PLANETARY EXPLORATION: A FALSEHOOD?
It is estimated that within our galaxy alone there are approximately four hundred thousand million stars, and where there are stars there may be planets similar to that of our home world. It is in these vast reaches of space that the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence is being conducted.
It is generally accepted within the scientific mainstream that intelligent life does not exist within the confines of our Solar System because of the data received from probes sent out to our neighbouring worlds. But what if that data was flawed or, worse still, falsified in order to maintain that belief? Could intelligent life be much closer to home than we think, or are led to believe? Thanks to Joseph P. Skipper, et al, truths are emerging into the public domain that there may well indeed be intelligent life in our Solar System, and that they occupy our distant planetary neighbour Mars.
Skipper was an insurance investigator with an interest in space exploration and decades of investigative experience behind him. It was after viewing an official science data strip that his ‘suspicion meter’ started rising. He knew that what he was looking at was not any kind of natural geology, but evidence of life on the supposedly dead and inhospitable planet. ‘If no natural geological explanation fits’, he contends, ‘then one logically has to consider seriously that these anomalies are forms created by life of some kind.’ If this is true then why has NASA failed to report such a startling discovery to the media? The answer to that question may lie in a report prepared for NASA by the Brookings Institution, Washington DC, on November 30, 1960 and titled, Proposed Studies On The Peaceful Space Activities For Human Affairs.
THE BROOKING REPORT.
On page 215 of the document it names the Moon, Mars or Venus as possible candidates where artefacts left by life forms may be discovered. It goes on to say, ‘Anthropological files contain many examples of societies sure in their place in the universe, which had disintegrated when they had to associate with previously unfamiliar societies espousing different ideas and different life ways: others that survived such an experience usually did so by paying the price of changes in values and attitudes and behaviour.’ It then suggests two areas of study, the first dealing with the emotional and intellectual consequences of discovering intelligent extraterrestrial life, the second dealing with the behaviour of peoples and their leaders when confronted with such a discovery. Questions arising from these studies, it suggests, would include: ‘how might such information, under what circumstances, be presented to or withheld from the public for what ends?’ Tellingly, on page 225 this sentence appears: ‘It has been speculated that of all groups, scientists and engineers might be the most devastated by the discovery of relatively superior creatures’.
THE McDANIEL REPORT.
Sixteen years later the McDaniel report was published. It is a scathing indictment of NASA’s handling of the scientific Mars data. In his Executive Summary, McDaniel writes of the extensive analysis of the 1976 Viking Mars mission photographs of the Cydonia region, carried out by independent investigators who concluded that the photographs appeared to be evidence that some landforms could be artificial. To date, NASA still insists that there is no credible evidence of artificiality. ‘NASA has regularly sent false and misleading statements regarding the landforms to members of Congress and their constituents.’ writes McDaniel. ‘Furthermore, they have condoned efforts to unfairly ridicule and discredit independent researchers, and have insisted that there is a “scientific consensus” that the landforms are natural – despitethe fact that the only real scientific study of the landforms indicates a clear possibility that they are artificial.’
Clearly, the Brooking Report was instrumental in NASA’s decision making in order to avoid political change and the devastating effect it would have upon the scientists themselves. Such a discovery, after all, would put at risk their own cherished theories and funding. What is more, NASA’s behaviour regarding the Martian objects is in direct conflict of their policy that a ‘verified discovery of extraterrestrial intelligence should be shared promptly with all humanity.’
What may come as a real eye opener to many is that the real control of the Mars exploration does not rest with NASA but with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and its partners. It was discovered that Navy Admiral, “Bobby” Inman a famous and skilled ‘super spook’, was chairing the JPL oversight committee in secret. When this was discovered a high-ranking NASA official ousted him. Under the ‘super spooks’ control however the Mars exploration programme had been effectively hijacked and had become subservient to a possible military agenda for, perhaps, the acquirement of extraterrestrial technology.
Let’s not forget Operation Paperclip, at the closing of WWII, when the Soviets and Western allied forces became involved in a race to seize top ranking German scientists and their rocket technology documents.
THE RED PLANET?
Mars appears red to us because its surface is largely composed of red iron oxide dust, commonly referred to as rust. Its atmospheric composition – so we have been led to believe – is 95% carbon dioxide, 2.7% nitrogen, 1.6% argon, and 0.7% oxygen, carbon monoxide, and water vapour. Its atmosphere is therefore poisonous to human life. Prior to January 10, 2004, NASA had released images showing an orange or red sky. The images had been doctored to give the appearance of a lifeless and dead planet. In reality the first colour image from Mars, taken by Viking Lander I in 1976, showed a beautiful blue sky. The landscape of brown and reddish soil was littered with rocks with patches of green on them. The world never got to see these images because according to the men who worked at the Viking Image Formatting and Processing section of JPL they were ordered to destroy the Mars blue sky negative and to falsely redden the images to make it look like there was no life, no green algae or lichen. The book, Mars The Living Planet, by Barry Digregorio, Dr. Gilbert Levin, and Dr. Pat Straat, tells of how the tests carried out by Viking Lander were rigged to deny life.
A PREREQUISITE FOR LIFE.
Over twenty years ago Viking principal investigator, Norman Horowitz, stated that ‘liquid water does not exist on the surface of Mars … Without liquid water life as we know it cannot exist.’ Thus he established the paradigm of a barren Mars today. Mars’ atmospheric pressure on average is about six millibars. Its average temperature is about -60° C. Because of the low atmospheric pressure and low surface temperature water can only exist as ice or vapour. However, at certain times and locations on the planet, when the air pressure and temperature are high enough, it is theoretically possible for liquid water to exist, but its evaporation rate would be so great that it would quickly vaporise.
From the above and other scientific data we are indoctrinated into believing Mars is a hard frozen wilderness. Its temperature is not only cold enough to freeze water. 3-5 times over but also cold enough to freeze CO2 as snow right out of the atmosphere. And yet there are images that refute these scientific tenets and suggest that the Martian atmospheric temperature conditions are not nearly as bad and hostile to life as officially promoted by NASA, JPL, et al.
Water is a prerequisite for life and it is perhaps telling that in images of standing liquid water on Mars there is also prima-facie evidence of civilisation around these bodies of water, despite attempts to hide it beneath layers of image tampering techniques, as shown in Skipper’s second report image at www.marsanomalyresearch.com.
The reflections in the water and the surrounding rectangular structures surrounding the ‘reservoir’ become more distinct when one inverts the colours. To counter the argument that Skipper is himself responsible for the image tampering, he has provided documentation at the end of each report so one can check behind him to confirm and validate that the official NASA science data is as he received it. You will require a graphics software programme such as PhotoShop, however, to analyze the images.
THE QUESTION OF LIFE.
As one might imagine, where there is water there should be biological life too. There are many images showing what appears to be vegetation, only on a vast scale in comparison to what we see on Earth. NASA dismisses these as ‘geological structures’ or ‘rock formations’. When shown similar images the late Arthur C. Clarke, science fiction writer and father of global communications, likened them to Earth’s Banyan trees and repeatedly supported the idea that some of the images can only be reasonably interpreted in terms of vegetation.
Our only natural satellite, the Moon, has come under similar suspicion of photographic tampering as the images on Skipper’s site show quite clearly. Vast towers and rectangular forms have been subjected to smudge tampering techniques. However, early imaging techniques were not as sophisticated as today’s and some of these forms can clearly be seen poking through and, in some instances, left out completely. If they are merely geological forms then why have the powers that be gone to such lengths to hide them?
In the 1970s satellite imaging resolution limits available to the military were equal to, if not better than, those being released today. Are we to believe that up-to-date and state-of-the-art Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) and Mars Orbital Camera (MOC) satellite imaging systems are inferior to those of some forty years ago and that there have been no significant technological advancements in this area over that period of time? It is unreasonable to assume that JPL, with its heavy military connections and funding and at a cost of billions of dollars, would do such a thing. Certainly, much of the image tampering has been done at closer resolutions than is being admitted to. The question still remains; why would they go to such great expense and trouble to hide the evidence? And what do the images contain that they are so afraid to show us?
THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.
Truth, as defined in the Reader’s Digest Universal Dictionary, is ‘That which is considered to be the supreme reality and to have the ultimate meaning and value of existence.’ and scientific method as ‘The totality of principles and processes regarded as characteristic of or necessary for scientific investigation …’ But where is the truth in planetary exploration? Has it become subservient to the military industrial complex with its own secret agendas, of which President Eisenhower warned in his farewell address in 1961? And what regard is there for scientific principle as elitist scientists embroil themselves in this web of intrigue?
Truth, it would seem, has become the first casualty in this war of fact and falsehood. But the truth, whatever it may ultimately prove to be, is out there for those who wish to seek it: a grass roots movement that is gathering momentum and members thanks to the likes of Joseph P. Skipper and others.
New facts have come to light since I first wrote this blog which suggest that more recent pictures, which purportedly show surface water, skeletal remains, and living creatures, on the Martian surface. The following links below show a few images of said anomalies. Were they taken on Mars or somewhere much closer? .If the latter case is true then some of the above images are questionable.
© David Calvert 2011
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13.7 billion years ago, there was a huge explosion – what we all know as the big bang.
A sea of particles formed due to big bang. Matter and antimatter collisions resulted destruction of almost everything that was formed from the bigbang. Only a billionth of what was left over goes into making the current universe after baryogenesis and Big Bang Nucleosynthesis.
300 million years after the explosion, stars start to form. Stars are formed due to gravity which causes hydrogen to come together. Temperature of stars begin to rise as Nuclear Fusion starts. Stars in close proximity form galaxies.
Milky way was formed 13 billion years ago. It is 6000 billion miles in diameter with 2000 billion stars. Earth was formed 4.6 billion years ago, nearly same time as the Sun.
As conditions became conducive, life formed on planet earth. Life is what matter does mysteriously. Bacteria have lived on without intelligence for over 3 billion years now. The last asteroid strike was 65 million years ago and it wiped out dinosaurs. For 10000 years now, humans have dominated the planet. They say that mass annihilation of life in this planet could happen in 2012. In year 2029, asteroid 99942 Apophis could strike the earth. At some uncertain time in the distant future, gamma rays from WR104 could fry our planet.
Even if none of that happens, within 5 billion years, the sun will grow in size as it ages. As sun becomes a red giant, the temperature of the planets in the solar system would rise. Oceans of the earth would evaporate. Tiny life forms would would outlive the human race by several million years. Will we have to escape to another planet? How about Gliese581d? Does Gliese581d have low gravity could possibly weaken muscles of future generations? Would it be void of an ozone layer like our Mars? Eventually, all life on earth would perish because of the heat. Even later, the earth will be pulled into the sun.
Like the earth, the sun will perish too. Gravity Vs Fusion. Gravity will finally win.
Not all stars would die quietly like the sun. Some stars explode as Supernovae. With the end of a life of a star by explosion, a black hole is born. Gravitational singularity is the centre of a black hole where time and space stop. A singularity is where our present science stops. Its scientists way of saying “We dont know”.
A black hole will pull every thing towards it. A black hole the size of a golf ball will weigh as much as planet earth. But black holes can be as big as a solar system. Some of them can be super massive black holes.
A 11 million mile diameter super massive black hole is at the heart of our own Milky way. Stars revolve super massive black holes. A quasar is a compact region in the center of a massive galaxy surrounding the central Super massive black hole. Quasars are the brightest known things in the universe and we already know about thousands of quasars. Quasars calm down when galaxies age.
No mass or energy can escape a black hole. Matter and energy are but interchangeable things. What happens to all that that goes into a black hole? No one knows.
As you approach a black hole, you would reach the Event Horizon. Event Horizon is where time is stopped by gravity. Physical laws as we know them stop working at the event horizon. Black hole is an object that changes physical laws as we know them. Yet, our SWIFT mission reveals that a black hole is formed every day within the space known to humans. We dont yet know what physical laws govern a black hole.
Some feel that black hole might be the reverse of a big bang. Matter enters a black hole by gravity and exits through a big bang. Black holes seem to drink up matter and then spit it out into a parallel universe. A black hole could be the connection to a parallel universe. Black holes could be universe’s way of renewing itself.
While we know black holes can eat up stars and even galaxies, we also know that the expansion of the universe is accelerating contrary to all known laws of gravity.
Dark energy is the term used by cosmologists to explain why the expansion of the universe is accelerating rather than slowing due to gravitation. The behavior of dark energy would determine if the universe would be headed for a big freeze, big rip, big crunch, big bounce, multiverse or have no end with any cosmic certainty.
How will the universe end? We have many people guessing at it. Can you re-boot the universe? As in, end it and begin it again? Now that is a real question. Good luck figuring that out. Everything else is, but, of course, elementary.


