slave to zep Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 "A NASA spacecraft that's nearing dwarf planet Ceres has returned new images showing the mysterious lights that have scientists scratching their heads." The Dawn space craft should be in Ceres's orbit by Friday. It should be very interesting to see what these lights are....http://mashable.com/2015/03/02/ceres-lights-gif/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss yes, i saw an article about this the other day. Wonder what it could be? Probably ice....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantpothead Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Probably a new Aldi store, they're opening them up everywhere lately !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepscoda Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Probably a new Aldi store, they're opening them up everywhere lately !! LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepscoda Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 This should be neat! " An observatory will celebrate the planned arrival of a NASA spacecraft at Ceres by streaming live images of the dwarf planet live online Friday " http://main.slooh.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrycja Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 (edited) Northern Lights news! Prepare for another dazzling Northern Lights show in Canada Wednesday night https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/geekquinox/more-northern-lights-possible-tonight-183901570.html And there are some spectacular photos of the Northern Lights in the UK yesterday: The Lake District *sigh* great memories. I miss it. Owen Humphreys / PA WIRE Northern Scotland Maciej Winiarczyk / Ross Parry / SWNS Brecon Beacons in Wales See more photos here! http://www.buzzfeed.com/matthewtucker/the-northern-lights-over-the-uk-last-night-were-pretty-amazi Edited March 19, 2015 by Patrycja Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slave to zep Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Northern Lights news! Prepare for another dazzling Northern Lights show in Canada Wednesday night https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/geekquinox/more-northern-lights-possible-tonight-183901570.html And there are some spectacular photos of the Northern Lights in the UK yesterday: The Lake District *sigh* great memories. I miss it. Owen Humphreys / PA WIRE Northern Scotland Maciej Winiarczyk / Ross Parry / SWNS Brecon Beacons in Wales See more photos here! http://www.buzzfeed.com/matthewtucker/the-northern-lights-over-the-uk-last-night-were-pretty-amazi Down under, as well! http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-18/aurora-australis-captured-on-social-media/6327840 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrycja Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 ^ Beautiful! A couple of them look spooky. To welcome the Spring equinox, there will not only be Vernal equinox, but a supermoon and a total solar eclipse as well. What a week of celestial phenomena reminding us to look up in awe. Spring kicks off with a super total eclipse of the sun on Friday By Andrew Fazekas | Geekquinox – 5 hours ago Space buffs are getting ready for a cosmic triple play this Friday as a rare total solar eclipse takes place during a ‘supermoon’ on the Spring equinox. Starting at 4:30 am EDT on the morning of Mar. 20 the moon will go between the Earth and the sun, creating a total solar eclipse. A lucky few people on remote islands in the northern Atlantic and Arctic Oceans will get a chance to witness the eerie black hole effect in the sky as the moon completely blocks out the sun for a fleeting few minutes. Optimum visibility will be from Norway’s Faroe Islands, however most of Europe, north-east Asia and north-west Africa will be able to see at least a partial eclipse where the Sun will appear to have a bite taken out of it to varying degrees, depending on one’s location. Here in Canada unfortunately the show will be over by our sunrise, expect perhaps for those in Newfoundland, southeastern Baffin Island or northeastern Ellesmere Island where keen onlookers may be able to (theoretically at least) catch the very every end of the partial eclipse just as the sun peeks over the local horizon. Adding to the cool factor for this celestial event will be that a perigee or ‘supermoon’ will be moving in front of the sun during the eclipse, meaning that the moon’s dark outline or silhouette will be the largest possible in the sky. That’s because when the moon is at perigee, it is the closest it can get to the Earth in its egg-shaped orbit. This happens a few times a year, however usually when we talk about supermoons, it is when the moon is in its full phase at night and we can see it. This time, it is a dark super moon since solar eclipses only occur during the new moon phase. And if that is not cosmically special enough, the Vernal equinox—when day and night lengths are equal—falls on the same day as well, occurring at 6:45 pm EDT on Mar. 20th. A total solar eclipse on the first day of Spring won’t happen again until the year 2034. To really get a good view of this eclipse, a sky-watcher would have to be located somewhere along a 100 km wide strip of the Earth that represents where the moon’s shadow will run for 5,800 km from north-eastern North America to the Atlantic between Iceland and United Kingdom and up through the Arctic ocean. Lucky ellipse watchers in most of Scotland, England, Norway and Finland will see as much as 90 percent of the Sun covered by the moon, whereas locations more south, like in Rome, Italy will see a more modest 50 percent of the sun disappear in the early morning hours of Friday. But if you can’t be in the North Atlantic or Arctic for this solar disappearing act then no need to fret, because you can still take in the sky show thanks to a live web broadcast of the entire eclipse. TheVirtual Telescope Project will have cameras set up in northern Europe along the eclipse pathway beaming images through the internet for all to enjoy. Follow Andrew on Twitter: @thenightskyguy There are a couple of videos as well if you follow the link: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/geekquinox/spring-kicks-of-with-a-super-total-eclipse-of-the-201645068.