From Discover Magazine: On August 31, the Sun threw a major tantrum. It started with a vast arc of material towering over its surface, a stream of plasma flowing between two sunspots. Sometimes these collapse back down to the Sun’s surface, but this one exploded, blasting hundreds of millions of tons of material out into space. SDO captured this ridiculously …
A meteor, the Milky Way, and the Northern Lights all caught in the act Jonathan Woods writes: …Capturing just one of these natural beauties in a photo is a feat many photographers would be proud of. Amateur photographer Tommy Eliassen struck photo gold in this beautifully composed image he shot in Ifjord, Finnmark, Norway. Eliassen made the photo on Sept. …
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free…–-Bob Dylan, Mr. Tambourine ManI’d bet that Callista Gingrich has been nagging Newtie to put it on lay away for her. Diamond Planet Discovered By Astronomers The Huffington Post by Laura Hibbard 8/25/11 The nursery song “twinkle twinkle, little star” might have a whole new meaning now that astronomers have …
