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Massive Solar Storm Fills Lovers of Beauty with Awe and Disappoints Gloom and Doom Brigade - Jennifer Stewart
In a world and an era where there are so many thugs, crooks, hypocrites and charlatans, where the concept of truth has become fuzzy around the edges, where murder, rape, robbery, serial-you-name-it abounds, where corruption and integrity-bending drives politics and the boardroom, and where... Submitted 121 days 8 hours ago.

The Meteorite Incident - Jack H. Schick
I have to get up at quarter to five every morning, so ten o’clock is past my bed time. That’s when they air one of my favorite TV shows, “Meteorite Men.” I don’t pay my TV people extra to have a recorder, so I have to watch it live. My wife thinks it's sort of a... Submitted 128 days 1 hour ago.

Can A Full Moon Cause Strange Behavior & Even Cause Labor Pains? Myth or Truth? - Fran Larson
Years ago I worked at a hospital as a Switchboard Operator. It was the hub and heartbeat of the hospital. I knew so much that was going on throughout those halls and doors. I remember when I worked the night shift during a full moon. It was both chaotic and eerie. Even some of the doctors and... Submitted 1 year 49 days ago.

More on Aliens and the Fears of Stephen Hawking - - Morten St. George
This article is a follow-up to my article Are Aliens Something to Fear?, which I recently released to the public. In view of my desire to attempt a wide distribution for the first article, my remarks had to be somewhat restrained. Here I am referring to my critique of Stephen Hawking's... Submitted 1 year 51 days ago.

Get Ready For the Biggest Full Moon in 19 Years - Drunken Mystic
All of us will be witnessing one of the rarest events next weekend, when the moon approaches its closest point to Earth. This is going to be the biggest full moon in about 19 years. The 19th of March will be an unusual huge full moon day as the moon will be progressing during its 28-day cycle... Submitted 1 year 77 days ago.

Zodiac Signs Stay The Same In West Even Though Earth Wobbles: Don’t Change Your Tattoo Yet. - Fran Larson
There is still so much confusion right now about Zodiac signs changing, I thought it best to follow up on my article: http://SearchWarp.com/swa680977-New-Zodiac-Sign-Dates-Ophiuchus-The-13th-Sign-Help-I-Am-Now-Gemini-Not-Cancer.htm . (It was meant to be a tongue-in-cheek take off on all the... Submitted 1 year 130 days ago.

How The Earth (and Life) May End: The Unseen Killer of Polar shift - - Paul Schroeder
"Some say the World will end in a bang; others say the Earth will die in a whisper." The planet that we live on is dependently grateful for the living light of its only sun. But this light that gives us life will soon turn against us. A planetary magnetic pole shift, episodic, less stable... Submitted 2 years 130 days ago.

War of the Worlds? NASA to Send CIA Agent and Pentagon Official to Mars - Mark Parsec
Colonists on Mars ( Public Domain Image ) NASA has chosen potential candidates for what could be its first manned mission to Mars in 2015. Of the 3,500 individuals that applied for the training program fourteen have been selected, nine from the United States, three from Canada and two from Japan.... Submitted 2 years 160 days ago.

Scientists May Learn Something New - - Joel Hendon
Most accuse me of constantly denigrating scientists. Not true. I only denigrate the ones who already know it all and will not listen to anyone who disagrees with them. Even from among their own colleagues. They have a habit of, whenever something new is discovered, immediately forming their... Submitted 3 years 237 days ago.

Dark Side Of The Moon and Other Myths - Octavia Hansen
There is no moon light, it is reflected sun light. The sun does not rise or set. The Earth is rotating around a stationary object of this solar system. The entire moon is dark, there is no dark side. The moon rotates with the Earth. We see the same side all the time, the angle changes and... Submitted 248 days 18 hours ago.

13th Zodiac Sign Ophiuchus Generates Excitement For Assisted Living Facilities Los Angeles Residents - - Gloria H Schneider
Astronomers from the Minnesota Planetarium Society have found that because of the moon's gravitational pull on Earth, the alignment of the stars has been pushed back by about a month. According to conjecture, star signs were created some 2,000 years ago by tracking where the sun was in the sky... Submitted 1 year 132 days ago.

UFO Phenomenon, Space Aliens and Filmmaking Technology - - Sid Kali
UFO phenomenon, space aliens and filmmaking technology are interesting to me. I have been watching documentaries on UFO phenomenon and space aliens lately. It is an interesting topic if you are a believer or nonbeliever that extraterrestrial life exists and has visited this planet. There is... Submitted 1 year 138 days ago.