5 reasons obama should not slash nasa budget we now present five reasons why the nasa budget should not be cut and why it is essential to the future of humanity 1. But i still fear nasa will have to cut other missions to fund is what we’re doing nasa’s budget is at what nasa does, and tell me we don. The case against the moon: why we shouldn't go straight and perhaps we should not as nasa embarks on a new plan for space exploration amid political uncertainty. Bad astronomy « white house asks and hopefully this’ll help show why we need to spend money on nasa we could then fund, free of politics, any.
I don't think we should fund nasa because we have other obligations here on earth nasa is why we have those we need to address these things and fund nasa. Should america continue spending money on spending money that we dont have nasa shouldnt be our as a result of nasa funding so why not just fund them. Is space exploration a waste of money why should nasa be wasting millions of dollars on the mars issue why we shouldn't expect to give up furthering our. Would more money improve nasa the way these questions are answered gives some indication of why one believes we have a space program. Nasa's overarching goal of sending astronauts to mars we ought to quit that sherwood stressed that he's not against sending astronauts to mars he just thinks.
Whether or not we should fund nasa and space instead of exploring space why didnt we spend more on nasa so we could. We can take pride in nasa’s past achievements of putting men on the the government should provide more money to fund science socialism is a failed government. Menaker: why humans shouldn’t go to and last month nasa launched its orion spacecraft in a first step to eventually send if only we would adequately fund them.
Get breaking news alerts from the washington post turn on desktop notifications bill nye on why nasa’s budget shouldn’t be cut: “where did we come. The cash spent on nasa's leaps for mankind the space race is a pointless waste of money way their budgets were bled in order to fund an ego.
Home opinions science should the government fund nasa add a new topic just because we weren't born in space doesn't mean we shouldn't go there.
This is why the nasa space exploration budget isn’t as well pretty astounding how much we could be doing certainly enough to fund various research. Six essential reasons why we need to send humans to nasa will not require a large increase in its budget to achieve this goal of landing humans on mars. Why should we spend money on space exploration when we have so many problems here on planet earth nasa battery-free solar technology will improve life on earth. Why should we spend money on space exploration when we have so many problems here on earth a direct result of nasa’s two-way technology transfer. The real reasons we explore space ambition, curiosity, and a reason the nasa administrator admits has nothing to do with economic benefit. We have made more than 500 space launches a case for cutting nasa's budget by the new republic march 30, 1968 criticism of our space program is overdue.
That's not to say that nasa shouldn't experience cuts, just like nearly all government programs need to yes, we should continue to fund nasa. Why the government must spend more money on it must support nasa because—unlike the a non profit organization dedicated to inform people why we should. Should the united states eliminate funding to nasa for no nasa shouldn't have we should just let bill gates fund the war all he would. Should we cut nasa funding counterpoint: funding a new mission for nasa is funding our future by josh levinger apr 9, 2010 why do we maintain a space program. Nasa shouldn’t be funded by the government there's nothing inherently wrong with space exploration and study why can't we fund it voluntarily. Why we should continue to fund nasa if we defund nasa from people of all walks of life on why nasa shouldn’t continue to be publically funded. Should the government fund space exploration following the columbia disaster, a new direction for the space program changed the future of nasa despite.


