have you seen em?? trip out! Here is a list of 10 of the strangest stars that we have seen in space. Some are similar to our own Sun and some display properties that are incredibly unusual and much different than our own. One type of star that is actually very strange is a Wolf-Rayet:…
Does Your “Height Change” at the Oregon Vortex?
is this famous mystery for real? Have you heard of the mystery of the Oregon Vortex? If not, they claim that your height will change simply by walking a couple steps away from the place where you first measuered it. The comments are very spirited on whether this is bogus or not. The sign outside…
Can “Liquid Metal” Actually Solve This Maze?
what is your guess? Physics can surprise us in ways we have never even thought of. Who likes puzzles and mazes? Although extremely cool the purpose of this experiment was to prove a hypothesis based on some very neat physics. Despite the seemingly simple setup of the maze the properties of physics they are testing…
Top 10 “Super Earths” Discovered This Year
this is crazy…did you know about THESE? Exoplanets may be the biggest discovery in all of astronomy for the last decade. Some may argue other galaxies and the like may be more fitting to say are the most amazing finds. However, actual planets that may have properties like ours and that are observable with giant…
Astronomers Discover a “Wind Nebula” That…
They have never seen anything like it before. Apparently they found a wind nebula around the most powerful magnet they have ever spotted in the universe. What does that mean exactly? Here is how they describe it: A massive cloud of high-energy particles called a wind nebula has been spotted encircling an incredibly rare ultra-magnetic…
Is The Great Pyramid Actually Lopsided or is That Hogwash?
hmmm…let’s find out if this is fact or bogus Archaeologists have come out with an unprecendented statement. Now the great pyramid at Giza may be the most well known and debated archaeological site of all time. It was constructed thousands of years ago and is still very mysterious. Most notable is the precision with which…
Wonder How a Black Hole Jet Busts Through a Galaxy?
FINALLY… After decades of research astronomers have finally figured out this mystery. These space phenomena are potentially the most debated in all of astronomy. There are even some astronomers who say they don’t exist. For the one’s that do think they exist, the have solved a problem that perplexed them for a long time: Sometimes…
What Is This “Liquid Planet” Theory All About?
have you heard of this? THIS theory is so strange and changes what we think we know about planets. Astronomers have different theories on the universe but this one will make you scratch your head. From string theory to the theory that the universe is one big vacuum there are differing ideas about this vast…
They Just Found New Evidence Regarding “Planet X”
whoa this is AWESOME… This might just be one of the biggest discoveries in astronomy…ever. You may have heard of “planet x” some people call it by different names. it is all but proven to be just at the edge of our solar system from numerous astronomers. It was the team at Cal Tech that noticed…
Where is the Top 5 Most Mysterious “Space Signals” Coming From?
the origins are STILL unknown… From the SETI program to crop circles there have been plenty of mysterious regarding things we may have or have not “detected”. Even in the last year or less there has been updates about an “alien star” which is sending off some strange signals. Here is another to add to…
The Things That Live On Mars…Science Fiction Or Science Reality?
could there be SOMETHING out there? The Curiosity rover and other data has presented a strange scenario. The ever informative and interestinc “SpaceRip” does it again with a great video that explores Mars from an astronomical as well as a theoretical perspective: At the end of the 19th century, the Italian astronomer, Giovanni Schiaparelli, noted…
What in the Heck is “Gravitational Lensing?
have you heard of THIS? This term is not often discussed but has very big universal importance. Many of Einstein’s theories and experiments have gotten a resurgence in the last year or so including the 1971 time experiment. And in the enclosed video they get into depth in regards to how we view the universe…
This “Treasure Trove” Of Planets Is Unlikely
Astronomers found an amazing discovery… The Messier 67 cluster has some planets orbiting stars there which has baffled some people. This was considered an extremely unlikely discovery as this is an extremely rare phenomenon for clusters like this. There have been a lot of exoplanets discovered like kepler 452-b and others but they do not…
To This Day NO ONE Can Get Their Head Around It..
maybe we were not meant to… The one philosopher early in this video states infinity is an illusion just like the speed of light once was. That doesn’t make sense does it? There are people on both sides of the debate here, and this is a disagreement that has lasted for centuries. Well here is…
The “Alien Star” That Everyone Is Talking About…
It is still early…and there is an UPDATE The alien star if you haven’t heard has had the internet going crazy. An unknown formation around this star has people suspecting that it was made by extraterrestrials. However, some astronomers are doubting early speculation: In bad news for alien enthusiasts, initial observations of the mysterious ‘alien…
Astronomers Want to “Terraform” Jupiter and Mars…
is that even possible? Is this a good idea as first it was Jupiter and now Mars is being discussed for this strange deployment? There have been many discussions, and some that have progressed pretty far in regards to terraforming other planets. That entails trying to manipulate a planetery environment so that life could flourish…
They May Have Found Cosmic Particles Inside the Pyramids
wait what? THIS may be the most promising test telling us who built the pyramids. Out of all of archaeology, you would be hard pressed to find a more discussed and debated topic as the pyramids in Egypt. From heiroglyphics, to carbon dating and other methods, it seems as if the only fact that archaeologists…
They Captured a “Ginormous” Squid On Camera
is this science fiction or science reality? The mysterious giant squid has been reported by sailors and in books for centuries and one was discovered by Russian scientists. You may or may not have heard stories about this mythical creature. There have been different drawings and tales told about this creature in a lot of novels. UPDATE:…
What is the Smallest Thing in the Universe?
this “THING” is debateable… HINT: it is not an atom or electron and waaaay smaller. Many videos cover the largest distances that we can even imagine measured in light years! However this one examines: the smallest unit of measurement in the Universe, the Planck Length. What is Planck Length? Is this just a subatomic particle, theory…
They Put Lasers in Space to Test one of Einstein’s Theories
can you guess what happens? One theory of science finally gets put to the test. Here is the background from the story: According to Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity, all bodies in a vacuum regardless of their properties are accelerated by the Earth’s gravity at the same rate. This principle of equivalence applies to stones,…
