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Star Tsar

11th October 2020, 12:05

Preston Dennett

The Coronado Island UFO Incident

Published 10th October 2020

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On the weekend of March 26-27, 1994, the Triad UFO Conference (funded by billionaire Robert Bigelow) was held at the Del Coronado Hotel on Coronado Island in southern California. Featured were leading abduction investigators Budd Hopkins, Yvonne Smith, John Carpenter and others. Several hundred people attended the conference.

Mike Evans, his wife, and a small group of other friends decided to attend. Unknown to them, they were about to become embroiled in one of the strangest and most unique events in UFO history: a mass UFO abduction. Six witnesses in three adjoining hotel rooms at the Village Inn all experienced an alien encounter on the same evening. Meanwhile, conference attendees at other nearby hotels also experienced extraterrestrial visitations.

Coronado Island is a small, densely populated island, much of which is owned and used by the United States Navy. It's a popular tourist destination, heavily guarded by police and military personnel. In other words, an unlikely location for a mass UFO abduction.

But wait, there's more! At the time of the abduction, the presidential Secret Service swarmed the island. President Clinton was visiting the next day. He planned to stay at the home of Larry Lawrence, US Ambassador to Switzerland, owner of the Hotel Del Coronado and one of the wealthiest men in the United States. Lawrence was a huge donor to President Clinton's campaign. And by some strange coincidence, the home of Larry Lawrence and the Village Inn were separated by only a few thousand feet.

Another thing that makes this case different is many of the witnesses suffered alarming physical symptoms following this encounter and others. One of the witnesses discovered an apparent alien implant in her leg, which was subsequently removed by Dr. Roger Leir, providing incontrovertible evidence of extraterrestrial intervention.

This video presents the Coronado Island UFO Incident from beginning to end, as told by one of the main percipients. Yvonne Smith's excellent book, "Coronado," tells the comprehensive story of this case, with several more new witnesses. You can also read about the experiences of the six experiencers at the Village Inn in my book, "The Coronado Island Incident, (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008R1XWX6/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=officialweb0f-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=bda4e91ba7be66607275ac940a24f5d2&creativeASIN=B008R1XWX6)" co-written by Mike Evans.

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Star Tsar

13th October 2020, 08:10

The Black Vault

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The NY Times And The Unreported UAP Encounters - Why Accuracy In UFO Reporting Matters

Published 11th October 2020

As UFOs captivate the world; society heavily relies on the mainstream media to offer accurate information. But do they?

In 2019, the NY Times reported multiple Naval encounters with UFOs. And although evidence exists they tried to verify that on an official level, The Black Vault just received documents that show they may not have been able to.

Did the NY Times hide UAP related information they did receive for a year? Did they change the date and timeframe of a UFO case they previously reported on, in an attempt to connect evidence to it that was unrelated?

It’s time for you to decide if you’re hearing the whole truth. From my side – here’s what I found out.

Stay tuned… you’re about to journey INSIDE THE BLACK VAULT.

ADDITIONAL COMMENT: Just to clarify, I should have been more clear about Lt. Graves' sighting, and the one he was relaying third-hand. The NY Times allowed Lt. Graves to relay the information about a sighting from an unnamed pilot who saw the "sphere encasing a cube". Essentially, we are talking about third hand information in regards to that description. However, Lt. Graves also relayed he saw his own unidentified objects on radar (along with Lt. Danny Accoin), and Lt. Graves was also the one who also stated a report was filed on at least one of the objects, also referring to the "sphere encasing a cube" object.

The History channel show "Unidentified" essentially eludes to the sightings around this time frame were all "sphere encasing a cube"-like objects, as they also had Lt. Graves speak about his unknown radar tracks, then relay the description from a pilot who describe the objects physically who saw them first hand. This is why I referred to "Lt. Graves' sighting" as the same, but as you can see from the television show, the NY Times article, and a few other sources, those details vary depending on the source. Sadly, these details that are not clear where they first appeared, also add to the confusion about the reporting and the cases themselves.

However, the points about the incorrect date, what seemingly is not the same encounter characteristics, craft description etc., all stand.

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Star Tsar

13th October 2020, 08:15

Somewhere In The Skies

Clayton Morris: The UAP Task Force, Mainstream Media & Disclosure

Published 12th October 2020

On episode 182 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, Ryan is joined by former Fox News anchor, Clayton Morris, to discuss the controversial topic of mainstream and social media and its insidious influences on our everyday lives. Whether it's politics, race, gender, or beliefs, how do these twenty-four hour news cycles and social media platforms feed off of our insecurities and grow more prosperous and powerful by the day? Morris also describes his frustrating, but successful attempts of getting the UFO issue covered in the mainstream media and how the entire landscape of the UFO topic has changed in the past few years. Ryan and Morris then recall the extraordinary Kecksburg UFO incident and wrap things up covering Morris's new Youtube series, The Paranormal Post.

Learn more about Clayton Morris at: http://www.claytonmorris.com

Subscribe to the Paranormal Post by visiting: https://www.youtube.com/c/ParanormalPost/videos

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Star Tsar

13th October 2020, 09:02

Phys.org

Finding Vaporized Metal In The Air Of An Exoplanet

Published 8th October 2020

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WASP-121b is an exoplanet located 850 light years from Earth, orbiting its star in less than two days—a process that takes Earth a year to complete. WASP-121b is very close to its star—about 40 times closer than Earth to the Sun. This close proximity is also the main reason for its immensely high temperature of around 2,500 to 3,000 degrees Celsius. This makes it an ideal object of study to learn more about ultra-hot worlds.

Read all about it here: https://phys.org/news/2020-10-vaporized-metal-air-exoplanet.html

Paper: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202038365

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The Moon Is The Perfect Spot For SETI

Published 12th October 2020

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In less than four years, NASA plans to land the first woman and the next man on the moon as part of Project Artemis. This long-awaited return to the moon is to be followed by the construction of the Lunar Gateway, the Artemis Base Camp and a program of "sustainable lunar exploration." The creation of an enduring human presence on the moon will also create many opportunities for exciting scientific research.

For example, astronomers want to conduct radio astronomy on the far side of the moon, where telescopes could probe the earliest period of the Universe free of terrestrial radio interference. Taking this a step further, a team of astronomers recently recommended that a radio telescope on the far side of the moon (or in lunar orbit) could aid in another important area of research: the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)!

Read all about it here: https://phys.org/news/2020-10-moon-seti.html

Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2009.12689.pdf

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Russia Shuns US Lunar Program, As Space Cooperation Under Threat

Published 12th October 2020

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Russia is unlikely to participate in the Moon-orbiting station planned by the United States, a Russian official said Monday, marking the probable end of the type of close cooperation seen for two decades on the International Space Station (ISS).

The proposed new station, called the Gateway, "is too US-centric, so to speak," Dmitry Rogozin, the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, said, adding Russia was "likely to refrain from participating in it on a large scale."

Read all about it here: https://phys.org/news/2020-10-russia-shuns-lunar-space-cooperation.html

Star Tsar

13th October 2020, 09:17

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 5th September - 12th October 2020

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Star Tsar

13th October 2020, 09:22

Cool Worlds

Primordial Stars

Published 8th October 2020

The Universe is ancient, far older than our own Solar System. What were the first stars that formed like? How different to the Sun could they have been? Today we explore 3 fascinating astrophysical stars in the early Universe.