So I just stumbled across this subbed clip where the interviewers polled a number of viewers and the production crew answered a few questions that they (we) all have.
#1: Where is Do Min Joon's planet in actual fact?
Well, in reality, KMT 184.05 doesn't exist. It's a made-up name where KMT stands for the name of the telescope and the numbers stand for stars which the telescope has discovered.
#2: Did the UFO really appear in ancient Joseon times?
Apparently, there is concrete evidence detailing sightings of UFO way back in Joseon times. So yes, there's very clear support.
#3: How did they film the scene where the UFO was sighted?
Uhmm….instead of a UFO, they shot the scenes with a helicopter, so everyone would look at the helicopter and pretend that they saw a UFO. HAHA.
#4: How did they film the stop-motion scenes?
Wow, this is really amazing, they use 60 cameras to capture the scene and when they overlap the film together, it will look like everything has stopped.
Other interesting facts:
#5: Do Min Joon's library is a real set, with all props carefully chosen by the team. That is crazy effort omygosh. The grandfather clock is also said to be one of the only three in Korea (and costs a bomb).
#6: The beautiful scene outside the balcony? Haha, that's fakeXD
The video was quite informative and funny. If you can understand chinese subtitles, I definitely recommend that you watch it! http://www.iqiyi.com/v_19rrgyh1lg.html
I think at this point it is obvious I'm in love with the show. Some people may be quite cynical with the plot and all, but hey, you got to acknowledge the great effort and thought that the team has put in. I can't wait to discover more behind the scenes videos!:D
Wow – the 60 camera thing is amazing!! I wondered how they did it. That’s so cool since I was guessing a lot of it must be cgi.


Hook up telescope to ipad
A new ipad app allows anyone around the world to take telescope photos of celestial objects from the comfort of a couch the online slooh space camera — an organization that hosts live views and webcasts of cosmic sights from a network of international telescopes — has created an app that allows. Orion starseek astronomy app ipad, or ipod touch up to the sky to identify since 1975 orion telescopes & binoculars has been offering telescopes for sale. The iphone is more than your average portable camera it is true that you can take quality photos with it but there are accessories available for it. A new app from the slooh space camera called mysky will let users view the night sky and then order a world-class telescope a world-class telescope from your ipad.
Aloha telescope camera to ipad possible is there a way to connect a telescope camera to an ipad i guess you could try setting up a. 1-16 of 144 results for hook up ipad to tv lightning to hdmi cable for iphone/ipad to tv, raykool lightning digital av adapter cable 66ft for hdmi hdtv. Best buy shows you how to connect an ipad, iphone or ipod to your tv swipe up on your this option allows you to connect your ipad, iphone or ipod.
Easy set up skyfi requires no ipad, or ipod touch to point your telescope in the sky ipad, or ipod touch - and lets it connect directly to the serial port. Software/apps compatible with celestron telescopes: troubleshooting the correct cable to connect to this (i am unaware of any ios/iphone/ipad app. Celestron makes some of the best telescopes on the market and they have released hardware that lets you control your celestron goto telescope with your ipad.
Skyq link is an affordable hardware tool + software app from the itunes store to control a telescope wireless with an ipad oder an iphone not really new but.
Connecting to lx200 classic with ipad might even be able to connect using serial to usb are you using an ac or dc plug or just powering it up. Easy set up skyfi requires no if you have a computer-controlled goto telescope pc, iphone, ipad, or ipod touch to point your telescope in the sky. How to connect your telescope to your computer with stellarium this video is for the amateur astronomer show how you connect your telescope. Follow the steps outlined in this article to learn how to connect your ipad messages log in how to connect an ipad to itunes is this article up.
At macworld, we look at the skysafari ipad app which lets you control a full telescope with the apple tablet. Follow these steps from your ipad to set up a monthly postpaid or prepaid data plan for your ipad note: steps may vary based on ipad model monthly postpaid data plan from the home screen, tap settings cellular data set up cellular data choose one of the following options: add to your current postpaid data plan activate a new standalone.
How to connect your iphone or ipad they're easier to connect make sure it's connected to the same home wi-fi network as your iphone or ipad swipe up. How to hook up ipad air with cable to printer i cannot print from my ipad when i am using my iphone5s hotspot i can only use 1 air device at.
Take telescope photos with your smartphone this simple rig will help you link your phone to a backyard telescope and capture your own photos of the stars. Browse what the apple store community is saying about ipad or submit to connect and ipad to an electronic how long it takes to back up your ipad or.


- What color is a star when it dies?
- How heavy is a dying star?
- Do stars explode?
- What is a white star?
- Which star is least hottest?
- Are black holes?
- Are stars Dead Suns?
- Do stars get brighter before they die?
- Why do stars twinkle?
- What is the color of the youngest star?
- What’s the closest star to our sun?
- What is the color of a star?
- What happens to a dying star?
- How do small stars die?
- How long does it take for a star to die?
- What are the three end stages of stars?
- Will all stars eventually die?
- What is the hottest star color?
- What is a dead star called?
- Can you see a dying star?
- Are red or blue stars hotter?
What color is a star when it dies?
When a star like the Sun has burned all of its hydrogen fuel, it expands to become a red giant.
This may be millions of kilometres across – big enough to swallow the planets Mercury and Venus.
After puffing off its outer layers, the star collapses to form a very dense white dwarf..
How heavy is a dying star?
Neutron stars have a radius on the order of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) and a mass of about 1.4 solar masses. They result from the supernova explosion of a massive star, combined with gravitational collapse, that compresses the core past white dwarf star density to that of atomic nuclei.
Do stars explode?
One of the stars, a carbon-oxygen white dwarf, steals matter from its companion star. Eventually, the white dwarf accumulates too much matter. Having too much matter causes the star to explode, resulting in a supernova. … As the star runs out of nuclear fuel, some of its mass flows into its core.
What is a white star?
1 : a star of spectral type A or F having a moderate surface temperature and a white or yellowish color. 2a : an annual morning glory (Ipomoea lacunosa) of the southern U.S. with star-shaped leaves and small white or purplish flowers.
Which star is least hottest?
M stars are the coldest and O stars are the hottest in stellar classification. These stars are from the main sequence.
Are black holes?
A black hole is a region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing—no particles or even electromagnetic radiation such as light—can escape from it. The theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass can deform spacetime to form a black hole.
Are stars Dead Suns?
You’re seeing the stars as they were thousands of years ago, but it is extremely unlikely that any of them are dead. * Side note: isn’t it interesting that the brightest star in our sky isn’t the closest star?
Do stars get brighter before they die?
The plentiful supply of hydrogen gas in the star, when crushed at high pressures and heated to extreme temperatures, forges heavier elements, like helium or carbon, releasing a tremendous amount of energy in the process. … This energy heats up the star, causing it to glow brightly.
Why do stars twinkle?
The movement of air (sometimes called turbulence) in the atmosphere of Earth causes the starlight to get slightly bent as it travels from the distant star through the atmosphere down to us on the ground. … To our eyes, this makes the star seem to twinkle.
What is the color of the youngest star?
blue colourYoung stars (of blue colour) emit more light than older (redder) stars. However, since there was just about as much light in the young Universe as there is today – although the galaxies are now much redder – this implies that there were fewer stars in the early Universe than today.
What’s the closest star to our sun?
Alpha Centauri AThe two main stars are Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B, which form a binary pair. They are an average of 4.3 light-years from Earth. The third star is Proxima Centauri. It is about 4.22 light-years from Earth and is the closest star other than the sun.
What is the color of a star?
The color of a star is linked to its surface temperature. The hotter the star, the shorter the wavelength of light it will emit. The hottest ones are blue or blue-white, which are shorter wavelengths of light. Cooler ones are red or red-brown, which are longer wavelengths.
What happens to a dying star?
When the helium fuel runs out, the core will expand and cool. The upper layers will expand and eject material that will collect around the dying star to form a planetary nebula. Finally, the core will cool into a white dwarf and then eventually into a black dwarf.
How do small stars die?
Stars die because they exhaust their nuclear fuel. … The tiniest stars, known as ‘red dwarfs’, burn their nuclear fuel so slowly that they might live to be 100 billion years old – much older than the current age of the Universe.
How long does it take for a star to die?
It has been spending its fuel so extravagantly that it cannot be older than about 10 million years. Within a million years, it is expected to go into complete collapse before probably exploding as a supernova.
What are the three end stages of stars?
Answer. Red Giant Star – The biggest stars go on swelling into supergiants. Pressure at the centre becomes so immense that carbon & silicon fuse to make iron. Supergiant- Once iron forms in its centre, the star fails to give off energy, & suddenly & catastrophically collapses.
Will all stars eventually die?
Eventually the cycle of star birth and death will come to an end. Gravity will have won, a victory delayed by the ability of stars to call on the resources of nuclear fusion. But ultimately, gravity will reduce all stars to a super-dense state as black holes, neutron stars or cold white dwarfs.
What is the hottest star color?
Blue starsWhite stars are hotter than red and yellow. Blue stars are the hottest stars of all.
What is a dead star called?
White dwarfs are dead stars.
Can you see a dying star?
Probably not. All of the stars you can see with the unaided eye lie within about 4,000 light-years of Earth. But the most distant ones are intrinsically brighter, have more mass and are therefore likely to die in rare supernova explosions.
Are red or blue stars hotter?
The surface temperature of a star determines the color of light it emits. Blue stars are hotter than yellow stars, which are hotter than red stars.


