10451_earth.jpg (JPEG Image, 2560×1600 pixels) Top 10 Strange Topics That Need More Explanation Weird Stuff The world if full of mysterious objects, people, places, and events that need more research. In the last 30 years, humans have made some incredible scientific advancement in the area of archeology, astronomy, computer technology, radar, physics, chemistry, biology, and statistics. People are beginning to understand more about how the Earth was made and have identified anomalies that exist in space. Some of the research has opened up questions about historic events and scientific theories. We can only hope that people will evolve and gain a better understanding of bizarre historical events, instead of moving in the opposite direction. On the day that John F. Another mysterious figure that was seen during the JFK assassination is the umbrella man. In the aftermath of the assassination, the umbrella man sat down on the sidewalk next to the Stemmons Freeway sign. A less common theory is that the umbrella man used a poison dart to immobilize JFK during the assassination.
Stellarium Constellations Asteroid Mining Venture Backed by Google Execs, James Cameron Unveiled A newly unveiled company with some high-profile backers — including filmmaker James Cameron and Google co-founder Larry Page — has announced plans to mine near-Earth asteroids for resources such as precious metals and water. Planetary Resources, Inc. intends to sell these materials, generating a healthy profit for itself. But it also aims to advance humanity's exploration and exploitation of space, with resource extraction serving as an anchor industry that helps our species spread throughout the solar system. "If you look at space resources, the logical next step is to go to the near-Earth asteroids," Planetary Resources co-founder and co-chairman Eric Anderson told SPACE.com. "They're just so valuable, and so easy to reach energetically. Planetary Resources is officially unveiling its asteroid-mining plans at 1:30 p.m. Precious metals and water Two of the resources the company plans to mine are platinum-group metals and water, Anderson said. The plan
Your Age on Other Worlds Want to melt those years away? Travel to an outer planet! <div class="js-required"><hr> This Page requires a Javascript capable browser <hr></div> Fill in your birthdate below in the space indicated. The Days (And Years) Of Our Lives Looking at the numbers above, you'll immediately notice that you are different ages on the different planets. The earth is in motion. The top-like rotation of the earth on its axis is how we define the day. The revolution of the earth around the sun is how we define the year. We all learn in grade school that the planets move at differing rates around the sun. Why the huge differences in periods? Johannes Kepler Tycho Brahe Kepler briefly worked with the great Danish observational astronomer, Tycho Brahe. Here you see a planet in a very elliptical orbit. Kepler's third law is the one that interests us the most. Let's just solve for the period by taking the square root of both sides: The Gravity Of The Situation Isaac Newton ©2000 Ron Hipschman
The Moon - september 2012 All images taken with Celestron C14 EdgeHD (356mm) and Skynyx2.2 camera from Paris suburbs. Processing with Autostakkert, Iris and Photoshop.Best view of the images with full-HD screen in subdued surroundings. Clavius (sept 8th): The area of Moretus (sept 8th): Arzachel and the Straight Wall (sept 8th): Deslandres and Pitatus (sept 8th): Copernic and Stadius arena (sept 8th): Plato, Mons Pico and Montes Teneriffe (sept 8th): Ptolemaeus and Alphonsus (sept 8th): Sinus Iridium (sept 9th): Copernic and Stadius, closer to the terminator (sept 9th): The area of Clavius (sept 9th): Bullialdus and Hippalus rimae (sept 9th): The area of Pytheas: Felix Baumgartner Skydives From The Edge Of Space [11 High Quality Photos] Red Bull is supposed to give you wings bit that would only slow Felix Baumgartner down. This week the daredevil made a test skydive from 18 miles up in preparation for his upcoming jump from 120,000 feet (22 miles) in which he hopes to reach speeds of 690 MPH and be the first person the break the sound barrier. In the latest test jump Felix went 0 to 509 MPH in just 30 seconds and all that is without the aid of a plane fo rocket, just pure gravity baby! Here are photos from his latest jump… Felix Baumgartner hugs Capcom 1 USAF Col (ret) Joe Kittinger after his 96,640 ft free fall from the stratosphere making them the only two people to freefall from that high an altitude. Felix Baumgartner gets lifted up to enter into the capsule. Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria sits in the capsule before lift off at the flight line. The weather and wind conditions aligned perfectly as the balloon lifts up during the second manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos. From The Web Leave a comment comments