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Star Tsar

13th October 2020, 09:26

Haus der Astronomie

Our Milky Way Galaxy – A Brief Tour

Published 9th October 2020

Animation by Stefan Payne-Wardenaar for the Collaborative Research Center SFB881 "The Milky Way System"

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Star Tsar

13th October 2020, 09:31

John Michael Godier's Event Horizon

Timothy Ferris | What Is Planet Nine?

Published 8th October 2020

Do Alien Civilizations simply exist too far away and at different periods to ever truly find each other? Would a galactic internet help us connect with other Alien Civilizations? Author and filmmaker Timothy Ferris joins John Michael Godier to discuss this and his part in the production of the Voyager Golden Record with Carl Sagan.

Where is everybody? Not enough time?

https://www.timothyferris.com/
Timothy Ferris books (affiliate link):
Coming of Age in the Milky Way https://amzn.to/3lul0gF
Author page: https://amzn.to/3d7zzDL

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Star Tsar

13th October 2020, 10:01

Lowell Observatory

Sagas In The Sky | Pisces

Published 10th October 2020

Sagas in the Sky explores some of the stories behind the stars in the night sky. In this episode, we look at the story of Pisces, the Fish.

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Star Tsar

13th October 2020, 10:06

History Of The Earth

How The Earth Got Its Magnetic Field (And Why It Might Not Protect Us Much Longer)

Published 10th October 2020

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Star Tsar

13th October 2020, 10:22

Astrum

How Long Or Short Can A Year Be?

Published 10th October 2020

Astrum investigates some examples of extreme years. The differences are mind-boggling!

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Star Tsar

13th October 2020, 10:28

Nemesis Maturity

Earth Is Entering A Stream Of Debris From Halley's Comet - Orionid Meteor Shower 2020

Published 13th October 2020

One of the year's best sky shows will peak between October 20 and 22. The Orionid meteor shower. The meteors that streak across the sky are some of the fastest and brightest among meteor showers, because the Earth is hitting a stream of particles almost head on. The particles come from comet 1P/Halley, better known as Halley's Comet.

The Orionid meteor shower isn't the strongest, but it is one of the most beautiful showers of the year. The reason is its setting. The shower is framed by some of the brightest stars in the heavens. Constellations such as Taurus, Gemini, Canis Major and Orion provide a glittering backdrop for the display.

To see the show, experts suggest going outside one to two hours before sunrise, when the sky is dark and the constellation Orion is high overhead. Although Orionids emerge from a small area near the shoulder of Orion, they will spray across the entire sky. Orionid meteors are visible from anywhere on Earth.

Be prepared for speed!
Meteoroids from Halley's Comet strike Earth's atmosphere traveling 148,000 mph. Only the November Leonids are faster. Speed is important because fast meteors have a tendency to explode. Occasionally, Orionid fireballs will leave incandescent streams of debris in their wake that linger for minutes. As many as 25 meteors an hour will dash across the starry sky.

If possible, get far away from city lights (which can hinder the show). The best time to watch this shower will be between the hours of midnight and dawn - regardless of your time zone.

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Star Tsar

13th October 2020, 10:34

Parallax Nick

The Rivers Of The Solar System

Published 10th October 2020

Comets are not random; they follow courses prescribed by gravity, much like water in a river. In this episode, we sail the rivers of the Solar System to find their sources.

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Star Tsar

13th October 2020, 11:24

SciShow Space

A Violent Origin Story For Tiny Space Diamonds

Published 9th October 2020

Scientists may have discovered some clues to two vastly different anomalies. Microscopic diamonds inside of meteors, and why ancient black holes are so massive.

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Star Tsar

13th October 2020, 12:46

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 13th October 2020 | Dark Nova, Scary Implications For The Sun

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EFO

18th October 2020, 12:22

The following original photos deserves to be on this special thread.

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Star Tsar

19th October 2020, 14:15

Martian Wolf

What Is A Blue Moon? Fun Facts About The Halloween Blue Moon

Published 17th October 2020

Will the Moon turn Blue? What is a Blue Moon? How often do they occur?

Contents of the video:
0:00 Introduction
0:26 What is a Blue Moon?
1:10 Can the Moon turn Blue?
2:13 How rare is a Blue Moon?
2:56 Fun Facts
4:50 Conclusion

In this video, we address various questions about Blue Moons. A month Blue Moon is the name for the second Full Moon within a calendar month. This upcoming Halloween (2020) is going to be a monthly Blue Moon. A seasonal Blue Moon is when four Full Moons happen within the same season.

The moon can appear in different colors depending on atmospheric conditions and astronomical events. In this video, we talk about the Moon looking blue, orange, and red. The Moon can look blue if there is a lot of dust or smoke particles in the atmosphere. When the Moon is near the horizon, it can appear to have an orangish color. During a total lunar eclipse, the Moon can look a dark reddish color.

Fun Facts:
A Full Moon on Halloween is always a Blue Moon
A Blue Moon can never happen in February
This Blue Moon on Halloween will be near Apogee, making the Moon look 10% dimmer than a typical Full Moon.

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Star Tsar

19th October 2020, 14:20

John Michael Godier's Event Horizon

Dr. James Benford | Looking For Technosignatures On The Moon

Published 15th October 2020

Von Neumann probes, self-replicating spacecraft, or Alien lurkers and alien artifacts all represent the idea that somewhere in our solar system, maybe even on the moon, there could be evidence of an alien civilization. These lurkers may have been silently watching us from space for millions of years or longer. Are Alien Artifacts on the moon? How would we search the moon for signs of technosignatures?

Jonh Michael Godier spoke to Dr. James Benford about his paper ', as well as other solutions to the fermi paradox that involves finding alien artifacts in our own solar system.

Looking for Lurkers: Objects Co-orbital with Earth as SETI Observables
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1903.09582.pdf

POWER BEAMING LEAKAGE RADIATION AS A SETI OBSERVABLE
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1602.05485.pdf

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Star Tsar

19th October 2020, 14:24

Space Weather Woman Tamitha Skov

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Space Weather News | A Spectacular Solar Flare Fire Plume & New Bright Regions

Published 18th October 2020

Our Sun is definitely waking up with eye-candy to boot! We went from a spotless Sun just last week to multiple bright regions on the Earth-facing disk, including two sunspots in Earth view (and possibly another if you count the big region on the Sun's farside). These regions have not only boosted the solar flux into the mid-70s, but they are also firing off B and C-class solar flares. One of these flares, which occurred just slightly behind the Sun's west limb resulted in the most spectacular fire plume we have seen yet in this new cycle. Likely this flare was larger than we saw at Earth because the Sun partially blocked it from view.Even at a C5-level, it still gave us a gorgeous show. Aurora photographers will appreciate the fact we have a coronal hole that will rotate into the Earth-strike zone later this week. This will begin an extended period of fast solar wind from several coronal holes, including a polar coronal hole we have seen before. Last month the fast solar wind from these coronal holes brought us up to G2-storm levels. We will see if this will be a repeat performance. If so, we expect the peak of the storm to be sometime around October 25. Finally, the farside of the Sun is almost as dazzling as the front side. We have a stunning filament bridge dangling over a big bright region on the Sun's east limb in STEREO's view. It is hard to tell if this filament can hang on until it rotates into Earth view before about these active regions, how radio propagation and GPS reception is faring with all this new activity, and see what else our Sun has in store!

