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'Twisters' On The Sun Spotted By Spacecraft | Video
Added 670 Views / 0 LikesThe 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.
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SpaceX's Reusable 1st Stage Test -- Video Footage Badly Damaged
Added 660 Views / 0 LikesThe 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
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Giant Exoplanet Rotates 36X Faster Than Earth - Orbits This Star
Added 736 Views / 0 LikesESO'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
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Probe Launched In 1978 Coming Close To Home - But We Can't Talk To It | Orbit Diagram
Added 717 Views / 0 LikesThe International Sun-Earth Explorer Cometary Explorer (ISEE-3 / ICE) -- launched in 1978 -- makes its closest approach to Earth in August 2014.
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03:21
Asymmetric Supernova Remnants May Mark Black Holes | Simulation
Added 726 Views / 0 LikesThrough 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.
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01:52
Prototype Lander Flies High, Identifies Landing Target | Video
Added 744 Views / 0 LikesNASA'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.
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02:39
SpaceX Reusable Rocket Prototype Flies 4X Higher In Latest Test | Video
Added 791 Views / 0 LikesThe 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.
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00:58
Space Rock To Zip Between Earth And Moon | Orbit Animation
Added 777 Views / 0 LikesAsteroid 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.
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02:43
New Meteor Shower Could Upgrade to 'Storm' | May 2014 Skywatching Video
Added 777 Views / 0 LikesEarth 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.
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Icy Parfait: Jupiter's Moon Ganymede Hides Layered Ocean | Animation
Added 669 Views / 0 LikesA 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
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All Known Exoplanets of Single Stars - Largest to Smallest Orbits | Animation
Added 771 Views / 0 LikesA 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
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Best Meteor Storm of 2014 Coming? 'Camelopardalids' | Video
Added 780 Views / 0 LikesOn 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.
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02:31
Multiple Spacecraft Had 'Eyes' On Powerful Solar X-Flare | Video
Added 767 Views / 0 LikesNASA'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
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05:20
New Simulation Re-Spins the Cosmic Web More Accurately | Video
Added 589 Views / 0 LikesWith 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
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00:55
Country Music Star Kellie Pickler Touts NASA's SLS | Video
Added 749 Views / 0 LikesThe recording artist promoted the Orion capsule ands Space Launch Systems in this public service announcement.
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01:33
Flame Nebula Sets Fire To Star Cluster Theory | Video
Added 745 Views / 0 LikesSimple 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.
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In Memoriam: Aerospace Pioneer Bill Dana, Hypersonic X-15 Pilot | Video
Added 643 Views / 0 LikesNASA 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.
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01:22
NFL Draft Message From Space | Video
Added 682 Views / 0 LikesNASA astronauts Steve Swanson and Rick Mastracchio kicked off the 2014 NFL draft with a message from the International Space Station.
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06:35
Free Time In Space? Astronaut Tweets Friends For Suggestions | Video Interview
Added 568 Views / 0 LikesNASA astronaut Reid Wiseman reached out to his friends to find out what they would do in their down time aboard the International Space Station. Wiseman spoke to Space.com's Tariq Malik on May 9th, 2014 and is scheduled to launch to ISS on May 28th a
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00:53
'Square' Hole In Sun Blows High-Speed Solar Wind | Video
Added 742 Views / 0 LikesA square-shaped coronal hole has been imaged by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. Open magnetic field lines cause these holes to form and gives high-speed streams of plasma a chance to escape the Sun pull.
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Congress: Not Taking Out 'Orbital' Trash = Economy In Jeopardy | Video
Added 722 Views / 0 LikesCongressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) and others from the House Science, Space&Technology Subcommittee on Space conducted a hearing on how to prevent a real life 'Gravity'.
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05:43
Upgraded Space Shuttle 'Pumpkin-Suit' Tested For Asteroid Mission EVA | Video
Added 843 Views / 0 LikesNASA is testing a next generation Modified Advanced Crew Escape Suit (MACES), formerly ACES, for possible use on extravehicular activities. Astronauts Stan Love and Steve Bowen, tested the suits underwater in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab.
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Loss of Antarctic Glacier is Irreversible, NASA Scientists Say | Animation
Added 831 Views / 0 LikesAfter 40 years of observation, NASA and University of California researchers agree that melting of the West Antarctic Glacier has passed the point of no return. It contains enough ice to raise sea levels ~4 feet, but could take centuries to melt.
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How to 'Joystick' Space Station's Robot Arm | Video
Added 718 Views / 0 LikesCanadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques explains how the Station's Canadarm2 captures spacecraft using a Canadian Space Agency simulator. ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen hosts.