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apantherfrommd Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 (edited) It goes a little beyond that. It's a third blood moon in a tetrad, which coincides with a total solar eclipse (being at the North Pole).A total eclipse at the North Pole on the first day of spring occurs once every 100,000 years. For it to occur on the first day of the first month of the Biblical calendar year is, however, entirely unprecedented since this is only the year 5775 according to Jewish tradition, meaning that there has never been such a solar occurrence in recorded human history. Edited March 20, 2015 by apantherfrommd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillumpuffer Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 95% solar eclipse starts in 45 minutes. Sky here looks clear. Should be well spooky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slave to zep Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 (edited) Edited March 26, 2015 by slave to zep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedZeppfan77 Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 95% solar eclipse starts in 45 minutes. Sky here looks clear. Should be well spooky? I saw some pics of it. The last time anything of interest in my area occurred was the comet in 96. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef free Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 (edited) Third total lunar eclipse in a row! Number four Sept. 28th! http://earthsky.org/tonight/shortest-total-lunar-eclipse-of-the-century-on-april-4-2015 Spooky prophecies! http://www.jesusonmymind.com/services Rational explanations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Moon_Prophecy Edited March 31, 2015 by chef free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrycja Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Celebrate Hubble's 25th Anniversary in Space With These Awesome Photos Hubble's lead imaging scientist shares his favorite celestial views from the space telescope Cat's Eye Nebula Fuzzy Wuzzy Galaxy (yes, really) More Stunning photographs and article here: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/04/150402-hubble-space-anniversary-photo-gallery/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fb20150402news-hubble&utm_campaign=Content&sf8371000=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepscoda Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 "To their surprise, they found that the dispersion measure of every pulse was a multiple of the number 187.5." Mysterious Radio Bursts.... http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6984870?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slave to zep Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 ^^ great pics, Patrycja Zepscoda, I do hope they get to the bottom of this..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepscoda Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Saw this on Huff Post just now, a map of UFO sightings around the USA http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6957032 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slave to zep Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 https://scontent-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/11164627_814862125275352_2364851140164005042_o.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepscoda Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 https://scontent-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/11164627_814862125275352_2364851140164005042_o.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9 Cool chart ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slave to zep Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Cool chart ! here it is, sorry it wouldn't post from my phone..... so similar, yet so different! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slave to zep Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slave to zep Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 http://www.disclose.tv/news/mysterious_radio_bursts_are_indeed_coming_from_a_galaxy_far_far_away/117060?utm_content=buffer44db5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slave to zep Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 (edited) https://youtu.be/XjzwbJBOM2E Edited April 27, 2015 by slave to zep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slave to zep Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 I wish more people would take an interest in this thread.... This is amazing footage http://www.space.com/29251-amazing-mercury-photos-nasa-messenger-video.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slave to zep Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 (edited) Edited April 29, 2015 by slave to zep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepscoda Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Hey Jules, where in Texas was that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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