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Star Tsar

19th October 2020, 14:30

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 14th - 19th October 2020

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Star Tsar

19th October 2020, 14:40

Geoengineering Watch

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Global Alert News | Episode 271

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Published 17th October 2020

How do you like your weather, natural or man-made?

Even as governments are ramping up CV-19 societal lockdowns, a World Health Organization Official has just issued “an appeal to all world leaders: stop using lockdown as your primary control method”. The public is being told that CV-19 is the core cause of coming food shortages, but this narrative is only a part of a much larger agenda and cover-up. What other objectives are a part of the picture?
Yet more CV-19 vaccine trials have been halted due to safety problems, while the international bankers are issuing CV-19 relief loans to governments around the world. What cost will populations ultimately pay for these loans? Can endless money printing save us from the cascading collapse of Earth’s remaining life support systems?
The NASA satellite image shown below (in the attached link) was captured by Geoengineering Watch on October 15th, 2020. This image reveals the shocking power the climate engineers possess. The constant high pressure “heat dome” over the US West blocks any and all moisture from coming anywhere near the California coast, let alone bringing any relief for parched and burning inland regions. The atmospheric high pressure zones are manipulated and maintained by massively powerful microwave transmission facilities like HAARP. These installations are known as “ionosphere heaters”. The unprecedented drought and wildfire scenarios in the US West are not an act of nature, they are the result of climate engineering operations.

Supporting link: https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/geoengineering-watch-global-alert-news-october-17-2020-271/

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Star Tsar

19th October 2020, 14:48

Seeker

The Mystery Of Saturn’s Giant Hexagonal Storm May Soon Be Solved

Published 16th September 2020

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Saturn has a giant 18,000-mile, hexagon-shaped cloud storm that could comfortably fit two Earths inside it, and since its discovery, the mysterious hexagon has left scientists stumped.

Until now.

A recent computer simulation designed by Harvard researchers might provide some clues about what exactly is forming this unusual hexagon marvel.

The high-speed, six-sided jet stream was first discovered in the early 1980’s by NASA’s Voyager flybys.

Using data taken during Cassini’s 13-year mission, researchers from Harvard set out to answer how Saturn’s turbulent conditions could give rise to stable, geometric jets.

The team of researchers built a 3-D computer simulation of Saturn’s hexagon to study its behavior. Find out more in this Elements.

Read More:

A new 3D model could explain the formation of a hexagon storm on Saturn
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/10/3d-model-seeks-to-explain-mysterious-hexagon-storm-on-saturn/
"The model the researchers created suggests the storm is thousands of kilometers deep, well beneath Saturn’s cloud tops."

No, That's *Not* the Last Photo of Saturn From Cassini
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/no-thats-not-the-last-photo-of-saturn-from-cassini
"That monochrome shot was taken on September 14, 2017, less than a day before Cassini burned up."

These are the spookiest, scariest storms on any known planet
https://astronomy.com/news/2016/10/weirdest-planetary-weather
"From Jupiter's red storms to distant howling lightning storms, these are the places you least want to be."

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Star Tsar

19th October 2020, 14:54

Asteroid Station

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Asteroid (2020 UA)

Published 18th October 2020

Asteroid (2020 UA) will be passing Earth extremely close to Earth on October 21, 2020. This small asteroid only measures around 13 meters in diameter, 42 feet. 2020UA will only be 0.11 LD away from Earth, which will be 26,957 miles away. This asteroid is no threat to Earth, even if it entered the atmosphere is would just burn up and wouldn't stand a chance hitting Earth.

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Star Tsar

19th October 2020, 14:58

Space.com

Two Asteroids Fly Closer Than The Moon On Same Day

Published 19th October 2020

Asteroids 2020 UX and 2020 TF6 zipped by Earth on Oct. 19, 2020. Car-size asteroid 2020 UX flew about 118,000 mi. (190,000 km) away while bus-size asteroid 2020 TF6 was about 95,400 mi. (153,531 km) away.

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Star Tsar

19th October 2020, 15:05

The Goldcast

Professor Volker Hessel | The Future Of Precious Metals Asteroid Mining & Extraction

Published 17th October 2020

Professor Volker Hessel is Deputy Dean of Research from the University of Adelaide’s Faculty of Engineering, Computer & Mathematical Sciences (ECMS) and Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering. Professor Hessel has worked on a metal extraction process for raw materials found in asteroids. He has also conducted research on space resources in a broader context including medicine, nutrients, food, and economics.

This is the first episode on the subject of Asteroid mining that we hope to cover more in the future. Professor Hessel shares with us his view of the current state of Asteroid extraction technology. We discuss current limitations both technological and economic.

Asteroid mining is often cited as a future gold market killer, particularly by folks from the technology world. It is a technical, complicated multi-disciplinary field and it is certainly worth educating yourself about as an individual precious metals investor.

This information is not financial advice.

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Star Tsar

19th October 2020, 15:09

The Mars Society

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Elon Musk - 2020 Mars Society Virtual Convention

Published 16th October 2020

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Elon Musk's comments with questions relayed from the Mars Society Membership by Dr. Robert Zubrin, James L. Burk, and Carie Fay. Following Elon's 30 min time, Dr. Zubrin took additional questions. This special event was part of the 2020 Mars Society Virtual Convention from October 14-18, 2020.

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Star Tsar

19th October 2020, 15:26

Star Tsar

19th October 2020, 15:55

SEA

The Oort Cloud | The Solar System's Shell

Published 16th October 2020

What lies at the very furthest recesses of the Solar System? Far beyond the orbit of Neptune and the Kuiper Belt, deep into interstellar space, lies a vast, thick shell of icy space debris. We have never seen it directly, but we know it exists- because it is the source of the most distant comets that we see entering the Solar System. Why is it there?

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Star Tsar

19th October 2020, 15:59

Lowell Observatory

Sagas In The Sky | Taurus

Published 17th October 2020

Sagas in the Sky explores some of the stories behind the stars in the night sky. In this episode, we look at the story of Taurus, the Bull.

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Star Tsar

20th October 2020, 13:03

Nemesis Maturity

Moon, Jupiter & Saturn Will Form A Celestial Triangle

Published 20th October 2020

Over the next several evenings (Oct. 21-23) watch for the waxing Moon to sweep by the gas giant planets, Jupiter and Saturn.

On the evening of Oct. 22 the nearly half-full waxing Moon, the bright planet Jupiter, and the fainter planet Saturn, will form a celestial triangle in the southern sky.

The Orionid meteor shower will peak on the mornings of October 21 and 22 too. The Orionids start producing meteors in late evening, but the number of meteors increases after midnight. The greatest number of Orionid meteors streak the sky during the few hours before dawn. You might see as many as 15 to 20 meteors per hour at the Orionid's peak.

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Star Tsar

20th October 2020, 13:12

Astrum

Our Solar System's Planets: Mercury

Published 17th October 2020

Almost everything you could want to know about the closest planet to the Sun, Mercury. Real HD photos and videos taken by the MESSENGER probe. We discuss the orbit, climate, geographical features, and general physical characteristics or Mercury, and a lot more.

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Star Tsar

20th October 2020, 13:18

What Da Math? With Anton Petrov

The Sun Has Reversed Polarity Starting The 25th Solar Cycle

Published 19th October 2020

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In this video Anton will talk about the 25th solar cycle that just started.

Read all about it here: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/what-will-solar-cycle-25-look-like-sun-prediction-model

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Star Tsar

20th October 2020, 13:24

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 20th October 2020 | Earthquake Alert Hits, Mantle Structure, Meteor Shower

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Star Tsar

20th October 2020, 13:39

Seán Doran

Heaven

Published 18th October 2020

based on ESRSU image archive / eol.jsc.nasa.gov
Music: 'Shasta Trinity' by Jesse Gallagher / https://jessegallagher.bandcamp.com

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Star Tsar

20th October 2020, 13:52

Dr Becky Smethurst

If The Universe Is Expanding, Where Is The Centre?

Published 15th October 2020

The Universe doesn't have a centre and the Big Bang wasn't an explosion.

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This animated flight through the universe was made by Miguel Aragon of Johns Hopkins University with Mark Subbarao of the Adler Planetarium and Alex Szalay of Johns Hopkins. There are close to 400,000 galaxies in the animation, with images of the actual galaxies in these positions (or in some cases their near cousins in type) derived from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 7. Vast as this slice of the universe seems, its most distant reach is to redshift 0.1, corresponding to roughly 1.3 billion light years from Earth. SDSS Data Release 9 from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS), led by Berkeley Lab scientists, includes spectroscopic data for well over half a million galaxies at redshifts up to 0.8 -- roughly 7 billion light years distant -- and over a hundred thousand quasars to redshift 3.0 and beyond.

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Star Tsar

20th October 2020, 14:03

Dr Maggie Lieu

Where Is All The Antimatter?

Published 18th October 2020

This week Dr Lieu talks about one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in physics - where is all the anti-matter hiding?

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Star Tsar

22nd October 2020, 12:58

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 21st & 22nd October 2020

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Star Tsar

22nd October 2020, 13:09

Volcano Time-Lapse

Explosive Daylight Plumes |
Volcán de Fuego (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volc%C3%A1n_de_Fuego), Guatemala

Recorded & Published 21st October 2020

At 06:11 Hrs Guatemala time an explosion were recorded. Watch the ballistic fragments hit the slopes! I'll post a chart where you can click that time and see that explosion. There are 9 ballistic explosions in all.

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Eruption | Bezymianny Volcano (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bezymianny), Russia

Recorded & Published 21st October 2020

At 20:37 Hrs Russian time an explosion was recorded.

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Star Tsar

22nd October 2020, 13:16

Weather Events

Extreme Weather Around The World From 18th To 21st October 2020

Published 21st October 2020

00:00 Greece - Two waterspout are captured off the coast of Rhodes Island,
02:21 Vietnam - severe flooding and landslides affecting Quang Binh
09:12 Beirut lebanon - landspout tornado and rain
09:47 Dust storm, Casablanca, Morocco
13:26 Paraguay heavy rain

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Star Tsar

22nd October 2020, 13:24

NASA Goddard

OSIRIS-REx Touches Asteroid Bennu

Published 21st October 2020

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NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm Oct. 20, 2020, and in a first for the agency, briefly touched an asteroid to collect dust and pebbles from the surface for delivery to Earth in 2023.

This well-preserved, ancient asteroid, known as Bennu, is currently more than 200 million miles (321 million kilometers) from Earth. Bennu offers scientists a window into the early solar system as it was first taking shape billions of years ago and flinging ingredients that could have helped seed life on Earth.

Read all about it here: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/osiris-rex-tags-surface-of-asteroid-bennu/

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Captured on Oct. 20 during the OSIRIS-REx mission’s Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection event, this series of 16 images shows the SamCam imager’s field of view as the NASA spacecraft backs away from asteroid Bennu’s surface after touching down. The sampling event brought the spacecraft all the way down to sample site Nightingale, and the team on Earth received confirmation of successful touchdown at 6:08 pm EDT. Preliminary data show the sampling head touched Bennu’s surface for approximately 6 seconds, after which the spacecraft performed a back-away burn.

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Star Tsar

22nd October 2020, 13:40

Star Tsar

22nd October 2020, 13:46

Seeker

The Z Machine Recreates A Dying Star On Earth

Published 22nd October 2020

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The age of the universe might be wrong, so a team of astrophysicists are using the Z Machine to recreate a piece of it on Earth. What does it take to resurrect a white dwarf star in the lab?

With its 36 Marx generators and more than TWO THOUSAND capacitors the Z Machine can store MORE THAN 20 MEGAJOULES of energy and fire it at a tiny target at its center.

It’s a powerful device used to uncover the mysteries of our universe.

Although the Z can’t reanimate monsters, it is helping drive innovation in the fields of radiation sciences, material sciences, and fusion studies.

Even redefining the field of astronomy by making experimentation possible.

Read More:
Z Machine: Science
https://www.sandia.gov/z-machine/research/science.html
“Z provides the fastest, most accurate, and most affordable method to determine how materials will react under high pressures and temperatures, characteristics that can then be expressed in formulas called equations of state. Combining theoretical simulations with laboratory work, Sandia researchers are able to perform more precisely than ever before.”

Creating Star Stuff on Earth is the Aim of New $7 Million Project
https://cns.utexas.edu/news/creating-star-stuff-on-earth-is-the-aim-of-new-7-million-project
“To re-create the surface of a white dwarf star, UT Austin astronomer Don Winget and colleagues use the Z-machine, which converts the amount of electricity needed to power a few TV sets for the evening into a burst of energy greater than that produced by all the power plants in the world.”

White Dwarfs
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/universe/white-dwarfs/
“When they reach the end of their long evolutions, smaller stars—those up to eight times as massive as our own sun—typically become white dwarfs. These ancient stars are incredibly dense. A teaspoonful of their matter would weigh as much on Earth as an elephant—5.5 tons.”

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Star Tsar

22nd October 2020, 13:52

The Vintage Space

Vladimir Komarov Was Doomed To Die On Soyuz 1

Published 22nd October 2020

On April 24th, 1967 Space claimed its first victim.

Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov crashed into the ground when the main parachute on his Soyuz 1 descent capsule failed to open.

He became the first cosmonaut to fly into space twice and the first man to die while on a space mission (Apollo 1 tragedy happened 3 months earlier during the ground test).

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Star Tsar

22nd October 2020, 13:56

Always Asking

Was The Universe Made For Life?

Published 22nd October 2020

Was the universe made for life? In other words, were physical laws and constants of nature somehow chosen to allow for complex life?

Over the last century, physicists and cosmologists made a series of disturbing discoveries: cosmic coincidences. They found that parameters of nature and physical law seen specially crafted to make life possible. What are the implications?

Are we just very lucky? Was the universe designed for us. Or, might it imply the existence of other unseen universes. In this episode we review the latest data and theories to find answers to these questions.

