from universe’s baby years

Posted on February 11, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters By Irene Klotz February 10, 2014 9:50 PM CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – Astronomers have found an old and distant galaxy that is believed to date back to a time when … Continue reading →

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Stargazing Duo Snaps Gorgeous Photo of Triangulum Galaxy

Posted on February 10, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Nina Sen, SPACE.com Contributor February 9, 2014 10:19 AM The Triangulum Galaxy, catalogued Messier 33 or NGC 598, is a spiral galaxy located approximately 3 million … Two astrophotographers teamed up … Continue reading →

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Milky Way’s Huge Black Hole to Gobble Gas Cloud Soon

Posted on January 25, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com Contributor January 24, 2014 2:11 PM A compilation of Swift telescope observations of the center of the Milky Way, where a supermassive black … A giant gas … Continue reading →

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Dark Matter Near Earth Peaks Every March, New Study Suggests

Posted on January 7, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Scientific American By Clara Moskowitz January 6, 2014 6:30 AM Billions of particles of invisible “dark matter” are probably flying through your body right now, passing through the spaces between your atoms … Continue reading →

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11 Must-See Skywatching Events in 2014

Posted on January 1, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Joe Rao, SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist December 31, 2013 8:36 AM As 2013 draws to a close, it’s time to look forward to the stargazing highlights of the coming year. Here … Continue reading →

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Star Trails and Milky Way Shine over Lighthouse in Dazzling Photo

Posted on December 26, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Nina Sen, SPACE.com Contributor  The Milky Way moves across the night sky in this stunning composite image recently sent to SPACE.com. Astrophotographer Mike Taylor combined 65 frames from a static time … Continue reading →

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Scientists to Congress: We Have the Technology to Find Alien Life

Posted on December 6, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGORefer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Tanya Lewis, Staff Writer  For thousands of years, humans have been wondering whether there’s life elsewhere in the universe. Now, the technology finally exists to search for it. To find extraterrestrial … Continue reading →

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Giant Electric Fields May Supercharge Particles In Earth’s Radiation Belts

Posted on December 1, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Charles Q. Choi, SPACE.com Contributor  Huge electric fields in the radiation belts around Earth may help explain how electrons surrounding the planet can be accelerated to speeds near that of … Continue reading →

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What 11 Billion People Mean for Space Travel

Posted on November 28, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience By Mike Wall, Senior Writer  Robert Zubrin wants humanity to put down roots on Mars, and he thinks he knows how to make it happen at a reasonable price. The key … Continue reading →

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Spooky Nebula is Coldest Known Object in Universe

Posted on October 30, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com   by Elizabeth Howell, SPACE.com Contributor A ghostly nebula shining about 5,000 light-years from Earth is also the coldest known object in the universe. The dead star creating the Boomerang Nebula … Continue reading →

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India, U.S. preparing satellites to probe Martian atmosphere

Posted on October 28, 2013 by The Great One

Don’t you just love it? Of the over 1 billion people in India, half of them are living in sub-standard conditions and tens of million of others in downright poverty. Yet here is India, working on the space program with … Continue reading →

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NASA Space Telescopes to Peer Deeper Into Universe Than Ever Before

Posted on October 26, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. SPACE.com By by Mike Wall, Senior Writer  Three NASA space telescopes are teaming up to give astronomers their best-ever looks at some of the most distant objects in the universe. The space agency’s … Continue reading →

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Mystery of Galaxy Evolution Revealed by Distant Cosmic Lens

Posted on October 24, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com  By Denise Chow, Staff Writer The most distant cosmic lens — a galaxy whose gravity warps and deflects light from an even more distant stellar nursery — has been discovered by … Continue reading →

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Did Venus Give Earth the Moon? Wild New Theory on Lunar History

Posted on October 3, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com by Katia Moskvitch, SPACE.com Contributor October 1, 2013 1:39 PM LONDON —The Earth’s moon may be a present from Venus, which once had a moon and then lost it, a new … Continue reading →

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Number of Confirmed Alien Planets Nears 1,000

Posted on September 28, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com by Mike Wall, Senior Writer September 27, 2013 7:16 AM Just two decades after discovering the first world beyond our solar system, astronomers are closing in on alien planet No. 1,000. … Continue reading →

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Earth Life Likely Came from Mars, Study Suggests

Posted on August 29, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com by Mike Wall, Senior Writer NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope snapped this shot of Mars on Aug. 26, 2003, when the Red Planet was 34.7 … We may all be Martians. Evidence is … Continue reading →

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Flare Star Gets 15 Times Brighter in Minutes

Posted on June 18, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO By Megan Gannon | SPACE.com A normally dull star in Ursa Major, the Great Bear constellation, give off an incredible flare while scientists watched, increasing its brightness 15-fold in just three minutes, before returning to normal. Dubbed … Continue reading →

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Sun Unleashes Biggest Solar Flare of the Year Yet

Posted on April 12, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Tariq Malik | SPACE.com The most powerful solar flare of the year erupted from the sun today (April 11) sparking a temporary radio blackout on Earth, NASA officials say. The … Continue reading →

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50-Year Cosmic Mystery: 10 Quasar Questions for Discoverer Maarten Schmidt

Posted on March 16, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Mike Wall | SPACE.com Astronomy changed forever 50 years ago this week, when scientists first began to understand the true nature of quasars, the brightest objects in the universe. On … Continue reading →

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The Star Explosion That Wasn’t: Astronomers Solve 150-Year-Old Mystery

Posted on February 3, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Nola Taylor Redd | SPACE.com – Sat, Feb 2, 2013 After a stellar explosion was reported in 1866, British astronomer John Herschel announced he had seen a bright flare from … Continue reading →

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Massive Star Explosion Captured in Stunning Photo

Posted on January 9, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Tia Ghose | SPACE.com LONG BEACH, Calif. – A beautiful new image snapped by a NASA spacecraft captures the aftermath of a massive star explosion with unprecedented resolution. The image … Continue reading →

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Potentially Habitable Planet Detected Around Nearby Star

Posted on December 19, 2012 by The Great One

At the rate we’re going as a species, we will more than likely become extinct (by our own doing) before acquiring the technology to travel light years through space. Nevertheless, scientific discoveries are always interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story … Continue reading →

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Your Help Needed to Study Andromeda Galaxy

Posted on December 11, 2012 by The Great One

For those interested in astronomy… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Elizabeth Howell | SPACE.com A group of astronomers is inviting the public to join their star-hunting team in a search of the bright Andromeda Galaxy. The project … Continue reading →

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Ingredients for Big Black Holes Detected in Milky Way’s Core

Posted on August 23, 2012 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Charles Q. Choi | SPACE.com Scientists investigated our galaxy’s central molecular zone, which contains the most massive, densest, and most turbulent molecular clouds in the Milky Way. These surround the … Continue reading →

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