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Beyond 2012: NASA Seeks to Debunk Doomsday Prophecy
click and watch As 2012 draws to a close, many websites, books and cable television shows are erroneously predicting the end of the world. These claims range from fears that a rogue planet is heading toward Earth, to solar flares torching our planet. David Morrison, a senior scientist and astrobiologist… Read more“Beyond 2012: NASA Seeks to Debunk Doomsday Prophecy”
Canadian Experiment to Track Space Radiation and Its Risks
Space can be a potentially hazardous environment to live and work in, especially when it comes to radiation. Originating from violent storms on the sun and galactic cosmic rays produced in distant supernovae explosions, this natural radiation can pose a serious health risk for astronauts on long-duration space missions like… Read more“Canadian Experiment to Track Space Radiation and Its Risks”
12-21-2012 Just Another Day
12-21-2012 Just Another Day 03.07.12 The issue with Dec. 21, 2012 and the predicted disasters that some folks think will come, probably started with the so-called end of the Mayan calendar. Their calendar does not end on Dec. 21, 2012. It’s just the end of the cycle and the beginning… Read more“12-21-2012 Just Another Day”
The Great 2012 Doomsday Scare
The Great 2012 Doomsday Scare 11.09.09 Scenes from the motion picture “2012.” Courtesy Columbia Pictures.This guest article on 2012 was written by E. C. Krupp, Director of Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles and is reprinted with permission from Sky & Telescope Magazine. The publisher and the author reserve all rights. All opinions are… Read more“The Great 2012 Doomsday Scare”
Beyond 2012: Why the World Won’t End
Beyond 2012: Why the World Won’t End 11.13.12 › View larger A ‘Blue Marble’ image of the Earth taken from the Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth’s surface taken on January 4, 2012. Credit:… Read more“Beyond 2012: Why the World Won’t End”
New 2013 Phases of the Moon Animation Released
New 2013 Phases of the Moon Animation Released 11.20.12 A new animation highlighting the phases of the Moon has been released by the Scientific Visualization Studio at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. This visualization shows the phase and libration of the Moon throughout the year 2013, at… Read more“New 2013 Phases of the Moon Animation Released”