Category Archives: November 2014

Looking at Stars from the Top of a Mountain

 by Robert Carnevale © I have come to where I’ve always been. The other hills seems quite at rest, no telltale sign of thoughts like mine milling like fireflies about their crowns. The stars keep on with their burning. How can we … Continue reading

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Gravity Wells According to XKCD (contributed by Michael Wright) Rover Humor from XKCD (contributed by Ira Polans) Cosmigraphics (contributed by David Kaplan) Over thousands of years, humans have tried to represent the universe in graphic form, whether in manuscripts, paintings, … Continue reading

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Antares Rocket Launch Ends in Catastrophic Failure from NASA Wallops – Eyewitness Account

by Dr. Ken Kremer, AAAP, Universe Today NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA –  Moments after a seemingly glorious liftoff, an Orbital Sciences Corp. commercial Antares rocket suffered a catastrophic failure and exploded into a spectacular aerial fireball over the launch … Continue reading

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