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95If the Massive Solar Flare of 1859 (the "Carrington Flare") Happened Today...
A solar flare in 1859 caused power spikes and disrupted the world's telegraph system. How much damage could a massive solar flare do to power and communications today?
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81My Favorite Android Apps for the Samsung Galaxy S Smartphone
I recently caved in to the smartphone rage with my purchase of a Samsung Galaxy S from T-Mobile. My old cell phone was over 5 years old so it's really like moving into overdrive by getting one of these smartphones. It didn't take me very long to...
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78Is Planet X / Nibiru Now Visible?
Looking to the skies not so along ago a huge bright star which has remained present ever since seemed to just appear from out of nowhere. The only star so clearly visible from the western world with the naked human eye was the planet Venus which...
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74December 2012: astronomy, solstice; perihelion, aphelion, equinox 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and the 25,725 year cycle
How to understand the Mayan Long Count calendar date of 21 December 2012. A time of statistical risk of big earthquakes. This page lists dates, of Earth and Sun orbits for solstice, perihelion, aphelion and equinox for 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016. The solstice of December 2012 marks the end of a 25,725 year wobble of the spin of the Earth; the start of a new, giant wobble; a mark on a calendar. Not the end of the world.
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74The Transit of Venus June 5-6, 2012: See and Experience This Rare Astro-Event
The planet Venus will soon eclipse the Sun for the last time until 2117. Here's how you can watch it, and what the rare Transit of Venus has meant in the past and suggests for our future.
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93Real Night Sky Events Happening in 2012
A hub article about real night sky events happening in 2012 and the expulsion of the myth that 2012 will be the end of the world.
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89The Cosmology/Climate Connection - How Extraterrestrial Forces Influence The Weather
Powers far greater than humans might be at play with Earth's air/water system.
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90Hubble Space Telescope - Changing Our View of the Universe
When the Hubble Space Telescope reached orbit in April, 1990, NASA and the scientific community were filled with anticipation and high hopes, but even they could not have imagined the extent to which Hubble would increase our understanding of the...
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80Black holes at Pre-exploding Planet Earth's Interior
Earth is big, surely, and our home star (the sun) is much, much bigger. Almost infinitely bigger even are all stars combined with all stuffs that may make up all future stars. Quite a respectable mass, though as flotsam and froth compared to other...
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87The Seven Wonders Of The Solar System
I have a passion for all things astronomy. I am also a Born Again Christian and a Creationist. I sometimes enjoy watching TV shows about astronomy, however, I don't like their evolutionist and big bang theory approach to everything. I realize I can...
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