Beginning: 00:00
Episode start: 00:25
First Clues: 01:56
A Perfect Balance: 04:03
Monkeying with Physics: 09:15
Cosmic Coincidences: 17:30
Chemistry and Life: 19:09
The King of the Elements: 20:26
A Desert Universe: 21:38
Particle Physics and Life: 24:39
A World of Electrons: 25:30
A Starless Universe: 27:39
A Universe without Atoms: 30:50
Ghosts to the Rescue: 32:14
Fundamental Forces and Life: 37:37
Electromagnetism and the "Greatest Damn Mystery in Physics": 38:10
Gravity and the Lives and Deaths of Stars: 40:30
The Weak Nuclear Force and the Biggest Explosions: 44:46
The Strong Nuclear Force and Sticky Nucleons: 49:06
Cosmology and Life: 52:26
Infinitely Intelligent Babies and Spacetime Dimensionality: 53:05
Dark Matter and the Cosmic Web: 56:09
Universal Homogeneity and Unwelcome Stars: 59:42
The Cosmological Constant and Einstein’s Greatest Blunder: 01:03:05
How Lucky were We?: 01:11:59
The Right Particles: 01:13:00
Balanced Forces: 01:15:00
Precise Initial Conditions: 01:17:14
Between Order and Chaos: 01:19:32
Counting our Luck: 01:21:24
The Finest Tuning: 01:25:30
Why the Universe is Made for Life: 01:29:29
Coincidence: 01:30:37
Providence: 01:35:00
Multiverse: 01:40:00
The Anthropic Principle: 01:45:10
Solving the Fine-Tuning Mystery: 01:47:06
Is there one Universe, not Designed for Life?: 01:48:35
Is there one Universe, Designed for Life?: 01:51:45
Is there not one Universe?: 01:52:52
Final Thoughts: 01:55:16

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Star Tsar

22nd October 2020, 14:00

Fade To Black Radio

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Richard Dolan | UFO/UAP Headlines

Aired & Streamed 22nd October 2020

In this episode, Richard Dolan returns for an open discussion on the current state of the UFO/UAP question and where we are with Disclosure as 2020 winds down and we now look ahead to 2021.

Richard is one of the world’s leading researchers and writers on the subject of UFOs, and believes that they constitute the greatest mystery of our time.

Dolan completed his graduate work at the University of Rochester, where he studied U.S. Cold War strategy, European history, and international diplomacy. Richard also studied at Alfred University and Oxford University.

He is the author of UFOs and the National Security State, he co-authored with Bryce Zabel, A.D. After Disclosure and his latest book is: UFOs and the 21st Century Mind.

Richard hosts a weekly radio show, The Richard Dolan Show, on KGRA radio. He is currently featured on several television series and documentaries, including Ancient Aliens, Hangar One: The UFO Files and Close Encounters.

In addition to his research, Richard’s company, Richard Dolan Press, publishes innovative books by authors from around the world and he hosts his weekly livestream on his YouTube channel.

Air date: October 21, 2020

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Star Tsar

22nd October 2020, 14:06

It's [Redacted].

The Ontario Barbells

Published 17th October 2020

In August 2013, witnesses 1, 2 and 3 were driving on a remote logging road in Ontario, Canada. They had just finished hunting, and were on their way back to camp.

What followed is one of the most interesting close-up encounters with an unidentified object in recorded history. The primary witness is an engineer and has contracts with the Department of Defense, something that has been verified by investigators Phil Leech and Robert Powell.

We spoke with Powell, now with the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU), about the case, and why he believes it's so compelling. The primary witness and witness #3 both went on the record to investigators – their testimony, along with a video they recorded, is covered in today's episode.

0:00 Intro
2:10 Witness #1
6:02 Movement of travel
6:42 "Just shoot it!"
8:13 Double checking the math
10:41 Second and third UFOs
11:40 Video recording
12:39 Strange symbols

Source documents and credits listed here: https://itsredacted.com/the-ontario-barbells-dod-contractor-sees-unidentified-object-with-strange-symbols/

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The Salamanca Humanoids

Published 24th October 2020

Five years after the closing of Project Blue Book, U.S. intelligence was still paying attention to UFOs. Declassified files from 1974 show something even stranger — monitoring of a Close Encounter of the Third Kind, a case involving 6 1/2 foot tall humanoid occupants of disc-shaped craft.

The case occurred in Western Spain, in the province of Salamanca. A Defense Intelligence Agency analyst compiled an account of this and other strange sightings from that year, and sent them to European Command and other "parties interested."

The witness, Maxi Iglesias, claims U.S. officials visited the site to analyze trace evidence left behind, telling him they were from "NASA." For years, this was laughed off, but we now know officials really were monitoring the case.

0:00 Intro
1:16 The Salamanca Humanoids
4:11 Spanish UFO flap
7:06 'NASA'?
7:33 U.S. intel tracks other sightings
8:58 AATIP connection?
9:50 The Caceres Humanoids

Source documents and credits listed here: https://www.dia.mil/FOIA/FOIA-Electronic-Reading-Room/FOIA-Reading-Room-Other-Available-Records/FileId/39984/

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Star Tsar

25th October 2020, 12:27

Dreksler Astral

Extraterrestrial Civilizations & Why We Can't Detect Them

Published 23rd October 2020

In this video, I take a look at the reasons as to why extraterrestrial civilizations currently exist or will eventually exist and then go over the reasons as to why we can't detect traces of extraterrestrial civilizations that currently exist or the traces of ones that existed and went extinct.
(I also try to calculate as to what approximately the number of planets in the observable universe is and connect it to the idea of extraterrestrial civilizations existing)

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Star Tsar

25th October 2020, 12:31

Space.com

If Aliens Lived On Planets 300 Light-years Away, They Could Spot Us

Published 23rd October 2020

Cornell University astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger explains that if there is intelligent life on planets 300 light-years away, they would be able to detect Earth's chemical traces. Kaltenegger and Lehigh University's Joshua Pepper have identified 1,004 main-sequence stars at that distance. Could there Earth-like planets be in those stars' habitable zones? -- Story: Aliens watching us? Scientists spot 1,000 nearby stars where E.T. could detect life on Earth: https://www.space.com/exoplanets-transiting-earth-life-detection-possible

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Star Tsar

25th October 2020, 12:38

The Exoplanets Channel

The Five Closest Habitable Planets

Published 23rd October 2020

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Star Tsar

25th October 2020, 12:45

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 23rd - 25th October 2020

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Star Tsar

25th October 2020, 12:53

Geoengineering Watch

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Global Alert News | Episode 272

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Published 24th October 2020

Is our weather being engineered?
Record drought, record deluge, record heat and record cold, weather extremes are now the norm. Rapidly unfolding Earth changes will very soon eclipse all other concerns or challenges. Though the ongoing climate engineering operations remain a core causal factor behind so much of the climate chaos and environmental destruction, the geoengineering reality is still categorically denied by all elected officials, official agencies, and the whole of academia.

Supporting link: https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/geoengineering-watch-global-alert-news-october-24-2020-272/

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Star Tsar

25th October 2020, 13:00

Weather Events

Extreme Weather Around The World From 23rd & 24th October 2020

Published 24th October 2020

00:00 INDONESIA - tornado , Kaliabang Tengah, north of Bekasi, Oct 23rd
03:41 JAMAICA - Severe flooding in Bull Bay , Oct 23rd
06:27 INDIA - landslide, Khongnem area, Oct 24th
07:26 ARGENTINA - Heavy hail storm, Victoria, Rios, Oct 23rd
07:57 Switzeland - hail, Oct 24th

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Star Tsar

25th October 2020, 13:18

John Michael Godier's Event Horizon

Amir Siraj | There Is A Sea Of Interstellar Objects In The Galaxy

Published 22nd October 2020

Oumuamua and Borisov were the first two interstellar objects found in our Solar system. And with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory about to become operational, it will improve our ability discover interstellar objects. Just how many interstellar objects are in our galaxy? How many interstellar objects in our solar system? Could some have landed and been preserved on the moon? Amir Siraj of Harvard joins John Michael Godlier on Event Horizon to discuss his work with Dr. Avi Loeb to continue the search and study of interstellar objects within our solar system.

