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• 03:16

  Skywatch May 2014 -- 3 Constellations Ripe with Galaxies | Video

  by shub Added 10 years ago 759 Views / 0 Likes

  Star-hop Virgo, Coma Berenices, and Canes Venatici to find the Whirlpool (M51), Sombrero (M104) and Black Eye (M64) galaxies. Find out how where to look in your night sky. Skywatching Guide: http://goo.gl/uETMG9

• 00:30

  7 State Tornado System Captured By Satellite | Time-Lapse Video

  by shub Added 10 years ago 731 Views / 0 Likes

  Tornado touchdowns were reported in Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi on April 27-28, 2014. NOAA's GOES-East satellite captured this video of the region. -- Aeriel Drone Surveys Damage: http://goo.gl/eKZW8W

• 01:05

  Partial Solar Eclipse Snapped Over Australia | Time-Lapse Video

  by shub Added 10 years ago 722 Views / 0 Likes

  Slooh.com broadcast the eclipse live on April 29th, 2014. Clouds obscured some of the views. It was a total 'ring of fire' lunar eclipse over part of Antarctica. See Photos: http://goo.gl/990kII

• 01:10

  Solar Eclipse Seen 4X By Same Spacecraft | Video

  by shub Added 10 years ago 744 Views / 0 Likes

  ESA's PROBA-2 sun observatory captured the eclipse on April 29th, 2014. Its sun-synchronous orbit allowed the spacecraft to see the eclipse (partial eclipse seen from Australia) 4X from different positions.

• 04:03

  Massive Solar Storm Near-Miss - Earth Averts Disaster | Video

  by shub Added 10 years ago 643 Views / 0 Likes

  In July 2012, the NASA's Stereo-A spacecraft was impacted by the storm and its sensors revealed one of the most powerful solar storms in recorded history. Worst Solar Storms In History: http://goo.gl/RRJtMy

• 05:11

  NASA Dreams of Bootprints On Mars | Video

  by shub Added 10 years ago 607 Views / 0 Likes

  The space agency outlines their goal to eventually land a human on the Red Planet. There is yet no specific plan or mission design.

• 03:43

  Telescopes to Tanzania -- a Pathway to Science | Video

  by shub Added 10 years ago 664 Views / 0 Likes

  Chuck&Sue Ruehle, w/ Mponda Malozo, are engaging young learners in rural Tanzania to pursue science, math and geography by giving them direct personal access to the universe: http://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org/projects/telescopes-to-tanzania

• 01:07

  'Twisters' On The Sun Spotted By Spacecraft | Video

  by shub Added 10 years ago 665 Views / 0 Likes

  The Solar Dynamics Observatory spotted "Sun tornadoes" spinning super-heated plasma off the surface and into Space. Magnetic forces pulled and stretched the plasma for a day (April 29-30, 2014) before sending it on a cosmic journey.

• 00:48

  SpaceX's Reusable 1st Stage Test -- Video Footage Badly Damaged

  by shub Added 10 years ago 659 Views / 0 Likes

  The private space company launched its Dragon capsule on a NASA cargo delivery run to Space Station on April 18th. The Falcon 9's first stage deployed it's landing gear and touched the water with essentially no velocity. Launch: http://goo.gl/tqW

• 00:57

  Giant Exoplanet Rotates 36X Faster Than Earth - Orbits This Star

  by shub Added 10 years ago 729 Views / 0 Likes

  ESO's Very Large Telescope 'zoomed into' the star Beta Pictoris, 63-light years from Earth, to measure an 8-hour day on the star's gas giant planet. Full Story: http://goo.gl/7VlzL5

• 00:41

  Probe Launched In 1978 Coming Close To Home - But We Can't Talk To It | Orbit Diagram

  by shub Added 10 years ago 713 Views / 0 Likes

  The International Sun-Earth Explorer Cometary Explorer (ISEE-3 / ICE) -- launched in 1978 -- makes its closest approach to Earth in August 2014.

• 03:21

  Asymmetric Supernova Remnants May Mark Black Holes | Simulation

  by shub Added 10 years ago 721 Views / 0 Likes

  Through simulations of twisting magnetic fields around collapsing cores of massive stars, Caltech astrophysicists study the previously puzzling appearance of certain double-lobed remnant nebulae. Such fields may contribute to black hole formation.