On Sunday, an asteroid flew 2,950 km from the Earth’s surface. In fact, no one had noticed her before.
So what is not in this sensational title? First of all, information about the size of the asteroid. However, reports speak of an object the size of a passenger car, so we can assume that the object was 2 to 6 meters in diameter. With such dimensions, it is difficult to really determine whether we are talking about an asteroid or a meteoroid.
An asteroid or a meteoroid?
Traditionally, the division between the two categories was placed where the possibilities of detecting such objects with a telescope ended. If an object was visible in the telescope, it was an asteroid, if not, it was already a meteoroid. With the development of technology, the border moved towards smaller and smaller objects.
In 1995, the border was set at the level of 10 m. At such borders, the rock that visited us on Sunday was only a meteoroid. But we are in 2020 and, for example, in 2015, we managed to see an object with a diameter of 2 m using the Infrared Telescope Facility. In this case, we can freely call the object from Sunday an asteroid.
Record short distance detected flight
It’s actually a record. Never before has it been possible to record such a close pass that would not end up entering the Earth’s atmosphere. This time, however, the asteroid passed near the Earth and continued on. In the near-flight catalog at the Sormano Astronomical Observatory in Italy, this is the closest flight of all recorded so far.
This does not mean, of course, that there are no such flights. There are probably quite a few of them, but at such a distance they are extremely short and if a given section of the sky is not monitored by anyone, no one will even notice such a passage.
The asteroid attacks unexpectedly
The asteroid discovered on Sunday posed no threat to people. If it entered the Earth’s atmosphere, it is quite possible that it would have burned during the flyby and no debris would have reached the Earth’s surface. For comparison, the object that entered the Earth’s atmosphere above Chelyabinsk and did a lot of damage on Earth had a diameter of 17-23 meters, and the asteroid that ended the era of dinosaurs had a diameter of several kilometers.
Astronomers, however, are concerned about something completely different – the fact that no one has noticed this asteroid before. If it were a larger object, we wouldn’t even know it was approaching us.
One of the reasons for this is the fact that the asteroid came to us from the Sun, so the observatories were not able to see it against the background of the night sky, illuminated by the Sun. On the contrary, this object was in the sky during the day, when sunlight prevents the discovery of objects heading towards us from the center of the solar system.
We are helpless when it comes to detecting asteroids heading towards us from the sun, because asteroids can only be detected with optical telescopes (such as ZTF) and we can only search for them in the night sky, says Paul Chodas, director of the Near Earth Research Center at NASA.
The 2020QG asteroid was first noticed with the Palomar Observatory’s telescope only six hours after it was fully close to Earth, after it had passed and farther away from our planet.
Despite many telescopes directed constantly at the sky, objects appear from time to time that we only notice after they fly past the Earth. Sunday’s flight, however, was the closest to Earth of all those so far observed.
The newly discovered asteroid ZTF0DxQ flew 1/4 the diameter of the Earth, thus becoming the closest known pass that did not end in an impact with Earth, wrote Tony Dunn, author of orbitsimulator.com.


On the 14 of August Aunty Trina came to visit us and we were all talking and sitting on the mat and what we were learning about was the solar system that is in space. I got to talk with her and I said to her that I know now is that Mercury is not the hottest planet because Venus is the hottest than all the planet. So that is what I said to her and she was the best lady I ever seen in the whole wide world. She is beautiful. Thanks for coming to visit Aunty Trina please come back we would love you to come back so please come back Aunty Trina.


7 edition of Making & enjoying telescopes found in the catalog.
This guide for the backyard astronomer provides basic information, offers activity ideas, and gives construction details and assembly drawings for six telescopes.
|Other titles||Making and enjoying telescopes|
|Statement||Robert Miller & Kenneth Wilson.|
|Contributions||Wilson, Kenneth, 1954-|
|LC Classifications||QB88 .M55 1995|
|The Physical Object|
|Pagination||160 p. :|
|Number of Pages||160|
|LC Control Number||95004592|
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I wasn’t planning on writing a blog post for several days, but last night, I watched a movie called The Privileged Planet that showed how special our planet is in the universe. It was made by a group of scientists who were trying to show that the likelihood of a planet like earth evolving with all the necessary conditions to support life (a huge number of factors – like distance from the sun, a large moon, an oxygen rich atmosphere, liquid water, the list goes on and on) is practically impossible!
The movie went on to note that it’s interesting that our planet which is so obviously designed to support life and is unique in that design, is also perfectly situated for scientific discovery of the universe surrounding us. Our place in the Milky Way is the perfect place in order to observe and make discoveries about the universe. If our solar system was located anywhere else in the Milky Way galaxy, we would not be able to see or discover nearly as much as from where we are.
That shows us that we were placed on this special planet earth – a planet that is perfectly situated both in our own solar system and in our galaxy – to enable us to see the universe that God has created! Doesn’t that just blow your mind?
I’ve heard a lot and seen a lot about the size of the universe – how incredibly small we are in comparison to everything around us. But it really struck home last night when I was watching The Privileged Planet. I’m sure you’ve all seen the picture to the right – the tiny speck of light in the middle is the earth seen in a ray of light from the sun. It amazed me to see how tiny and insignificant we are in our own solar system, how even tinier in our own galaxy which is one of many galaxies in the universe that God created.
Think about that for a minute! I’ve seen all of this a hundred times before and heard about it even more than that, and yet, I stand amazed!
I wonder sometimes how someone can look up at the stars and our special planet and the universe and not know that all of this could not simply have happened by chance, that it had to have been created! But I think that what stops people from believing this is pride and fear. Fear? Yes, bear with me a moment.
It seems easier, somehow, to think about God as the Creator of earth, or even as the Creator of our solar system.
But when you think about God as the Creator of the universe and all of the galaxies filled with all of the stars, many of them so much bigger than the sun, it’s frightening! Because it means that we are so much smaller than we would have liked to think and God is so much bigger and so much more powerful and awesome than we could ever have imagined!
And in pride, some people just don’t want to believe that. They don’t want to accept their own insignificance. They don’t want to accept a God who is so much more powerful than anyone can comprehend, because it means that He is in control and they are not. They would rather believe that all of this happened by chance, that is we who make something of ourselves, we who will someday conquer space and tame this marvelous universe!
In the end, it seems easier (and safer) to believe that it happened by chance, because its is scarier to believe that the power necessary to create everything actually exists. It is easier to not believe in God, because it means that we can keep our ideas of self-reliance and self-importance.
And yet, we know that this is not true!
The very fact that our planet is so perfectly designed and perfectly situated that it can support life – a condition that has so far been discovered to be unique – clearly points to a Creator, not chance. The probability of everything coming together – all of the necessary elements required for life – on this tiny planet out of all the planets in the universe, by chance, simply does not exist.
The Bible tells us that God is the star breather. “By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of His mouth.” (Psalms 33:6)
Truly, “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heart. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the end of the world.” (Psalms 19:1-4)
Psalms 147:4-5 tells us that “He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name. Great is our Lord and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.”
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Yet the God who created the whole universe, who breathes forth the stars and knows their name, who spoke the earth into being and placed it in just the right place so that we could live and positioned it so that we could discover the world around us, this God was willing to humble Himself and come to earth in the form of a human baby. He loved us so much – us, the tiny little people, on a tiny little planet in the midst of the vast universe He spoke into being – that He was willing to die so that we could be reconciled to Him and have a relationship with Him. To rise so that we might live.
Does that not simply blow your mind away! Truly, our God is an awesome God! We do not revere Him as we should. Our minds cannot grasp how awesome and mighty He is and the depth of His mercy and grace!
Just some things that really struck me as I watched the movie last night. It was a really good movie to watch. If you’re anything like me, you’ll really come away amazed… and wanting to study astronomy! :)
~ A Servant of the King
To the praise of His glory…
Genesis 1:14-19 “And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs and mark seasons and days and years, and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. God made two great lights – the great light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning – the fourth day.”


