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Some Think This Transportation is Suited For Space

Some Think This Transportation is Suited For Space

This journalist makes an interesting point about the potential future of the hyperloop project: Elon Musk – of SpaceX and Tesla Motors fame – recently proposed the “Hyperloop,” a high-speed floating train that’s accelerated by magnets and coasts between destinations. Hailed as the train of the future, the concept is indeed pretty fancy. Described by

This Supernova Goes Against Astronomical Theory

Most supernovas are expected to occur in areas with a lot of stars within galaxies.  Here is one though that defies what astronomers usually expect: A recently discovered supernova has left astronomers scratching their heads. It’s in the wrong cosmic neighborhood, and from the vantage point of conventional theory is behaving quite badly. Here is an

How To Time Travel…Really?

This video is from a theoretical and philosophical examination of time travel possibilities.  Here is an intro on it and the gentleman who narrates the discussion: After struggling for years Dr. Ronald Mallett has a scientific epiphany. In this episode, Dr. Mallett presents his unique theory of time travel, the limitations involved, and life lessons

Who Or What Made These Huge Blocks of Stone?

In Baalbek, Lebanon there are some big blocks of stone. Absolutely enormous. Who or what made these? The narrator mentions that many archaeologists think the Romans were responsible. However, he points out that he thinks the Romans built on top of these stones, but lacked the technology to make such blocks! He also seems to

Incredible Discovery on Easter Island

Heiroglyphics have been studied by Egyptologists, archaeologists and debated strongly as to their origins and meanings.  Now there is a discovery on Easter Island that will surely add to the mystery and excitement of these ancient languages: Everything you thought you knew is about to be proven false. The Easter Island heads are actually more

Is There Life on Pluto?

The first pics from the New Horizon mission are starting to come in and they are showing some unexpected formations.  The closest fly by is happening tomorrow: New Horizons conducts humanity’s very first reconnaissance of Pluto and its moons. The closest approach for New Horizons is set for Tuesday, July 14th at 11:49 UT/7:49 AM

Our Solar System From An Alien’s View

We have all seen models of our solar system, and with the new pics from Pluto sent by the New Horizon, even more detail of the planets themselves.  What would our solar system look like from an alien point of view though? From NASA Astrophysics… a supercomputer simulation shows how alien astronomers might have seen

A Real Life Sharkcano?

Ok some of us may have heard of or even seen the gag movie Sharknado where a tornado of sharks threatens the world.  Seriously.  Now scientists have discovered sharks living in a very unusual habitit: A real life sharkcano? Ocean engineer Brennan Phillips led a team to the remote Solomon Islands in search of hydrothermal

What’s The Smallest Thing In The Universe?

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 or something else? Here is a wikipedia excerpt about Max Planck: Planck made many contributions

Is This Mysterious Pyramid For Real?

Here are claims of a mysterious oceanic pyramid.  We don’t have an opinion and it is definitely “out there”.  However it is interesting and will let you decide: This story originated from claims by Dr Ray Brown that aired on The history channel. There are simply not enough facts to say whether or not these new

Will The Universe Ever End?

This video debates a very interesting question about space: The End of the Universe: Big Crunch, Big Freeze or Big Rip? The universe seems to be expanding by red shift observations and observing through radio telescopes.  And there is the theory that there is so much dark matter that it will eventually come back in and

The Gut Feeling Debate

Everyone has heard the advice to go with your gut feeling one time or another.  However sometimes that seems to be spot on advice and other times it can appear confusing.  The term second brain has also been used to describe the gut in a biological way and that is because your gut has the

Does This Comet Show Evidence of Alien Life?

some of the findings may surprise you… Many have seen the pyramid like shape on the Ceres mini planet/asteroid in the last few weeks and taken that as a sign of possible alien life.  This discovery here may even be stronger evidence suggesting that we are not alone! Evidence of alien life is “unequivocal” on

Mars Atmosphere – Was It Once Like Ours?

Why has the planet Mars generated so much interest compared to others in our solar system? The theories that it once (or even currently) has some organism on the surface or below are abundant.  Here’s some info on the video and about the MAVEN mission: News from NASA on the upcoming Mars mission, MAVEN. While

How Big Is The Universe?

Incredible philosophical and astro physics question.  Does the universe go to infinity?  Many will reference the big bang but what about the creation of the big bang itself?  What about before the big bang?  This video examines these questions: How far do the stars stretch out into space? And what’s beyond them? In modern times,

Is This Reality or Bogus?

This is a fascinating experiment from 1971 revisited. A clock was flown aroudn the world and when it was done, they compared it to one on the ground. What did they find? Here is an intro to this video: This video does not say we can see future. It says Einstein’s mathematical theory -which we

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