Now this is a rare and awesome video that you don’t get to see everyday: The cosmic light shows put on by the Northern and Southern Lights (Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis) are a beautiful thing to watch from Earth, and from space, they look just as mind-blowing. This over-too-soon video shot from the International…
5 Unsolved Mysteries About Our Solar System
With the ability to see galaxies, quasars and other formations at extremely far distances you would think we have our own local solar system figured out! In actuality there are some huge mysteries to this day that are still unanswered. Here is the video intro: We’ve also discovered nearly 1,800 planets around other stars. It would…
They Made A Hover Bike That Seems To Actually Work
The quest for hover awesomeness may have really began with the Back To The Future Movie where a futuristic Michael J Fox outran his foes on a hover board. Then the inevitable viral parodies took hold, none more famous than the celebrity endorsed hoax which upset a lot of people. Now this company may actually…
Do Octopi Actually Have Alien Genes?
Have you ever thought about what animal seems the most like it was from another planet? Well if you thought of an octopus you might be on the right track…seriously. Scientists have cracked the octopus genome, and it’s unlike anything they’ve ever seen before. “The late British zoologist Martin Wells said the octopus is an…
Comet Displayed Cosmic “Fireworks” On August 12
This just happened! For space fans across the world, this is really something to see: A spectacular display of celestial fireworks like none ever witnessed before, burst forth from Rosetta’s comet right on time – commemorating the Europeans spacecraft’s history making perihelion passage after a year long wait of mounting excitement and breathtaking science. And the…
Time Is It A One Way Street?
Many science, science fiction fans and people in general have pondered how time really works? In this fascinating video they discuss a possible theory that seems to differ with what many of us take to be true. Do you agree with this? Anyone can see that the past is different from the future. Anyone, that…
This Potential Alien-Friendly Planet May Have Large Oceans
Many science fans have heard of the discovery of the planet kepler 452 b. Out of all the exoplanets, NASA is most excited about the prospects for life on this one. There is another however which may have similar properties: A small, rocky planet could host liquid water on its surface, if it also contains…
Lasers + Diamonds = Awesome!
Who knew that diamonds would help make some lasers way more powerful? Researchers from the MQ Photonics Research Centre joined with fiber laser experts from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering in Jena, Germany to demonstrate a diamond laser 20 times more powerful than previous diamond lasers. Average power levels were less…
Top 10 Reasons Aliens May Have Not Visited Us Yet
This is a very philosophical and scientific debate combined. Why haven’t we been visited by aliens? A lot of people may debate this off the bat and say we have been visited before such as at area 51. And potentially some say we are currently experiencing abductions or are at least in communication of some sorts,…
Time Experiment From 1971 Gives Interesting Clues
Do the past, present and future all exist at the same time? Personally I think it is a possibility but am not ready to accept this yet. However, they did an interesting experiment in 1971. They flew a clock around the world and noticed some interesting findings when they looked at it. This may support some…
Laser Guy Is At It Again With A DIY Lightsaber
Here is a cool DIY lightsaber that the infamous styropyro has made in his garage/lab/home. NOTE DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME WITHOUT THE SUPERVISION OF A PROFESSIONAL. Here is how the home experimenter describes himself on his site: Hi everybody, styropyro from YouTube here! I badly need to update this website, but for now…
What Could Be Faster Than The Speed Of Light?
The speed of light travels at about 186,000 miles per second if memory serves correct (186,282 to be exact). In the video on the next page they ponder a very interesting question. Some may call it stupid and others may call it profound. What is the speed of dark? The video explains more. And here…
List Of Ways Aliens Could Travel Across The Universe
This is one of the most debated and discussed topics in all of science. How would extraterrestrials space travel? “There is another way, whether it’s wormholes, or warping space, there’s got to be a way to generate energy so that you can pull it out of the vacuum, and the fact that they’re [extraterrestrials] here shows…
Seriously What Is This Thing?
This is a very bizarre formation in Siberia has the internet buzzing with theories and ideas on how this got here: Scientists have launched an investigation into a giant crater that suddenly appeared in Siberia. Internet speculation on the hole’s origins abounds. No one knows for sure but the theories range from a regular sink hole to…
Supernovas That Went Their Own Way ;)
This would explain a lot and makes sense in explaining why some supernovas may not reside where you might expect: Rogue supernovas that explode all alone in deep space present an astronomical mystery. Where did they come from? How did they get there? The likely answer: a binary black hole slingshot, according to a new…
Portable Private Islands For Sale
Would you want one? This is far out, potentially cool, different, and only time will tell if this makes sense: In partnership with Amillarah Private Islands, guests have been given the opportunity to create something truly unique – a bespoke tailor made floating residence anywhere in the world, be it Dubai, the Maldives or New…
NASA Just Tested The RS-25 Rocket Yesterday [Video]
They keep pushing the envelope at NASA and this is very encouraging. The successful test yesterday of a more powerful rocket system is described below: With today’s (Aug. 13) successful test firing of an RS-25 main stage engine for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) monster rocket currently under development, the program passed a key milestone…
Piano And Pulsar Have A Musical Duet
You don’t hear this everyday. This is one of the really clever uses of hyperconnectivity where one can share creative works like this that also help us understand space in a new way: Music is all around us, not just here on Earth but also out there in space. Even stars can make music, at…
Quest To Build A New Type Of Rocket For Space Travel
This ambitious team wants to deploy a test to potentially use a new form of matter to space travel in the future: Follow Dr. Ben Longmier and his team into the rugged Alaskan wilderness on a quest to build a whole new type of rocket engine. Their goal is to test sensitive components by launching…
New Planet Is 11 Times The Size Of Jupiter
This new planet is bizarre and may have a lot of answers in terms of our own solar system formation: The Gemini Planet Imager has discovered and photographed its first planet, a methane-enshrouded gas giant much like Jupiter that may hold the key to understanding how large planets form in the swirling accretion disks around…
