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Giant Sun Eruption Caught on Film by NASA (VIDEO)
Posted by Chris Monty in November 18th 2012
The awesome power of the universe was captured on film by NASA last week. Our sun hurled forth a massive eruption of super-hot plasma on Friday in back-to-back solar storms caught on film by a NASA spacecraft. The giant sun eruption, otherwise known as a “solar prominence,” took place at 1 a.m. EST, with another [...]
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Venus Transit 2012 in Ultra High-Def (VIDEO)
Posted by Chris Monty in June 7th 2012
Prepare to be blown away. Launched on February 11, 2010, the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is the most advanced spacecraft ever designed to study the sun. During its five-year mission, it will examine the sun’s atmosphere, magnetic field and also provide a better understanding of the role the sun plays in Earth’s atmospheric chemistry [...]
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Pippa Middleton Gun Scandal: Pal Points Pistol at Paparazzi (VIDEO)
Posted by Chris Monty in April 16th 2012
Oh, Pippa. What have you gone and gotten yourself into now? Pippa Middleton – sister of Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge – could be slapped with criminal charges after a male friend was reportedly caught pointing a gun at a photographer who had been following the pair in Paris. Middleton, 28, was in the passenger [...]
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STRANGE SOUNDS: Are the Trumpets Sounding? (VIDEO)
Posted by Chris Monty in January 16th 2012
“Earth and space are about to come into contact in a way that’s new to human history.” – Richard Fisher, head of NASA’s Heliophysics Division Something is afoot, and my guess is it’s something big. All around the world, people are reporting hearing very strange sounds echoing from the Earth and from the skies. The [...]
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Did a Giant Comet Hitting the Sun Cause a Massive CME (VIDEO)
Posted by Chris Monty in October 3rd 2011
Here’s something you certainly don’t see every day. A giant, planet-sized comet discovered by amateur astronomers on Friday smashed into the sun on Saturday with unexpected consequences. The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory recorded the comet’s impact with the sun. Right after the comet hit, a massive CME (solar flare) exploded out of the other side [...]
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Sunspot Cycle Shutting Down: Sun May Be Entering ‘Little Ice Age’
Posted by Chris Monty in June 15th 2011
The sun has scientists baffled right now. Many experts said that, by 2012, our sun would be reaching its “solar maximum”, a period of intense flares and sunspot activity. Lately, though, things on the sun have been quiet…too quiet. According to three different studies released yesterday, experts think the usual sunspot cycle may be shutting [...]
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Botox Mom: Sheena Upton Says She Made It All Up (VIDEO)
Posted by Chris Monty in May 20th 2011
Did she really make it all up? In a story that brings back memories of the Balloon Boy saga, a mother who claimed to have injected her eight-year old daughter with Botox now says she fabricated the whole story for money. Sheena Upton, A.K.A. “Botox Mom“, now claims that the British tabloid The Sun paid [...]
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