The Great American Eclipse is coming, and with it plenty of ways to mark this once-in-a-lifetime occasion.
While the Central West End might not be in the path of true totality, our businesses have still come up with plenty of creative ways for you to get into the solar eclipse spirit.
A very limited edition treat! Available Aug. 19 & 21, the Eclipse Cupcake features a chocolate or vanilla cupcake topped with vanilla buttercream and a chocolate wafer eclipse.
Bring the kids to Jeni’s during the eclipse (11:50 a.m. to 2:44 p.m., to be precise) and treat them to a Supermoon kids cone for just $0.99. Offer valid for children only.
Mandarin Lounge is starting its countdown early, with an Eclipse Pre-Party on Aug. 19. Head to the rooftop at 8 p.m. for drink specials and music by DJ Greasy.
Stock up for your eclipse viewing party with on-theme treats from this locally owned grocer. Find great deals on Sun Chips, Moon Pies and Jeni’s Super Moon ice cream.
Sub Zero Vodka Bar’s vodka selection is always out of this world, but for the eclipse they’re recommending you try Outerspace Vodka, filtered through meteorites more than 4 billion years old!
Know of a CWE-centric eclipse special we missed? Send us an email and we’ll add it to the list.


Did You Know?
The Voyageurs National Park Service claims you can see the Northern Lights 200 times per year here in Northern Minnesota.
Where can I see the Northern Lights in Minnesota?
Is viewing the Northern Lights on your bucket list? We often hear that, so created this page to improve your chance of viewing the beautiful Aurora Borealis. For your best chance to see the northern lights dance, you need a clear, dark sky and some patience! But we love the hunt & think it’s worth it.
Northern Lights resort on Lake Kabetogama is a top destination to to see the Aurora Borealis in Northern Minnesota
- It is awe inspiring to view the northern lights reflect in our beautiful lake in the heart of Voyageurs National Park.
- The pictures you see on this page are taken right from our dock.
- Our resort is on Northern Lights Road and aptly named!
Follow our Facebook page to get aurora notifications for the Midwest and the north-lands!
How do I know when I can see the Northern Lights?
On this page, we provide some of our personal favorite resources for you to predict viewing the Aurora wherever you are! The predictions are a “guideline” of how “high of a probability” you have to view the Northern Lights in your area.
It’s a complicated science, but the key is the sun’s solar activity! We have provided the simple tools to keep you informed.
Here are the basics for viewing the Northern Lights and understanding the predictions:
1. The aurora “storms” are assigned a “KP level” of intensity, which gives an indicator of the size of the storm.
2. The higher the KP, the higher the chance of you viewing the Northern Lights.
3. So, you have to know when the KP levels are peaking to see the northern lights!
4. The NOAA “real time” Ovation map, gives you the best picture of your viewing possibility.
5. The darker and clearer the sky the better. City lights will mask your ability to see the northern lights. And the darker the moon, the better!
Tip: Scroll to the bottom of this page for reference links.
We have had the most success viewing the Auora Borealis by subscribing to the “Aurora Alerts” provided by Softserve Inc. We love it!
- A monthly subscription, is cheaper than a cup of coffee at Starbucks!
- The aurora alerts are tailored by you: to email, text or a phone call based on if you want to be awoken at night (or not)!
- For us: Steve says, “Don’t wake me up, I only want an email alert at night.”And Tracy Says, “Call me anytime! I don’t ever want to miss seeing the Aurora Dance.”
- There is a free trial period for the alerts if you would like to give them a try for yourself!
Interested in subscribing to the Aurora Alerts? Click here.
Enjoy this video created by Jim Brandenberg, a Minnesota Native, that has devoted his life to capturing on film the essence of the “north woods” in our beautiful border lakes region. This is just “1 day” of the Nature 365 videos and you can subscribe for free to a daily video of wilderness beauty at its finest. Jim captures the essence of the beauty and diversity of the great natural systems of the northern hemisphere, the boreal forest and the great plains, as they are when their wilderness is preserved.
Resources for Predicting Aurora Activity
For best viewing at our resort, we desire an Aurora Activity rating of: Moderate (4KP low on the horizon), Active(5KP) or High (>5KP).
- To view the real-time Aurora Forecast from NOAA – Click Here
- To see accurate forecast based on where you live – Click Here
- To interpret forecasts & learn more about the Northern Lights – Click Here
To Learn More
Read more about the Northern Lights on Wikipedia
Click the following link to view the image. When the image loads, right click the image and select “Set as Desktop Wallpaper.” You can also right click and select “Save As” to save the image to your hard drive.


NASA’s Kepler planet-hunting spacecraft has found two new worlds that have orbits and sizes similar to our world. NASA’s Kepler spacecraft also recently found a new planet – called HIP 116454b – that’s 180 light-years from Earth, 2.5 times its diameter, and has nine-day orbit around its sun.
HIP 116454b moves around a star that’s smaller and cooler than our sun – but conditions would still be too hot for life as we know it. The planet and its star are in the direction of the constellation Pisces.
Here’s what NASA says about how the Kepler spacecraft found the new planet:
Kepler’s onboard camera detects planets by looking for transits — when a distant star dims slightly as a planet crosses in front of it. The smaller the planet, the weaker the dimming, so brightness measurements must be exquisitely precise. To enable that precision, the spacecraft must maintain steady pointing.
The full academic report on the number of habitable planets includes three that had been previously confirmed, as well as one body, KOI-4427.01, that hasn’t technically been classified as a planet.
This is because the computer program that helped scientists determine the planetary mass and measurements was only 99.2 percent sure that KOI-4427.01 might be a planet.
For all the other planets, the determination was 99.7 percent. We’re counting it as the ninth planet in our numerical roundup because we’re unwilling to give poor KOI-4427.01 the Pluto treatment over a paltry .5 percent differential.
All 12 of these planets have been confirmed as existing within the habitable zone of their star, and nine of them are known to be rocky.
But don’t start getting ready to welcome your new alien overlords just yet. The potential for habitability is just that, potential. And if life is ever found elsewhere in the universe, the chances are good that it will be microscopic.
Still, the discovery is exciting. After all, now science fiction writers have 12 more planets (including KOI-4427.01, don’t forget!) to fill with fictional alien civilizations.


Gran Canaria has had strong links with space ever since a tracking station was constructed in 1960. This European Space Agency tracking station cemented Gran Canaria’s strong links with the United States and was used in various missions including some of the Apollo space missions.
There are more than 20 powerful telescopes at this facility and the exceptional quality of the Canarian sky is legally protected.
There are new plans to construct a theme park in the area where the satellite is to let you experience being an astronaut for a day! Future plans for this area, near Maspalomas in the south, include space camps.
The theme park will hopefully be finished and open for business by the end of 2008.
German, British and Russian entrepreneurs hope to remind people about the island’s strong links with space exploration and knowledge.
So now, if camel riding, fishing and shopping don’t excite you, you can find out what it’s like to be an astronaut!


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September’s Full Moon taking place on September 27th, will likely be one of the year’s biggest planetary events — As the moon will be in its closest proximity to Earth, it will appear up to 14 percent larger!!!
Make sure to go outside at 9:07 p.m. EDT to watch this spectacular event.
A spectrum of lunar events will occur Sunday evening in an event that won't happen for another 18 years.
First, it will be a total lunar eclipse which means that the Earth, sun and moon will all align precisely which only happens a few times a year. During the exact time of the eclipse, the moon will actually pass behind the Earth’s shadow over the span of several hours. Many of us will be able to see this happen visually in the night sky which will no doubt be a gorgeous site. Check out EarthSky for precise times of the eclipse around the world.
Second, it will be a supermoon which means when we look up at the night sky the brilliant glow will be breathtaking. Picture big, bright and beautiful. Supermoons happen when the moon is a little closer to the Earth and this one will be the closest out of all the full moons of 2015.
Third—this full moon takes place very close to the equinox (mark of a new season) which amplifies its energy considerably. Many will also refer to it as the Harvest Moon because traditionally this is the time of year that the crops are gathered.
Fourth, this particular lunar eclipse will be the fourth of four total lunar eclipses in a row, or the grand finale. The three preceding it took place on: April 15, 2014, October 8, 2014 and April 4, 2015. This pretty rare phenomenon, of four full lunar eclipses in a row, is referred to as a tetrad. The popular reference of Blood Moon has been given to each eclipse in this series and this one will be called that as well.
The moon itself might even have a reddish tint to it but I’ll leave all of us to be the judge of what we end up actually seeing. The coloring is going to depend on the atmospheric conditions of where in the world we see it from. Known as a blood moon, the moon will pass behind behind the Earth into its shadow, resulting in a red tint across its surface.
How does this affect you personally? For one thing, expect relationship dynamics to change. Many relationships have been in flux from as far back as July. With the shift in the planetary alignment, expect to see these issues begin to resolve and settle. Any old patterns that you've experienced will start to fade away, making room for new, healthier ways of communicating and being. In addition, there will be a bigger drive towards commitment and definition in relationships.
*special thanks to elephant journal
Want to absorb more of the moons energy and power? Why not make a glass bottle of moon water? Take distilled or fresh spring water, place in a glass receptacle and leave outside all Sunday night. Drink over the next fews days to absorb the charged and energized water.