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Star Tsar

25th October 2020, 13:31

Scott Manley

NASA's OSIRIS REx Mission Ends Up With More Than It Expected

Published 24th October 2020

NASA's OSIRIS REx spacecraft was supposed to grab a sample of the asteroid Bennu so that it could be returned to Earth for analysis. The spacecraft grabbed the sample on Tuesday, but, it's taken a few days to actually get photos of the tool and now it's realized they have a problem with too much material. Larger pieces of regolith have kept the sample head from closing properly, so material is slowly being lost.
As a result, the mission operators are skipping past a number of important tests and going straight to storing the sample for return to avoid losing more.

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Star Tsar

25th October 2020, 13:37

American Museum Of Natural History

Rosetta Comet Mission In 360

Published 24th October 2020

The mission: to track down and land on a comet as it moved around the Sun. After a 10-year chase, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft found its target, Comet 67P (Churyumov-Gerasimenko), gathering new information that will fuel scientific inquiry for years go come. Learn more about the landmark Rosetta mission, featured in the Hayden Planetarium Space Show Worlds Beyond Earth, in this 360 video.

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Star Tsar

25th October 2020, 13:44

Nemesis Maturity

Eight Newly Found Asteroids Flew Past Earth Closer Than The Moon In Six Days

Published 24th October 2020

Once again the region between the Earth and the Moon has been busy. Not only one but eight small asteroids passed incredibly close to our planet. Interestingly, some of them were discovered JUST a few hours before their close approach.

8 asteroids were discovered from October 17 to 22, 2020, marking a significant increase in detection and flybys of asteroids within 1 lunar distance in such a short period of time.

Eight 8 asteroids with an estimated diameter between 2 and 19 metres, buzzed by Earth a little too close for comfort and the world did not get much advanced notice.

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Star Tsar

25th October 2020, 14:13

Meteorite Videos

Dhofar 1766

Published 24th October 2020

An example of lunar feldspathic breccia.

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Star Tsar

26th October 2020, 14:37

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 26th October 2020 | Galactic Micronova Trigger, New Sunspots, EMF Quakes

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Star Tsar

26th October 2020, 15:07

Space Telescope Science Institute

Tonight's Sky: November 2020

Published 26th October 2020

In November, hunt for the fainter constellations of fall, including Pisces, Aries, and Triangulum. They will guide you to find several galaxies and a pair of white stars. Stay tuned for space-based views of spiral galaxy M74 and the Triangulum Galaxy, which are shown in visible, infrared, and ultraviolet light.

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Star Tsar

26th October 2020, 15:21

Lowell Observatory

Sagas In The Sky | Orion

Published 24th October 2020

Sagas in the Sky explores some of the stories behind the stars in the night sky. In this episode, we look at the story of Orion, the Hunter.

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Star Tsar

26th October 2020, 15:34

What Da Math? With Anton Petrov

Betelgeuse Distance Was Wrong & Other Surprising Discoveries

Published 24th October 2020

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In this video Anton will talk about new discoveries and explanations that redefine our understanding of Betelgeuse.

Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2006.09837.pdf

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Star Tsar

28th October 2020, 16:49

Science & Cocktails

Amina Helmi | Archeology With Stars

Published 27th October 2020

How do galaxies evolve? What was the formation history of the Milky Way? How can we tell? What do we know about the younger years of the Milky Way?

There are many billions of galaxies like the Milky Way in the Universe. Realizing this, we may not be in such a special galaxy after all. But it is the one we know best, as we can study it in much more detail than any other in the Universe.

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Star Tsar

28th October 2020, 16:54

Star Tsar

28th October 2020, 17:12

Space Weather Woman Tamitha Skov

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Space Weather News | A Snake-Like Filament Erupts While A Solar Storm Rages

Published 26th October 2020

This week our Sun continues its upward climb in activity with multiple new bright regions on the Earth-facing disk, including a new sunspot region (region 2778). On top of this we finally had that massive snake-like filament that we first saw in STEREO-A's view on the far side of the Sun launch as a non-Earth directed solar storm. Plus, we are also in the middle of a solar storm due to the fast wind from the northern coronal hole. This storm, which will likely rage for a few more days before settling down, has already brought aurora down to mid-latitudes, and there is a good chance more is to come! Learn the details of the current storm conditions, see where that snake-like filament launch is headed, watch region 2778 emerge and learn what else our Sun has in store this week.

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Star Tsar

28th October 2020, 17:20

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 27th & 28th October 2020

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Star Tsar

28th October 2020, 17:32

Scott Manley

Why Can We See A Yellow Glow Surrounding The Earth In Space

Published 26th October 2020

You can see this yellow layer in the atmosphere in images taken from space, it's quite easy to catch when the skies are dark and the camera exposures are long enough. The glow comes from atomic sodium being excited and then re-emitting light in the 589 nanometer range, it's a colour we're familiar with becuase low pressure sodium lights are still commonly used for street lighting due to Sodium's efficiency.

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Star Tsar

29th October 2020, 11:21

Seán Doran

Heaven - The Inner Sound of Outer Space

Published 21st October 2020

Time-lapse photography from ISS converted to real-time video
Based on ESRSU image archive / eol.jsc.nasa.gov

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Far Above The World

Published 29th October 2020

Based on ESRSU image archive / eol.jsc.nasa.gov
'Horizon I've Ever Seen Before' by Hiroshi Yoshimura

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Star Tsar

29th October 2020, 11:30

Seeker

This Satellite Will Bring The Most Accurate Climate Data We’ve Ever Had

Published 29th October 2020

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will soon be taking a historic satellite into orbit that could help us understand how climate change is affecting our seas.

For nearly 30 years, a host of U.S.-European satellites have been working together to gather climate data which has been instrumental in tracking big changes in climate phenomena like El Nino or monitoring ocean features like the Gulf Stream. But these satellites couldn’t capture tiny changes in these environments. And this is where Sentinel-6 mission comes in.

It’s part of the EU’s Copernicus program, the world’s largest Earth monitoring system, which has worked to measure the environment and the role human-caused climate change is having on it.

The mission is made up of two identical satellites: Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich which takes off in November 2020, and Sentinel-6B that launches in 2025.

It’s an international effort between NASA, the European Space Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, and France's National Centre for Space Studies.

Read More:

Sentinel-6: Charting sea level for Copernicus
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-6
"With global mean sea level rising because of climate change, Copernicus Sentinel-6 is the next radar altimetry reference mission to extend the legacy of sea-surface height measurements until at least 2030."

Behind the Spacecraft – Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich – Sea Level Scout
https://youtu.be/3_lbADMwD7A
"Meet some of the talented people behind Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich and get to know the satellite."

Modeling Sea Level Rise
https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/modeling-sea-level-rise-25857988/
"To understand sea-level change at a particular coast, we must know the sum of global, regional and local trends related to changing ocean and land levels."

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Star Tsar

29th October 2020, 11:34

What Da Math? With Anton Petrov

Rogue Planet Similar to Earth Found Traveling In Our Galaxy

Published 28th October 2020

In this video Anton will talk about the discovery of a rogue planet that seems to possess similar mass to our own planet Earth.

Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2009.12377.pdf

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We May Have Found The Cosmic Strings - Or Some Other Gravitational Mystery

Published 29th October 2020

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In this video Anton will talk about the first evidence of the potential discovery of the mysterious cosmic strings.
Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2009.06607.pdf
Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2009.04496.pdf
Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0406434.pdf
Site: http://nanograv.org/research/
Figure: https://plos.figshare.com/articles/_Table_of_topological_defect_components_typically_found_in_BCP_thin_film_nanopatterns_/1494133

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Star Tsar

29th October 2020, 11:38

APOD Podcast

The Ghoul Of IC 2118

Published 29th October 2020

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In today's image, we see a reflection nebula in the constellation of Orion - near the bright star Rigel (not visible in this image.) This is caused by light from the star reflecting off dust grains and in this case, gives it a ghoulish Halloween appearance.

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Star Tsar

29th October 2020, 11:43

PBS Space Time

How The Penrose Singularity Theorem Predicts The End Of Space Time

Published 27th October 2020

The Nobel prize in physics this year went to black holes. Generally speaking. Specifically, it was shared by the astronomers who revealed to us the Milky Way’s central black hole and by Roger Penrose, who proved that in general relativity, every black hole contains a place of infinite gravity - a singularity. But the true impact of Penrose’s singularity theorem would is much deeper - it leads us to the limits Einstein’s great theory and to the origin of the universe.

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Star Tsar

29th October 2020, 11:47

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 29th October 2020 | Centaur Activates, Nova Events, Electric Jupiter

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Star Tsar

29th October 2020, 12:23

SciShow Space

The First Time We Saw All Of Venus: The Magellan Mission

Published 27th October 2020

NASA’s Magellan mission gave us unprecedented insight into Venus’s rocky surface, and even now, more than 25 years after the mission ended, it’s still one of our main tools for learning about our mysterious, next-door neighbor.

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Star Tsar

29th October 2020, 12:27

Astrum

Dr Clara Sousa-Silva | Everything We Know So Far About Phosphine On Venus

Published 27th October 2020

Dr. Clara Sousa-Silva is the co-author on the study about Phosphine on Venus. We ask her some questions from you about the discovery.

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Star Tsar

29th October 2020, 15:13

Planetarium

Organic Molecule Discovered In Titan's atmosphere

Published 29th October 2020

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NASA astronomers have detected a organic molecule called cyclopropenylidene (C3H2) in the atmosphere of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.

Cyclopropenylidene is the only other cyclic molecule besides benzene to have been found in Titan’s atmosphere so far. It is extremely reactive and easily forms new organic compounds with other molecules.

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Read all about it here: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/nasa-scientists-discover-a-weird-molecule-in-titan-s-atmosphere/

Star Tsar

1st November 2020, 13:45

What Da Math? With Anton Petrov

Venus Update: New Unusual Discovery - Amino Acid Glycine

Published 31st October 2020

In this video Anton will talk about a new unusual discovery on Venus - an amino acid known as Glycine

Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2010.06211.pdf

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Star Tsar

1st November 2020, 13:51

Dr Maggie Lieu

Water On The Moon

Published 1st November 2020

This week Dr Lieu talks about about NASAs recent discovery of water on the Moon.

Extra reading:
Honniball et al 2020: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-020-01222-x#_blank

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Star Tsar

1st November 2020, 13:57

NASA Goddard

"What The Heck Is That?" - Moon Edition

Published 30th October 2020

From mysterious swirls of pale dust to oblong craters and oddly-shaped ridges, numerous sights on the lunar landscape are subject to a wide range of inquiry. In this video, Dr. Noah Petro, the Project Scientist of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission, examines some of these strange and unusual looking features on the Moon to answer the most profound question of them all: “What the heck is that?” The Moon is not made of cheese, but this production definitely is. Don't say we didn't warn you.

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Star Tsar

1st November 2020, 14:02

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

What's Up: November 2020

Published 30th October 2020

What are some skywatching highlights in November 2020? Cool autumn evenings are a great time to look for the Pleiades star cluster. You'll also have a couple of great opportunities to observe the Moon with Jupiter and Saturn. Plus, check out the phenomenon known as Earthshine.

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Star Tsar

1st November 2020, 14:08

Lowell Observatory

Sagas In The Sky | Mars, Uranus & Eris

Published 31st October 2020

Sagas in the Sky explores some of the stories behind the celestial objects in the night sky. In this episode, we look at the stories behind the solar system bodies Mars, Uranus and Eris.

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Star Tsar

1st November 2020, 14:12

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 30th October - 1st November 2020

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1st November 2020, 14:17

Insane Curiosity

Star Distances: How Far Away From Earth?

Published 1st November 2020

Stars have always been considered from a romantic and poetic perspective. But how far are stars? Do they really are so distant from us? And how can we measure such tremendous distances? Are there any valid techniques? A lot of surprising things can be said about these questions.

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Star Tsar

2nd November 2020, 16:20

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 2nd November 2020 | "Unexplained" Polar Plasma Asymmetry, Titan, Moon Dust

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Star Tsar

2nd November 2020, 16:30

Geoengineering Watch

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Global Alert News | Episode 273

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Published 31st October 2020

While all eyes are focused on the coming election, the covert climate engineering onslaught continues to take its toll. The New York Times has just published a new and extensive report on planetary geoengineering. Though the article has not actually admitted geoengineering programs are already ongoing, that reality is becoming all but impossible to hide. A Cornell University scientist, Dr. Douglass MacMartin, was prominently covered in the New York Times article on climate engineering. MacMartin made the following statement in the report, “we know with 100% certainty that we can cool the planet”. But do Dr. MacMartin’s “facts” hold up under scrutiny? WBAI radio, on the East Coast, hosted a live on-air debate between Dr. MacMartin and Geoengineering Watch, audio excerpts from the debate are included in this broadcast or you can view the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXAFh5fktSU
Dire news on unfolding mass methane expulsion is coming in from the Arctic, a scenario which climate engineering is making worse overall, not better. What are the ramifications?

Supporting link: https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/geoengineering-watch-global-alert-news-october-31-2020-273/

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Star Tsar

2nd November 2020, 16:41

Phys.org

New Mineral From The Moon Could Explain What Happens In The Earth's Mantle

Published 2nd November 2020

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A team of European researchers discovered a new high-pressure mineral in a lunar meteorite which is helping to explain what happens to materials within the extreme pressures of the Earth's mantle.

The new mineral donwilhelmsite is the first high-pressure mineral found in meteorites with application for terrestrial sediments dragged deep into the Earth mantle by plate tectonics. Mainly composed of calcium, aluminum, silicon, and oxygen atoms, donwilhelmsite was discovered within the lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001 found in 2014 in the Western Sahara.

Read all about it here: https://phys.org/news/2020-11-mineral-moon-earth-mantle.html

Paper: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/msa/ammin/article-abstract/105/11/1704/592180/Donwilhelmsite-CaAl4Si2O11-a-new-lunar-high?redirectedFrom=fulltext

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Analysis Of A Martian Meteorite Reveals Evidence Of Water 4.4 Billion Years Ago

Published 2nd November 2020

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A meteorite that originated on Mars billions of years ago reveals details of ancient impact events on the red planet. Certain minerals from the Martian crust in the meteorite are oxidized, suggesting the presence of water during the impact that created the meteorite. The finding helps to fill some gaps in knowledge about the role of water in planet formation.

There's a longstanding question in planetary science about the origin of water on Earth, Mars and other large bodies such as the moon. One hypothesis says that it came from asteroids and comets post-formation. But some planetary researchers think that water might just be one of many substances that occur naturally during the formation of planets. A new analysis of an ancient Martian meteorite adds support for this second hypothesis.