• 01:52

  Prototype Lander Flies High, Identifies Landing Target | Video

  by shub Added 10 years ago 740 Views / 0 Likes

  NASA's Morpheus lander logged another test flight on April 30th, 2014. Its Autonomous Landing and Hazard Avoidance Technology (ALHAT) identified its primary landing site and targeted the location for landing.

• 02:39

  SpaceX Reusable Rocket Prototype Flies 4X Higher In Latest Test | Video

  by shub Added 10 years ago 787 Views / 0 Likes

  The Falcon 9R rocket rose to a height of 3280 feet (1000 meters) in its latest test, posted on May 1st, 2014. The legs were in a fixed down position from launch to landing, but future tests will begin with them stowed.

• 00:58

  Space Rock To Zip Between Earth And Moon | Orbit Animation

  by shub Added 10 years ago 774 Views / 0 Likes

  Asteroid 2014 HL129 will fly nearly 187,000 miles away (.7 Lunar distance) from Earth on its closest approach on May 3rd, 2014. It is an estimated 32-feet-wide.

• 02:43

  New Meteor Shower Could Upgrade to 'Storm' | May 2014 Skywatching Video

  by shub Added 10 years ago 771 Views / 0 Likes

  Earth may pass through the dust trails of Comet 209P/LINEAR's past orbits, and predictions range from 100 to a 'stormy' 1000 meteors an hour. Also, great views of Saturn, Mars and comet PanStarrs (C/2012 K1) will be available throughout the month.

• 00:52

  Icy Parfait: Jupiter's Moon Ganymede Hides Layered Ocean | Animation

  by shub Added 10 years ago 666 Views / 0 Likes

  A new model of largest moon in our solar system (bigger than planet Mercury) suggests that at least one ocean is stacked between multiple layers of ice. More about Ganymede: http://goo.gl/S37qaH

• 01:02

  All Known Exoplanets of Single Stars - Largest to Smallest Orbits | Animation

  by shub Added 10 years ago 761 Views / 0 Likes

  A dive through data of 1774 planets in 1081 star systems. From planets whose orbits take hundreds or thousands of years, to those that take hours or days. Tom Hands (http://www.tomhands.com) created the animation. Original: http://goo.gl/1V0wgh

• 03:39

  Best Meteor Storm of 2014 Coming? 'Camelopardalids' | Video

  by shub Added 10 years ago 777 Views / 0 Likes

  On May 24th, Earth will for the first time pass through a cloud of dust that comet 209P/LINEAR behind in the 1800's. Experts say it could rival the year's best Perseids shower, with up to 200 meteors per hour.

• 02:31

  Multiple Spacecraft Had 'Eyes' On Powerful Solar X-Flare | Video

  by shub Added 10 years ago 762 Views / 0 Likes

  NASA's SDO, IRIS and RHESSI spacecrafts, along with JAXA's Hinode had their imagers pointed at the sunspot that erupted with an x-class flare on March 29th, 2014. - Rippled Earth's Magnetic Field: http://goo.gl/Kb1JHa

• 05:20

  New Simulation Re-Spins the Cosmic Web More Accurately | Video

  by shub Added 10 years ago 582 Views / 0 Likes

  With the Illustris Simulation, astrophysicists have accurately modeled the correct mix of spiral, elliptical and irregular galaxies to show how all elements more complex than hydrogen or helium got their start. Full Story: http://goo.gl/JGDUmF

• 00:55

  Country Music Star Kellie Pickler Touts NASA's SLS | Video

  by shub Added 10 years ago 746 Views / 0 Likes

  The recording artist promoted the Orion capsule ands Space Launch Systems in this public service announcement.

• 01:33

  Flame Nebula Sets Fire To Star Cluster Theory | Video

  by shub Added 10 years ago 743 Views / 0 Likes

  Simple theory held that centers of nebulas, where gas and dust condense, are the birthplaces of star clusters. But data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, reveals that stars on the outskirts of this and other nebulas are actually the oldest.

• 09:56

  In Memoriam: Aerospace Pioneer Bill Dana, Hypersonic X-15 Pilot | Video

  by shub Added 10 years ago 640 Views / 0 Likes

  NASA research pilot and aeronautical engineer passed away on My 6th, 2014. In his 48 year career,he flew more than 8,000 hours in over 60 different aircraft. He received the NASA Distinguished Service Medal in 1997.