We will travel to OMSI in Portland on Friday, February 26, 2016. Meet at 10:30 am and plan to eat an early lunch at the new eatery at OMSI called Theory. The restaurant encourages visitors to explore the science of food, and offers a tasty meal. Prices range from $4 to $12. We will watch the Planetarium show at 12:30 pm called the Perfect Little Planet (An ultimate space vacation on a solar system journey) That cost is $5.75 and the Van cost is $5.00. Please sign up on the sheet at the Welcome Window in the Narthex for a seat on the van.


Adler Planetarium to exhibit Sky Day Project!
Yes, the great Adler Planetarium in Chicago will exhibit Sky Day Project for Schools over Sky Day weekend! (Sky Day is September 22) So now your student's sky photos will be seen both in our on-line Sky Day Project Gallery AND at the Adler!
Your ' Sky Day Project' schedule!
Now: Make sure you have access to a twitter account to post your sky photos. Could be yours, your school's, etc. Don't have one? Its free and quick to sign up Twitter
September 15: Receive email from us with your two special hashtags. Anyone who posts with your special hashtags will be in your group.
Take your photos anytime! Here's a video from us you may want to show your students.
September 18 - 22: Post your sky photos anytime! Its quick and easy.
September 22 is Sky Day. This is the day we start exhibiting the Sky Day Project Gallery on-line (we'll send you the link, of course!) and the day the Adler Planetarium begins exhibiting it too!
On-line exhibit will run indefinitely. Adler exhibit September 22 - 25
Our team is working hard to build our Sky Day Project Gallery and we look forward to your participation. Students, parents and colleagues will enjoy seeing your group's sky photos on-line. Remember the gallery is interactive. It can be filtered by group, city, world and also by time. And it looks really cool! Please help us spread the word about Sky Day Project. The more schools and groups that participate the more meaningful and exciting the artwork will be!
We are also building our free interactive learning platform Only One Sky. With the input of talented artists, scientists, parents, educators, writers, child development experts and social scientists this platform will grow to offer teachers, parents and kids imaginative lesson plans, inspiring ideas, great articles, innovative projects, forums for discussion and exciting opportunities for international collaboration. If you have an idea for us please tell us here. We would love to hear from you! Help us build an unprecedented level of ecological citizenship with the world's students K-12!
In case you missed it
Nicole Stott and I were interview for WBEZ Chicago's Worldview (18 minutes). We talk about the Only One Sky Vision. As you will hear Nicole has had some amazing experiences that have given her an extraordinary perspective on things.
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Our students put together a great effort during their Milepost 3 IPC Exit Point.
Year 5 students explored our Solar System, its planet and how they orbit the sun. Then they embarked on their topic "Mission to Mars" where they learnt what it takes to be an astronaut, Mars landforms and the myths surrounding life on Mars.
While our Year 6 students focused on their "Weather and Climate" topic and put together a detailed presentation discussing the various topics from tornadoes to The Coriolis Effect and The Hydrological Cycle and their importance to mother nature.
Here is their great work.


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Unfortunately their final launch attempt today (Friday 27 May) has been aborted due to mechanical issues with the balloon equipment.
Today’s launch attempt was the sixth and final attempt of the 2022 Wanaka Balloon Campaign.
We will update this page with details of the 2023 campaign later in the year when we have them.
Can the public watch the launch?
Please note you won't be able to access Wanaka Airport for the launch.
Immediately after lift-off the balloon will be visible for miles around - the best viewing points will be on the Hawea Flat side of the Clutha River, on Mt Iron or on the hill on the Hawea side of the Red Bridge by Kane Rd.
You can view a live feed of the launch here.
And track the balloon on its journey here.
Road Closure Notice
On the day of the launch roads around Wanaka Airport will be closed for a maximum of one hour between 7am and 11am.
Road blocks will be in place at the junction of State Highway 6 & 8A just north of Luggate, on State Highway 6 north of Stevenson Road, and on Mt Barker Rd just north of the intersection with State Highway 6.
Detours via the Albert Town Bridge and Kane Road will be in place.
See the map below for further detail.
In March 2015, Wanaka Airport became the site of New Zealand’s first scientific space balloon launch.
NASA and the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF) launched a helium-filled space balloon as a trial to see whether Wanaka would be a suitable site to become part of its global scientific network. If the trial launch was deemed successful, future balloons would carry a payload of scientific equipment to help NASA’s investigations into the effects of cosmic rays on the atmosphere, the origins of the universe and the hunt for new planets.
The 2015 Wanaka launch was a success and the $1.6 million super pressure balloon flew for 32 days, 5 hours and 51 minutes before being brought down in a remote area of Australia.
The team returned in 2016 to once again launch a SPB from Wanaka. In addition to testing another SPB, the mission flew the University of California, Berkeley’s, Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) payload. COSI investigated longstanding mysteries of the universe, such as those surrounding the births and deaths of stars, positrons, pulsars and black holes. The SPB was successfully launched from Wanaka on May 17 2016 and flew for 46 days.
NASA launched its third super pressure balloon from Wanaka on Tuesday 25 April 2017 (ANZAC Day) to perform another flight test of its super pressure balloon. In addition, the balloon will this year fly the University of Chicago's Extreme Universe Space Observatory (EUSO-SPB) payload as a mission of opportunity. To commemorate the day, NASA launched the balloon with a poppy attached in a nod to the ANZACs.
EUSO-SPB is a high-energy cosmic ray particle astrophysics payload that will test a fluorescence detector and its supporting technologies under the severe operating conditions of the stratosphere. This suborbital flight is a precursor for a mission being planned to launch the EUSO telescope to and install it on the International Space Station (ISS).
NASA also announced they will build a dedicated 600 metre diameter gravel launch pad for the 2017 launch. This will enable operations to run alongside normal airport operations on launch day and minimise the impact on users and operators. NASA has also confirmed its commitment to Wanaka as a launch site for up to the next ten years.
NASA completed its third mid-latitude Super Pressure Balloon (SPB) flight at 11:24 p.m. EDT, Saturday, May 6, after 12 days, 4 hours and 34 minutes aloft.
Flight controllers at NASA’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Palestine, Texas, conducted a controlled flight termination of the balloon, which slowly descended back to Earth impacting in the South Pacific Ocean about 200 miles south of Easter Island.
Read about the 2022 launch here.
Wanaka launch, 25 April 2017
Wanaka launch, 17 May 2016
Wanaka launch, 27 March 2015
See the Wanaka launch as it happened:
Visit www.nasa.gov/scientificballoons for more information.


Perhaps it was luck that the Discovery shuttle happened to launch on Independence Day – or was it intentional? With several launch attempts scrubbed it was luck for us that the launch happened on July 4th. Although we could technically see shuttles in the past from the Orlando area Jason had his heart set on seeing a shuttle closer, even more so Hope was rather eager to see the “spaceship”. So on the fly we drove over towards Cape Canaveral.
With much amazement the traffic on the way there was not bad at all. Until, of course, we came within 6 miles of the Visitor’s complex – which is exactly where we stopped. It was much like a parking lot in the middle of a highway, but the sense of anticipation and unity of those who came to see the spectacle was pretty remarkable. And now that the launch has gone and passed everyone knows that the shuttle made it safely into orbit – however, that sense of the unknown made way for huge cheers amongst the crowd of people standing in the heat in the middle of a highway.


