Saturday, April 20, 2013

Thor's Helmet, the Norse God of Thunder can be seen in the cosmic cloud with wing like appendages. Thor's Helmet is about 30 light-years across. It is cataloged as NGC 2359, the nebula is located about 15,000 light-years away in the constellation Canis Major. It shows off a blue-green color from strong emission due to oxygen atoms in the glowing gas.

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Sunday, April 7, 2013


What is Earth's Future now if the Mayans' Predictions were off? Will Solar Maximum cause the destruction of Earth or will Earth survive?
Check out this video for some possible answers 
 
 
 
Will Solar Flares from the Sun destroy the Earth?
How many years have the Earth been orbiting the Sun?
Will humans be able to survive a Solar Maximum?
 
The answers to all of these questions can been found in this interesting video below: