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Astronomy (Bloggers & Personal)

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  • Help with something

    12/20/2021 2:09:02 PM PST · by jgrk112782 · 45 replies
    Personal ^ | 12/20/201 | Jason
    There is one conspiracy theory that is true. The government, media, corporations etc brainwash people to celebrate Halloween (66 percent of Americans each year), to wear Nike sneakers, to have Facebook accounts, to have Instagram accounts, to have Twitter accounts, to celebrate Mother's Day and Father's Day (both pagan holidays God is our true father, we should honor our parents 365) I want to get Halloween abolished. It's a pagan holiday that is against Christ. It's offensive even to Penn Jillette who is an Atheist. I want FReepers to help me get Halloween banned throughout the US .Liberals love Halloween,...
  • Earth Tipped on Its Side 84 Million Years Ago, New Evidence Suggests

    10/26/2021 6:19:34 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 81 replies
    https://www.sciencealert.com ^ | Oct 20th, 2021 | DAVID NIELD
    We know that true polar wander (TPW) can occasionally tilt whole planets and moons relative to their axes, but it's not entirely clear just how often this has happened to Earth. Now a new study presents evidence of one such tilting event that occurred around 84 million years ago – when dinosaurs still walked the Earth. Researchers analyzed limestone samples from Italy, dating back to the Late Cretaceous period (100.5 to 65.5 million years ago), looking for evidence of shifts in the magnetic record that would point towards an occurrence of TPW. Bacteria fossils trapped in the rock, forming chains...
  • The biggest temperature change is from 452 to –170

    10/17/2021 1:04:33 AM PDT · by Varun · 15 replies
    Facts hungry ^ | Devansh
    We all know why mercury is extremely hot and have a valid reason. But It is also proved that its surface is extremely cold also like temperature fell up to -170degrees.On the day its temperature is around 840-degree Fahrenheit (451-degree Celsius) but at night it goes minus 275 Fahrenheit (-170 degrees Celsius.) You can see a change of temperature of nearly 1100 degrees Fahrenheit (600-degree Celcius). It’s all because of Mercury’s thin atmosphere that can not maintain the heat that it gets in the day and because of its huge day and night.
  • George Takei calls William Shatner an ‘unfit’ guinea pig after spaceflight

    10/15/2021 10:58:54 AM PDT · by Impala64ssa · 83 replies
    Page Six ^ | 10/14/21
    George Takei’s decades-long feud with William Shatner is rocketing into space. The “Star Trek” actor threw enough shade at his former on-screen captain to cause an eclipse, as he dismissed Shatner’s flight this week on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin capsule and described him as “not the fittest specimen.” “He’s boldly going where other people have gone before,” snarked Takei, 84, when Page Six asked him what he thought of Captain Kirk’s brief trip Wednesday to the edge of space. “He’s a guinea pig, 90 years old and it’s important to find out what happens,” Takei added, as he spoke at...
  • How to See Meteor Showers from Halley’s Comet This Month

    10/10/2021 10:27:07 AM PDT · by American Number 181269513 · 20 replies
    Good News Network ^ | 10/08/2021
    It’s almost time to look up, because the Orionids are coming to the Northern Hemisphere from October 16-24. You’ll be able to see the shooting stars without the need for a telescope or binoculars. But to see them at their very best, you’ll want to wake up early: from 4:00-5:00 A.M Daylight Savings Time, according to Farmer’s Almanac, you should be able to see anything from 10 to over 30 meteors each hour. What is it, precisely, that you’re watching in the night sky? That’d be trails of cosmic dust from Halley’s Comet sparking up against Earth’s atmosphere at speeds...
  • Two simpatico galaxies hold hands in this gorgeous view of space from Hubble

    10/10/2021 10:15:01 AM PDT · by American Number 181269513 · 37 replies
    Mashable ^ | October 9, 2021 | Adam Rosenberg
    These two galaxies are so tight, the stellar formation encompassing them both actually has a name of its own. Say hello to Arp 91, a pair of spiral galaxies that are situated so close together (in relative terms, space is big) we can actually see their outer arms reaching out and colliding with one another. BFFs on an intergalactic scale. Like a good marriage, these galaxies may share a name but they are their own individuals as well. In the center of the frame is NGC 5953. Just above it and slightly to the right is NGC 5954. They're both...
  • SpaceX astronauts talk about Shatner’s rocket trip, potential Moon mission