Below is the evidence from scriptures proving the writings of Bhavishya malika –
“जथा चंद्र तथा तिस्य ब्रहस्पतिस्य बृहस्पति एक रासो मनुष्यन्तितदा भवितत कृतं।“
“Jatha Chandra Tatha Tisya Bhrahaspatiya Brihaspati Ek Raso Manushyantidadaa Bhavtit Krutam”
The meaning of the above verse is-
Moon, Sun and Jupiter meeting at one place in Pushya Nakshatra (constellation) at the same time is clearly described in Shrimad Bhagwat as a pre-notification of the arrival of Satyug. Such a formation was formed in the year 1943 on a Sunday in the month of August and in the same year Ashtagrahakoot (Octo Planetary formation) also happened.
The proof of this is clearly found in the scripture of Chaturyuga Ganana (Calculation of the four yugas/eras), which was written by Brahma’s son Manu himself, which is written as follows…
“चतुर्यहु सहस्त्राणि बरसाणं तत युगम कृतं
तस्य पावक्छती संध्या संध्या सस्चथा बुधः“
“Chaturyahu Sahastranani Barsanam Tat Yugam Krutam
Tasya Pavkchati Sandhya Sandhya Saschtha Budha”
Transition period (Sandhikal) from Kali Yuga to Satya Yuga will begin after four thousand four hundred years. According to the scriptures, ten percent time period of a yuga is also included along with the time period of a yuga in the Yuga Ganana i.e. yuga calculation.
The total duration of Kali Yuga is 4800 years, which includes 4400 years of Kali Yuga and 400 years of transition period (Sandhya Kaal), after which Kali Yuga will end. According to the Jagannath Panjika of Orissa, 5124 years of Kaliyuga is going on at present. According to the Panjika of South India, at present Kaliyuga’s 5122 years is going on. Thus it can be concluded that Kaliyuga has already ended.
Lord Kalki has incarnated on the holy land of Orissa and currently the work of establishment of Dharma is also going on. In the forthcoming time, mankind will see the terrible destruction with its own eyes.


The stunning beauty of this occurrence in the sky is so much that people have travelled far to witness it in action. In fact, there are vacations for Alaska where they guarantee you this awesome sight.
When this dramatic phenomenon occurs in the sky, mankind is awestruck with the brilliance of the light that brightens earth’s atmosphere with sheer magic. Do you need telescope or binoculars to watch it? None of these are required, they are such immense stream of lights, you can never miss them. You can easily spot them provided you are in the right place at right time.
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Have you seen the Northern Lights?
WriterArtist, Thank you for all the pictures, practicalities and products.
Yes, I have seen the Northern Lights; your information indicates beautifully what viewers are in for.
Your astronomy-related series is fascinatingly reader-friendly. In particular, I like your correlating aurora colors with atmospheric heights above ground-level and with colliding atoms.
This has been on my to -do list for quite some time and your lovely article here makes me wonder why I haven't gone up there sooner to see. Sometimes, just occasionally they are seen in Lancashire.
TY for posting
I've always heard how spectacular the northern lights are... now I know a little more about how this happens. I don't think I'll ever get to see them in person, but one never knows.
I have seen the Aurora Borealis many times and each time it's taken my breath away. When it appears near the South Pole, it's called Aurora Australis.
We tried to see them when they were close to where we were in Maine on vacation last September, but we were just south of where they were...it is a dream of mine to see them before leaving this earth.
I would LOVE to see the northern lights, but doubt I ever well. Fortunately, I'm able to see them on youtube videos.
I've learned a few interesting things. Thank you! Good to see you back on Wizzley :)


Sen—Lunar exploration has always been exclusively a matter for nation states, but it is now within the reach of private enterprise and a growing number of companies are looking to explore the Moon in the next few years.
Although it's four decades since the last astronaut walked on the Moon in 1972, NASA still plan to return. There is no rallying call from the President this time, but NASA envisage manned missions to the Moon when publicising the capabilities of their next rocket and spacecraft, Orion. Other nations have lunar ambition, notably China. The Moon falls within China's space strategy for the next few years, as announced by the Chinese government in December 2011.
This time NASA is not planning to do it all on its own. As with spaceflight, NASA is again partnering with private enterprise for the second generation of lunar exploration, referred to as Moon 2.0.
The first lunar landings in the 1960s and 1970s represented a race between nation states. The new race is among private companies that are developing new robotic spacecraft to explore the Moon. NASA wishes to learn from these companies to assist with its own plans for future exploration missions - not just to the Moon, but to asteroids and other solar system destinations.
NASA's Innovative Lunar Demonstrations Data (ILDD) program, managed by the Lunar Lander project office at the Johnson Space Center, was set up in 2010 and announced a series of contracts in October 2010. The ILDD Program enables the space agency to buy data from commercial operations that are developing lunar lander technologies.
In October 2010 NASA announced it had awarded six companies contracts to purchase data under its ILDD program. NASA's interest is in gathering information on the new technologies being developed, such as system testing and integration, launch, in-space manoeuvers, braking burns and lunar landing. NASA plans to use such data to develop future lander systems necessary to execute human and robotic missions to the moon, near-Earth asteroids or other solar system destinations.
In December 2010 NASA's ILDD office announced it had agreed to purchase data from three companies at $0.5m each. The contracts were awarded to Moon Express, Astrobotic Technology and Dynetics. Under the terms of the contracts, each company will have to prove a critical technical component of a lunar lander is ready for spaceflight. All three companies are involved with teams competing for the Google Lunar X PRIZE.
"NASA is going to be a strong a leader in Moon 2.0, just as it was in the famous Moon race of the 1960s. But this time, NASA will show leadership by partnering with international partners and especially with commercial enterprises, in addition to conducting its own missions,” commented William Pomerantz, the Senior Director of Space Prizes at the X PRIZE Foundation.
On April 23, 2012, Moon Express announced it had delivered a mission design package to NASA under the ILDD, providing NASA with details of its lunar robotic missions and plans to mine the Moon for precious metals and water.
Moon Express, one of the companies awarded an ILDD contract to supply data to NASA, has also signed a Reimbursable Space Act Agreement with NASA for the development of the Moon Express lunar lander. Whilst the company will earn revenue from its ILDD agreement, under the Space Act Agreement Moon Express can purchase technical assistance and technology from NASA.
The race to the Moon by private companies is epitomised by the Google Lunar X PRIZE (GLXP). The GLXP is the largest incentive prize in history - a reflection of the vast technological and financial challenges of landing a spacecraft on the Moon. First prize of $20 million will be awarded to the first company to land a robotic rover on the Moon, travel 500 metres and transmit video, images and data back to Earth.
There are 25 teams left competing for the $30m prize pot, following the acqusition of one of the teams, Next Giant Leap, by another, Moon Express, in May 2012.
The runner-up gets $5 million and the remaining $5m prize money will be made available to teams that go beyond the basic requirements – such as travelling five kilometres (three miles), capturing images of relics of the Apollo programme, verifying the presence of water, or surviving a lunar night. But there is a time limit. Whoever makes it to the Moon must do so by the end of 2015 when the prize fund expires.


