They had an answer.. What they said might be a different perspective than you might expect. In a recent interview NASA was asked many different questions, including the possibility of warp drive. The one that caught our interest was about aliens. Often we hear discussions of this topic and think that is for those on…
New Camera Can See Around Corners…Seriously
How did they do this? Hint: They used a very clever process to achieve this. At first glance or notion, one might think of something like a periscope that peeks around the corner. That could potentially work in a literal sense but it wouldn’t be very effective. Here is a bit more background on how…
Have You Heard Of The “Alien Wow Signal”?
They re-examined it.. In 1977 Earth received a mysterious signal. An astronomer named Jeremy Ehman was using a large telescope in the hopes of picking up radio waves from other civilizations. He was looking in the wavelength that would be similar to hydrogen. Given that this might be the most abundant element in the universe…
One of The Faintest and Earliest Galaxies Ever Has Been Detected
It dates 13.8 billion years… It is just about the oldest galaxy ever seen. Many talk about the big bang and of course the inevitable question comes up, if that theory is true, what created the big bang? If nothing else, the visible universe that we can see using red shift models maxes out at…
Have You Seen A Tidal Bore?
This guy surfs it and it is bizarre.. This is real and a phenomenon of oceans that happens at certain times. Some may or not remeber when Laird Hamilton surfed a wave in Tahiti which had one of the highest PPSI ever ridden. Each wave has PPSI or pounds per square inch that are calculated…
New Info On How Black Holes Grow
What did they discover? Enormous telescopes have made this type of study possible. What was once theory has now been proven. Black holes are obviously not completely understood but there have been theories that magnetic fields may play a part in their formation and appetite! For the first time, astronomers have detected evidence of magnetic…
It’s Called “The Atoms For Peace” Galaxy…Seriously
New pics have been taken (212 million light years away) Can you guess why it is named that? If you are a serious history buff it was somewhat ironically given that name in the 1950s. Eisenhower at the time was discussing nuclear physics and news about the galaxy was making headlines at the same time:…
Surface Of Pluto Up Close…Like The Closest EVER On Video
Who thought this would be possible? It’s 2015 and the future is here. We now have up close pics of the surface of the most distant planet in our solar system. It is remarkable we have gotten this far with the New Horizon’s mission, something we may have thought impossible in the 70s or 80s.…
The Saw A “City In The Sky”
What caused this illusion? People have been calling it a floating city. What is this thing? It is some kind of mirage, not an actual physical city. That being said they still do not know exactly what caused this. Some think it is an unusual combination of clouds, air pollution (which can be extensive in…
What Happens When You Torch An iPhone 6?
Guess this guy found out.. Crazy experimenter decided to take a 6000 F degree device and blast his smart phone. Is this a good idea? Probably not but it makes for interesting observations. Note: Do not try this at home or without the supervision of a professional. This particular YouTuber has been known for a…
Closest Pic Ever Taken of Anything in the Kuiper Belt
This is past Pluto.. It is a region at the outer edge of our solar system. Mostly it is made up of icy bits and The New Horizons spacecraft has just taken a pic in the closest range ever of a belt object. Here is a quick briefing on this mysterious region and the latest…
They Spotted An Unusual Pulsating Star In This Nebula
You might not believe how bright this thing is.. This particular star was spotted in our own Milky Way. Even though it is about 6,500 light years from earth that is relatively close in cosmic terms. It is an unusual class of star called a Cepheid variable. They are so bright that stars like this…
New Plasma Engine Could Potentially Travel to Mars in 39 Days
They are SERIOUSLY discussing this.. In 39 days this type of engine could get us to Mars. That sounds pretty cool and expensive but some think it is definitely worth it besides satisfying intellectual curiosity. But of course the first challenge is thrust. Current rocket engines that burn solid fuels are super powerful but likely…
Crazy Guy Plays With Lightning From a Tesla Coil
Be careful dude.. He built a huge coil in his backyard and tests it out. We can’t say this is safe or the best idea, but interesting none the less. DO NOT TRY THIS WITHOUT THE SUPERVISION OF A PROFESSIONAL. You may have seen a number of these homemade Tesla coil videos making their way…
Ancient Palace Has Been Discovered From 1,600 B.C.
This was built almost 4,000 years ago.. Archaeologists just found an ancient site that was partially destroyed by a fire. We often hear about Greek mythology with books like The Odyssey or in discussions of constellations. However we often forget how many cool artifacts are in the region here and now: Archaeologists working at the…
“Super Jupiter” May Have Been Ejected From Its Solar System
What is that? We often assume that the number of planets revolving around stars have always been the same. Meaning, do we ever think about if one was ejected or one was added or formed later on? There has been a lot of talk about exoplanets lately and this one in particular has made a…
Do You Know This Hidden Archaeology Of Stonehenge?
who KNEW? To this day there are varying opinions on the purposes of Stonehenge. The theories run the gamut from astrological purposes, to calendar functions to other more “far out” ideas. The one thing everyone seems to agree on is that constructing it would have been extremely difficult to carve and place these stones. Many…
New “Exoplanet Finder” Goes Live Next Year
This could be a game changer.. The exoplanet kepler 452-b made headlines as an earth-like planet. Now, astronomers are searching for more of these exoplanets in hopes of finding an alien civilization. To this point it has been mostly limited to using super telescopes such as the one at ESO or The Hubble and deploying…
The SETI Program Will Be Searching For Aliens…Again
They say never quit 😉 Apparently a Russian billionaire is pouring a lot of money into the search for extraterrestrials. Yuri Milner is going to put up $100 million dollars over the course of 10 years to give S.E.T.I. it’s biggest boost in decades. Carl Sagan and S.E.T.I. made history in the 1970s in their…
Huge Supernova Spotted In The Cigar Galaxy M82
Did you know about both of these things? They also noticed something else coming from this galaxy that remains a mystery. First off, there is a really huge and cool supernova that is viewable in this galaxy which is 12 million light years away. It is considered a starburst galaxy. However, there is also something…
