this place is STRANGE.. There are 3 mysteries in particular that make this place like no other on Earth. The Atacama Desert is in Chile and resembles the red planet…also known as Mars in a lot of ways. Here are the first two: 1. Extremely Dry Climate It is known as the driest non polar…
Could This Actually Be The First Pic of An Alien Planet?
No way? This planet is only 25 light years away and it is making quite a buzz. And it actually orbits a star named Femalhut. Maybe that could be like the movie Beetlejuice part 2 (the 80s classic that was named after the red giant betelguise. The planet they discovered here was the first of…
Egypt’s Great Pyramid Shows Mysterious “Heat Spots” After A Scan
What could be causing them to heat up? All three different stones in the pyramid showed these properties after a thermal imaging scan. They showed higher temperatures than those shown in other pyramids. Add this to the various mysteries in the region. This is a bit more background into this strange findings: Officials said possible…
Astronomers Discover a Massive Planet That Went Astray
how did THIS happen? It is over 8X as large as Jupiter. There has been a lot of talk about exoplanets lately and including a potential newly discovered planet at the edge of our solar system. And now you can add one more to the archive of mysterious planetary discoveries in the last year. Here…
Dude Makes A “Solar Death Ray” From His Backyard
Is this crazy or crazy clever? Solar power is one of the most efficient energy sources and this guy does soemthing amazing. This home inventor makes a super powerful aqua lens in his backyard and here is how he describes it: This solar water lens that is almost 30 inches in diameter is grid free…
Is This A Breakthrough Technique In The Search For Aliens?
looking for extraterrestrials JUST got more interesting… Astronomers have come up with an advanced optic that could get close ups of exoplanets. There has been a lot of talk about excoplanets lately, namely kepler 452-b which is considered to be extremely “Earth like”. Previously the most famous “alien search” was through the SETI program…
7 Inventions Of The Future That Are Out NOW
Would you have ever imagined this stuff? These futuristic gadgets are actually out and amazing . On one hand some of these could be considered obvious and make you way why didn’t they come up with this sooner. One of these actually has to do with the 3D printing phenomenon but it is from a different…
NASA Has A Plan To Send People To Mars
Is science fiction becoming science reality? NASA has a 3 phase plan for the future of Mars travel. This sounds pretty “out there” but as 2015 brought the most crisp pictures ever of the planet, they are having serious discussions on how to get there with astronauts. And here is phase number one: Phase one…
Home Experimenter Vaporizes Aluminum With A Device In His Backyard
this is just AWESOME… Adventurous home experimenter makes a vaporizing device and shows it off. Some people make robots, others experiment with Tesla coils…this guy makes things that vaporize stuff. Lucky for us he filmed it and describes a bit of the process involved ;). Here is a bit more on this experiment: Using a…
Indonesian Volcano Erupts With Blue Lava
How awesome is THIS! This unusual “blue lava” phenomenon was caught by a few of the locals. Usually when we think of lava we think of reddish orange melted rock. Apparently though there is a fairly rare phenomenon that does happen from time to time. Lava can come out blue and in this Indonesian volcano…
Could Glass Actually Be A Liquid?
some scientists think SO… They bring up a strong point of view in this video that glass could actually be a liquid. And this goes against everything we were taught…kind of. There are 3 – 4 states of matter depending on who you ask. Solid, liquid, gas and plasma. Plasma of course the gray area between…
Will “Floating Cities” Be Inhabitable In The Future?
Would you live in one of these? Designers have a vision of the “stingray” shape city and they already have a prototype. On the next page there is a video covering such cities. Is this a reasonable idea? They seem to think it will be efficient and have some sustainable properties. Here is a bit more…
New Phenomenon of “Blast Waves” Have Been Detected
Have you ever heard of these? This is different than “gravity waves” but amazing and they FINALLY saw them. Apparently they have known about this phenomenon but have been eluded for a long time. And they are closer to us than you might thing. Like in our own solar system close. Here is a bit…
Guy Makes A Rocket Engine At Home And It Works
this is AMAZING Ambitious home experimenter actually built a working rocket engine and lights it up. He even walks you through the steps and lights it up on video. Note: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME OR WITHOUT THE SUPERVISION OF A PROFESSIONAL. Commenter YeOlde Science says: Very good idea! If you contain the acrylic…
Would Headlights Work At The Speed Of Light?
What do you think? AT 186,000 miles per second things might be a lot different. The ever adventurous YouTUber who goes by the name of “VSauce” often asks some unusual questions and then engages in a scientific fact finding mission. In this case he wants to know would your car headlights work if the car…
Could The First Interstellar Flight Be To Alpha Centauri?
If these new propulsion systems work… With the successful test of the early EM Drive the talk of future interstellar travel gets interesting. Interstellar travel is one of the most debated and fascinating topics in science fiction as well as science. The closest star is 4.37 light years away and it seems to be the…
Could This “Flame Gulping” Engine Be An Alternative Energy Source?
this home experimenter makes something AMAZING… Also known as an atmospheric motor this device does something really cool. This is a brief intro from the experimenter on what he has made: This is a video of the flame gulper engine pictured on the “Models” page of the Engineman website. The fuel is alcohol. It was…
On May 22, 2011 There Was A Super Tornado And It Is INSANE
get out of the way of THIS… What they filmed was absolutely crazy and it cost the most money in history. Tornados and hurricanes are often confused. A hurricane comes from the ocean and involves a lot of water. Tornados develop on land and can be equally or more devastating. And on this date there…
Guy Drops Basketball Off A Cliff and it Does Something Amazing
this is insanely cool.. Watch what happens when this experimenter demonstrates a property of physics called the magnus effect. Have you ever heard of this property of physics? That is exactly the property that these ambitious experimenters are demonstrating. They toss a basketball off of an extremely high place and are sure to give it a good…
With Huge Tesla Coils This Band Plays The Imperial March and Its Awesome
you don’t see THAT everyday 😉 Tesla electricity coils are being used in amazing way in this giant science experiment. There are plenty of videos making their way around YouTube with homemade tesla devices. However, these guys took things to another level. To make things weirder the middle of the stage is someone inside a metal…