Total Lunar Eclipse Becomes Total Let Down for Curious Couple - - Mogama
Based on news report of astronomers' finding we join the privileged ones who should be able to watch a total lunar eclipse starting about 12:30 AM Central Time on Tuesday, December 21, 2010. In more than 18 years of marriage, this will be our first time as a couple seeing a lunar eclipse of any... Submitted 1 year 155 days ago.

Retrograde Motion - An Attempt to Explain Something Simple by Making it Complex and Untrue - - Theodore Sumrall
One phenomenon that aincient astronomers had difficulty explaining was the retrograde motion of the planets. Over the course of a single night, a planet will move from East to West across the sky, like any other celestial object near the ecliptic. Most objects in our sky appear to rise somewhere... Submitted 1 year 167 days ago.

Big Bang Booming - Back to the Future - - mike strauss
Theoretical cosmologists spend much of their time perfecting what is now known as the 'Big Bang' theory. This concept originates from ideas percolating in the minds of scientists, theologians and astronomers down through the ages. However, much of what they consider as proof for the 'Big... Submitted 1 year 297 days ago.

Galactic Mystery - Matter - On the Dark Side - - mike strauss
Scientific inquiry can be described as a sequence of observations leading to a hypothesis which must be tested by experimentation. The results either validate or invalidate the hypothesis which was under test. Unfortunately, the interpretation of the data sometimes does not elucidate some new... Submitted 1 year 297 days ago.

Following the Star - Curtis Skaggs
Locating the North Star is one of the easiest things to do. As long as it's not cloudy that is. If you can find the North Star then you can find your way. So, if you know where you're going then you really aren't lost are you? Several years ago while serving as a Navigator in the Navy I... Submitted 2 years 120 days ago.

Leonid Meteor Shower Makes Waking Up Early Worthwhile - Abigail Richards
I am not a morning person, but there is something to be said about waking up early to watch God's firework show. One of the most amazing meteor showers will take place in the pre-dawn hours on Nov. 17. Of course, those in Asia will have the best view seeing a predicted 200 to 300 meteors per... Submitted 2 years 191 days ago.

Cosmic Latte - The Color of the Universe - Andy Thomas
Cosmic Latte is the name given to the average color of universe , which I came across recently on Nasa's Astronomy Picture of the Day . I wondered, rather pointlessly perhaps, what would its RGB code value be? Back in 2002, after computationally averaging the light emitted by 200,000... Submitted 2 years 196 days ago.

Looking for Identified Flying Objects, Courtesy of NASA - Danny Davids
It was 9 pm and I was getting excited. "What time did you say this was supposed to happen?" I asked my wife. "Between 9:10 and 9:20," she replied. "They say best visibility is around 9:17." I let the dogs out back to do their business, glancing anxiously at the sky. I was trying to find the... Submitted 2 years 301 days ago.

Stranger than Fiction... - - Ray Wilkinson
Attention turned to the skies this week as a defunct Russian military satellite collided with US corporate communications satellite. As people asked how this could happen in a place as empty as space is supposed to be, a computer generated image was released by the European Space Agency (ESA)... Submitted 3 years 97 days ago.

How Newton’s Telescope Changed the World - Will Kalif
Sir Isaac Newton didn't use his telescope to find any new things in the universe but he did use it to radically transform how we view the world we live in and the universe as a whole. He is often considered as the greatest Astronomer and Mathematician to ever live. There is a lot of validity to... Submitted 3 years 254 days ago.

Will The Phoenix Lander Make A Mockery Of Evolution? - - Josh Greenberger
June 24, 2008 - The Phoenix lander's May 31st, 2008, transmission of photos of ice on Mars is being hailed as a possible breakthrough in our search for life on other planets. The hope is to test the ice for evidence of organic compounds that are the chemical building blocks of life. This kind of... Submitted 3 years 336 days ago.

Should you buy a Reflector or a Refractor Telescope? - - Will Kalif
This article takes a look at the two main types of telescopes and explains the benefits of each. It will help you purchase a telescope that is right for your needs, budget, and wants. There are a lot of factors to consider before you buy a telescope. And these factors range from price, to... Submitted 4 years 124 days ago.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - - David Tanguay
When I was a child, the heavens (the stars in the sky) would fascinate me so much. I could stare up at them for hours and be at awe with the knowledge of knowing that every one of those stars is an entity in itself. A science teacher told us (as a class) that our sun is only an average size... Submitted 4 years 136 days ago.

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