The plan I found to be the most interesting and that actually had some tests done was the "Tractor Pulling" plan. The plan in itself is simple and almost sounds ludicrous but with some more thought given in to it, might just work but at an extremely high cost. This plan could go two ways, one is cheap and possibly beneficial to the planet but more risky and the other is expensive but overall more safe than the previous. The first plan is not really a defense plan but could act as one if the initial test is successful. NASA plans to sends a probe or probes out to an asteroid headed in our general direction and see if they can alter the gravity of the object and ultimately alter the trajectory of the space rock. To do this, the probe will fly alongside the asteroid and slowly remove chunks of the rock in hope of changing the objects gravitational field. The original application of this plan was to be used to bring small asteroids into orbit of the moon so that astronauts could use it as a pit stop on their way to Mars in 2030. The physics for this plan would be tricky but possible and since this plan is already on schedule to be tested it may very well be the best solution we have to date. Things to consider when going with this plan would be the mass of the object, the force of gravity of the asteroid (which we need the mass and the radius of the asteroid), how dense the asteroid is and how fast it is traveling towards Earth. Given the quantities that are needed to be known we can see that changing the asteroid mass would affect the overall gravitational force of the object, possibly changing its course. For example, all of the planets in the solar system revolve around the sun because of gravity and the huge amount of gravitational pull the sun has, since gravity depends on mass these planets must be at an exact and constant mass to maintain their orbit. If Earth suddenly became less massive its orbit would change. The same could be said about an asteroid going towards Earth, since it is also caught in the sun's gravitational field. The proof is in Newton's equation for the gravity of two objects (Fgrav -proportional to- m1*m2/d^2) whereas the mass of the two objects is directly proportional to the final gravity. The only problem I see with this plan is that it could possibly put the Earth in more danger, especially in its testing phase. This is due to the fact that they would be bringing in an asteroid closer to Earth instead of redirecting it away from Earth. The second plan is quite similar but could prove to be safer, if it is even possible. For the second defense technique NASA wishes to send one big probe or several probes to throw the asteroid off course using gravity. This could be a possible solution but only if they could gather enough force to counteract the asteroid's gravity (which could be large depending on the asteroid's mass and radius) and even if this amount of force needed to transmit the required impulse can be harnessed it still must be directed at the rock and forced upon it for quite sometime for the change to be effective enough. In short, NASA would need to deploy this plan as early as possible to ensure success. Basically this plan is to change the objects momentum in general. Quantities needed in this plan would be the mass, acceleration, radius, and overall velocity.
I do not own these images.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRddhIVvdAY


Interacting binary stars & astronomical instrumentation
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Interacting Binary Stars
Some of the most interesting binary stars are close pairings, where one compact component (typically a white dwarf, neutron star or black hole) is accreting mass from the other component (typically a white dwarf, brown dwarf or main-sequence star). These interacting binary stars (which include Cataclysmic Variables (CVs) and X-ray Binaries) are responsible for some of the most exotic phenomena observed in the Universe, such as Type Ia Supernovae, short Gamma-Ray bursts, millisecond pulsars and micro-quasars. At Sheffield, we investigate these objects using a series of high-speed cameras and robotic telescopes that we have developed, as described below.
The ancient Greeks believed the Universe to be perfect and unchanging, whereas we now know that astronomical objects vary in brightness on timescales ranging from milliseconds to billions of years. Although astronomy has made great strides in recent years, the study of the most rapidly varying phenonema (on timescales of milliseconds to seconds) has been largely ignored. To address this situation, we have built a series of high-speed cameras (ULTRACAM, ULTRASPEC, HiPERCAM) and mounted them on the world's largest telescopes to study astronomical objects which eclipse, transit, occult, flicker, flare, pulsate, oscillate, erupt, outburst or explode, thereby opening up a new region of observational parameter space for discovery.
ULTRACAM is an ultra-fast, triple-beam imaging photometer, which we use at the 4.2-m William Herschel Telescope (WHT) on La Palma, the 8.2-m Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, and the 3.5m New Technology Telescope (NTT) in Chile. The instrument was built by a consortium involving the Universities of Sheffield and Warwick, and the UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UKATC), Edinburgh. ULTRACAM currently leads the world in the field of high-speed optical astrophysics and has been used to study white dwarfs, brown dwarfs, red dwarfs, pulsars, black-hole/neutron-star X-ray binaries, gamma-ray bursts, cataclysmic variables, eclipsing binary stars, extrasolar planets, active galactic nuclei, asteroseismology and occultations by Solar System objects (Titan, Pluto and Kuiper Belt objects).
ULTRASPEC is a high-speed camera employing a frame-transfer electron-multiplying CCD (EMCCD) and the data acquisition system of ULTRACAM. The project is a collaboration between the Universities of Sheffield, Warwick and the UKATC. ULTRASPEC is permanently mounted on the 2.4m Thai National Telescope (TNT), providing Sheffield and Warwick with 25 nights per year of time to pursue a programme of research into high-speed astrophysics.
HiPERCAM is our latest high-speed camera for the study of rapid variability in the Universe. The project is funded by a 3.5 MEuro European Research Council Advanced Grant. HiPERCAM will be a major advance on ULTRACAM and ULTRASPEC. It will be able to image simultaneously in 5 optical channels - u' g' r' i' z' - at rates of over 1000 frames per second. The detectors will have a FoV of 10' and will employ custom-made frame-transfer CCDs, with 4 low noise outputs (2.5e-) and ~180K cooling giving essentially zero dark current. The two reddest CCDs will be deep-depletion devices with anti-etaloning, providing high quantum efficiencies across the optical spectrum with no fringing. The instrument will also incorporate scintillation noise correction via the conjugate-plane photometry technique. HiPERCAM will see first light on the WHT in 2017, and we then hope to mount it on the largest telescope in the world: the 10.4m Gran Telescopio de Canarias (GTC) on La Palma.


BLACKNESS! Train heard a roar surround him and felt as if he was being sucked into the guts of a jet engine. At first, he could see nothing. Then, he noticed streams of light rushing past him like laser beams on track to the edge of the universe. He was spinning and tumbling out of control through space at unbelievable speed. He screamed but could not hear himself over the roar which vibrated through his bones. Galaxies, planets, solar systems whizzed by in the blink of an eye, but he could do nothing. Time seemed to slow down to a crawl. Train didn’t know how long he endured the trip. He realized it was over when he came to on the surface of some strange moon.


Today, a rare event is occurring: a solar eclipse. A solar eclipse is when the moon moves so that it is in front of the sun, blocking the sun’s rays totally for 2-3 minutes. This solar eclipse is particularly important because it spans the entire continental U.S., going from Oregon at 12: 20 to North Carolina at 1: 50 (central time).
There are reports of the eclipse making animals do silly things: the birds acting confused, owls and bats coming out, fish hiding their young from nocturnal predators, and llamas migrating to pastures . This most recent eclipse will probably have similar reactions.
are sea creatures affected by the eclipse?
Astronomer Doug Duncan was watching an eclipse off the shores of the Galapagos Islands when, reportedly, “all of the whales and dolphins in the vicinity, dozens of them, surfaced and swam back and forth, watching the eclipse. Five minutes after totality, they all swam away.”
On July 20th, 1963, scientists were waiting 200 miles south of Massachusetts, monitoring a large number of resting deep sea creatures such as squid, shrimp, jellyfish, as well as many odd, sometimes glowing animals. The moon slowly moved in front of the sun as the scientists watched their sonar equipment. Suddenly, all of the animals began a frantic, 3,000 feet journey to the surface.
So, yes, sea creatures are affected by an eclipse.


Late tonight I sat out on my front stoop and looked up. For a loooong time. I was hoping to catch a glimpse of the Perseid meteor shower. I figured, hey! I’m up, and it’s nearly midnight, why not get a giant kink in my neck and try to see something cool? I’m so glad I did. I didn’t see a meteor shower. I didn’t have the patience to stick around long enough, I assume, to see whatever the night would bring. Instead, I got a stern reminder of my size. I can’t tell you the last time I sat and looked at the stars. I’m up late - a lot. But I'm not sure when was the last time I sat and looked up and really felt my place in this world. Even as I type this, my neck is a little stiff. What I saw was reminder of how tiny we are on this planet. All those concerns I have about myself, about my children, about my marriage…they seem relatively, well…insignificant, I guess, when you consider the width and breadth of the universe.
As I craned my neck to witness whatever was going to happen above my house, at 11:30-ish pm, with the front porch light off, I saw a shooting star. Not a meteor shower, but a single, fantastic shooting star. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen one before. But I do know this: weird things happen to me. A lot. Weird things in my own mind, probably. Things the rest of you would merely scoff at, or make fun of. I know…it’s okay. My husband takes every opportunity to remind me that I might be crazy. Just a little bit. After my grandpa died, I started seeing cardinals. Red birds. Everywhere. Seriously, I am the cardinal whisperer. There is a giant one at my work that lives in the tree above the parking lot. One in my backyard who frequently flies onto my porch when I’m leaning over my kitchen counter looking out the window. I’m a firm believer in signs. Signs of what? I’m never quite sure.
Tonight? I saw a shooting star. It quite literally took my breath away. I sat with my right hand over my heart just breathing in and out for a while. I don’t know what it means. I don’t know that it means anything at all. But it was amazing, and it made me feel tiny. Tiny and safe. Because if there is someone looking out for me up there – or out there – that was pretty freaking cool. Thanks.