    10/08/2021 5:08:18 PM PDT · by White Lives Matter · 50 replies
    Mystery Wire ^ | October 8, 2021 | Mystery Wire
    MYSTERY WIRE — NASA is preparing to launch its fourth crew of astronauts to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule on October 30. The four crew members – three American and one German – have given their blessings to actor William Shatner, who will rocket into space next week — boldly going where no other sci-fi stars have gone before. Speaking ahead of their launch, the crew gave their best Vulcan salutes to space-bound actor William Shatner. Earlier this week, Jeff Bezos’ space travel company, Blue Origin, announced Captain Kirk himself will be rocketing into space from...
  • Columbus Knew the Earth Was Round (and so did everyone else) (short video)

    10/06/2021 5:25:40 PM PDT · by Salman · 42 replies
    TimeGhost History (on YouTube) ^ | Oct 6, 2021 | Indy Neidell & Spartacus Olsson
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_Tbw5q219w
  • UAP Task Force directives passed by U.S. House Intelligence Committe

    10/05/2021 5:28:21 PM PDT · by White Lives Matter · 3 replies
    Mystery Wire ^ | October 5, 2021 | Duncan Phenix
    The U.S. House Intelligence Committee has approved the 2022 Intelligence Authorization Act that includes directives on the government and UAPs. In a news release put out by committee Chairman Adam Schiff, he writes “the bill is carrying a bicameral provision mandating intelligence sharing with the Department of Defense’s UAP task force.” Persistent Pursuit of Unexplained Aerial Phenomena. Following a bipartisan oversight hearing on Unexplained Aerial Phenomena, the bill is carrying a bicameral provision mandating intelligence sharing with the Department of Defense’s UAP task force. The provision will ensure that the task force will be able to fully draw on all...
  • Unearthed Recording Alleges that Einstein Was Enlisted to Examine Roswell Wreckage

    10/05/2021 1:08:30 PM PDT · by White Lives Matter · 90 replies
    Coast to Coast AM ^ | October 5, 2021 | Tim Binnall
    In a recently unearthed recording of an interview conducted nearly 30 years ago, a former assistant to Albert Einstein alleges that the famed scientist was enlisted to examine the Roswell wreckage, including the ET occupants of the downed craft. UFO researcher Anthony Bragalia uncovered the remarkable revelation when he tracked down ufologist Sheila Franklin, who interviewed Dr. Shirley Wright in 1993 about her time working with Einstein in the summer of 1947. As luck would have it, Franklin still had the tapes from her conversation with the former assistant and what she told the researcher was nothing short of stunning....
  • Black company

    10/01/2021 2:03:53 PM PDT · by foundedonpurpose · 18 replies
    www.blackcompanycom ^ | Sep 28, 2021 | Black Company
    An old book but worth a read.
  • New neon mural lights up Uranus

    09/29/2021 6:23:43 PM PDT · by CheshireTheCat · 38 replies
    MSN.com ^ | September 29, 2021 | Dan Lake
    The mayor of a US town named Uranus has unveiled a new neon mural wall celebrating its location on Route 66. Located in Missouri, the unincorporated town has a population of 25. The neon light installation measures 6m high and 16m wide. It features icons from towns also located on Route 66 including the Blue Swallow Motel in New Mexico, Cadillac Ranch in Texas and the Blue Whale of Catoosa in Oklahoma.... Other popular attractions in the town include the Fudge Factory and the General Store, but Mayor Baker said there's more work to be done and the town will...
  • From Corona to aliens… Can mankind be unified by an extra-terrestrial threat?

    07/12/2021 5:02:05 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 53 replies
    SS ^ | 7/12/21 | SS
    The reaction to Covid has shown that the ‘unity through crises’ model of the global ruling class has backfired. As talk of UFOs intensifies, are they now hoping that mankind can be unified by an extra-terrestrial threat? When enforced narratives fail, abrupt U-turns are inevitable. The global Ministry of Truth is now openly promoting the Wuhan lab leak theory when not savaging the darlings of yesteryear’s ‘coronapocalypse’. The ‘unity through crises’ model One such fall guy is the British mathematical epidemiologist Professor Neil Ferguson, whose Covid-19 contagion model paralleled the 3.5-hour pandemic simulation exercise called Event 201 in October 2019....
  • Why Is NASA Working So Hard To Learn How To Defend The Earth From Giant Asteroids?

    07/07/2021 5:04:11 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 76 replies
    Economic Collapse Blog ^ | 7/5/21 | Michael Snyder
    Did you know that NASA is going to send a spacecraft on a suicide mission in an attempt to change the trajectory of a massive space rock? The good news is that the space rock that NASA will be crashing this spacecraft into is not on a collision course with Earth. It is only a test. But why has NASA suddenly become so concerned with figuring out how to defend the Earth from giant asteroids? Could it be possible that there is something heading toward Earth in the future that they haven’t told us about yet? According to NASA, there...
  • Mysterious spiral appears in the skies over the Pacific Ocean

    06/21/2021 5:43:24 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 50 replies
    SS ^ | 6/21/21 | SS
    What is that again? A strange and puzzling spiral in the skies captured by hundreds of skywatchers across the Pacific Ocean. People across the south Pacific islands, including New Caledonia, Tokelau, Samoa and Fiji, all reported spotting the same spiral phenomenon in the skies on Friday night, June 18. The spectacular spiral formation baffled viewers, who recorded video and photographs of it and took to social media to share what they saw. This is very similar to what occurred in Norway a few years back… What do you think? Footage posted on social media shows the spiral shape expanding in...
  • First view of NASA's assembled 'Megarocket' (And How It Will Take Us To The Moon And Back)

    06/13/2021 12:50:07 PM PDT · by White Lives Matter · 25 replies
    Unexplained Mysteries ^ | June 13, 2021 | Unexplained Mysteries
    The first of NASA's enormous Space Launch System (SLS) rockets stands as tall as the Statue of Liberty. Towering 212ft above the ground and flanked by its two smaller booster rockets, the core stage of the US space agency's next generation rocket has been photographed, for the first time, in its launch configuration ahead of its maiden voyage later this year. Designed to carry astronauts to the Moon and beyond, this gargantuan launch vehicle will play an integral part in NASA's Artemis program which aims to place astronauts on the Moon before 2030. The other key component will be the...
  • The US Embargo on UFO Topics Finally Ended, But Are We Really Ready for The Truth?!!

    06/05/2021 3:04:56 PM PDT · by Sean_Anthony · 65 replies
    Canada Free Press ^ | 06/05/21 | Kelly O'Connell
    US UFO Investigation: Cleveland Browns Quarterback Baker Mayfield saw a UFO, Obama believes in them, saying, “When it comes to aliens, there’s some things I just can’t tell you on air.” Tucker Carlson was informed there is UFO ‘wreckage.’ Recently, UFO’s are everywhere, and not just private accounts, but in numerous US military reports. Now, U.S. intelligence agencies offer Congress unclassified reports regarding UFOs, or as the Pentagon prefers—Unexplained Aerial Phenomena (UAPs). But the big takeaway—investigators have found no evidence the sightings are linked to aliens—but can’t deny a link either. Yet, an astrophysicist says they look terrestrial.
  • UMBRA

    06/05/2021 4:47:52 PM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 12 replies
    rev310.net ^ | 5/20/21 | Pete Garcia
    UMBRA. In the annals of intelligence, no word is more associated with secret government intelligence reports, especially those produced for policy-makers based on raw intelligence. UFO reports in the 1950s. The most brittle reporting on Soviet leadership intentions. Intercepted phone calls between Chinese and Pakistani nuclear officials. Way back when — at least since middle of the 1950s — the intelligence community used the UMBRA code word to inform the reader of a certain report that the original source for the intelligence was of the most sensitive category. At the NSA, back then, there were three levels of source sensitivity....
  • New Hints that Unidentified Submersible Objects May Be in the June Pentagon Report

    05/28/2021 9:43:39 AM PDT · by White Lives Matter · 45 replies
    Mysterious Universe ^ | May 26, 2021 | Paul Seaburn
    One of the new terms which has come out of the rapidly intensifying talk of UFO sightings by U.S. Navy personnel and the upcoming government report on UFOs is “transmedium” – which refers to unidentified vehicles flying over, hovering above and diving into the ocean. While it has been noted many times that the transmedium UFOs or UAPs emerged from the water unexpectedly and never surfaced again after diving in, no one seemed to discuss the idea that they could be accompanied by, or in fact exist primarily as, unidentified ‘submersible’ objects (USOs) which should be tracked by Navy submarines...
  • Do You Believe in UFOs? An Actual Answer May Be Near

    05/24/2021 10:11:35 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 147 replies
    Red State ^ | 05/24,2021 | Andrew Malcolm
    Mysteries intrigue the human mind. Things you don’t understand or can’t see. Mysteries draw you in, books, TV shows, real-life, even lingerie. You want to see, to understand.I don’t mean stupid mysteries like algebra. I mean scientific stuff. Our country has just gone through a messy pandemic year full of scary scientific mysteries that government folks were afraid to admit they really didn’t understand (or, that they did, and why).So, they pretended to understand this new mysterious virus and what to do about it. We were afraid, so fell for their charade of dictums–two weeks to flatten the curve. Then,...