Read all about it here: https://phys.org/news/2020-11-analysis-martian-meteorite-reveals-evidence.html

Paper: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/44/eabc4941

Star Tsar

2nd November 2020, 16:46

Scott Manley

Asteroid Psyche Is The Most Metal Of Space Rocks, But Not Worth $10,000,000,000,000,000,000

Published 31st October 2020

There's a lot of stories about asteroid 16 Psyche being worth ridiculous amounts of money based on its mineral content. And the truth is that yes it probably has more accessible gold than most places in the solar system, it's still an inaccessible rock in the middle of the asteroid belt.
But it's still a fascinating rock in the middle of the asteroid belt.

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Star Tsar

3rd November 2020, 11:52

APOD Videos

Tagging Bennu: The Movie

Published 2nd November 2020

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Read all about it here: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201103.html

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Star Tsar

3rd November 2020, 12:02

Volcano Time-Lapse

Eruption | Volcan Sangay (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/sangay/news.html), Ecuador

Recorded & Published 2nd November 2020

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Explosion | Sakurajima Volcano (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/sakurajima.html), Japan

Recorded & Published 3rd November 2020

At 15:51 JST an explosion was registered. Seen from 5 cameras Sakurajima has been very quiet, until today.

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Star Tsar

3rd November 2020, 12:09

Pecos Hank

Devils Tower: Lightning Fantasia

Published 3rd November 2020

Lightning storm over Devils Tower / Bear Lodge Wyoming & other dramatic lightning storms over the Northern Great Plains. Plus why the peak is called Devils Tower.

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Star Tsar

3rd November 2020, 12:14

Podcast UFO

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Paul Stonehill | Russia's USO Secrets A& UFOs Around The World

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Streamed & Published 31st October 2020

Paul Stonehill discusses the research involved in his latest book (https://www.amazon.com/Russias-USO-Secrets-Unidentified-International/dp/1532898401), Russia's USO Secrets: Unidentified Submersible Objects in Russian and International Waters and lots more.

BIO: Paul Stonehill is a published author, lecturer, and researcher of Eurasian (including the Caucasus Mountains, Ukrainian, Russian, East European, Central Asian, and Far Eastern) paranormal phenomena. His articles have been translated and published in several languages.

After the demise of the USSR, his articles were also published in Russia, Ukraine, and Central Asian republics. In October of 1993, OMNI Magazine featured a story about Paul’s work, and the research center he had created back in 1991 (Russian Ufology Research Center). Paul has appeared in such shows as Ancient Aliens, Sightings; U.S., German and Japanese productions. His areas of expertise are: paranormal phenomena in the Eastern Europe, Russia, Central Asia, and China (PRC); Russian history; warfare in the former USSR; cross-cultural training. Paul grew up in the United States but is fluent in Russian and knows Ukrainian. He has consulted and was interviewed for several TV programs (Discovery, TNT, History Channel, Sightings, and others), as well as numerous radio shows.

He began research of Soviet and Russian UFOlogy and paranormal phenomena in his youth, back in the USSR.

Paul's published books include:

The Soviet UFO Files (1998, in English, Czech and Dutch); Paranormal Mysteries of Eurasia (2011)

And co-written with Philip Mantle

Expediente Soviet UFO (in Spanish); UFO Case Files of Russia; Mysterious Sky: Soviet UFO Phenomenon ; Russia's Roswell Incident; Russia’s USO Secrets.
The books have been published in 7 languages, and more translations are planned.

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Star Tsar

3rd November 2020, 12:18

Cool Worlds

Why We May Be Surrounded By Older Alien Civilizations

Published 1st November 2020

Are alien civilizations likely to be younger or older than us in age? A basic question that seems insurmountable until we start detecting them. But even before that, we can use some logical deduction using lifetime distribution statistics to determine the most plausible answer to this question. Join us today for an explanation of our new research paper (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=LrrNu_m_9K4&event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjFVNjM5aWlqNDhIYU5JOFdCMzNSVUhOM2ZXZ3xBQ3Jtc0tuMUR3eEs5SFFSTWhqaGNkc2xzcmFORnBm RmYxTGlUbXhtVDNIdk5ETjVSeTdqSFphRmRXd1BRYVZxSXZzQXhHSmVRZThjamFBNzRrZ3lELUgxNFpOdVVJQlotc2pndzVJYjAz NVRMYU5nb2pwTnJtZw%3D%3D&q=https%3A%2F%2Farxiv.org%2Fabs%2F2010.12358) on this topic

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Star Tsar

3rd November 2020, 16:36

NationalGeographic.com

How Many Alien Civilizations Are Out There? A New Galactic Survey Holds A Clue

Published 12nd November 2020

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Here’s a good sign for alien hunters: More than 300 million worlds with similar conditions to Earth are scattered throughout the Milky Way galaxy. A new analysis concludes that roughly half of the galaxy’s sunlike stars host rocky worlds in habitable zones where liquid water could pool or flow over the planets’ surfaces.

“This is the science result we’ve all been waiting for,” says Natalie Batalha, an astronomer with the University of California, Santa Cruz, who worked on the new study.

The finding, which has been accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal, pins down a crucial number in the Drake Equation. Devised by my father Frank Drake in 1961, the equation sets up a framework for calculating the number of detectable civilizations in the Milky Way. Now the first few variables in the formula—including the rate of sunlike star formation, the fraction of those stars with planets, and the number of habitable worlds per stellar system—are known.

Read all about it here: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/10/how-many-alien-civilizations-are-out-there-new-galactic-survey-holds-clue/

Star Tsar

3rd November 2020, 16:44

Sapiens.org

What If There Is Life On Venus?

Published 22nd October 2020

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In the throes of a pandemic that has underscored the fragility of human life on Earth, news has come of possible life on another planet, with the detection of phosphine (PH3) gas in the atmosphere of Earth’s cosmological next-door neighbor, Venus.

On Earth, phosphine is produced by microbes, so its presence in Venusian clouds points to the existence of similar forms of microbial life. The biophysicist Harold Morowitz and planetary scientist and author Carl Sagan first postulated the possibility of biological life in the clouds of Venus back in 1967, and some speculation lingered across the decades. However, most scientists had given up on finding life on the inhospitably hot planet.

Read all about it here: https://www.sapiens.org/column/entanglements/anthropology-extraterrestrial-life/

Star Tsar

3rd November 2020, 16:50

NASA Astrobiology

Ask An Astrobiologist : AbGradCon Panel

Published 30th October 2020

Once a month, SAGANet (www.saganet.org (http://www.saganet.org)) and the NASA Astrobiology Program host a program called "Ask an Astrobiologist", where the public is invited to interact with a high-profile astrobiologist, who replies to twitter, facebook, and chat questions live on video.

Each session lasts about an hour. This months featured guests:

Dr. Sandra Siljeström (Research Scientist, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden)
Dr. Marc Neveu (Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
Dr. Lena Noack (Professor & Researcher, Freie Universität Berlin)
Dr. Vlada Stamenković (Research Scientist, Blue Origin)

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Star Tsar

3rd November 2020, 17:02

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 3rd November 2020 | Mass Stranding, Climate Fail, ElectroQuakes

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Star Tsar

3rd November 2020, 17:08

Brothers Of The Serpent

Laird Scranton | The Velikovsky Heresies

Published 14th & 16th October 2020

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On this episode we cover Laird's intro to the book and the first few chapters, discussing the controversy that Velikovsky's work caused, and Laird's purpose in writing the book, which was to see if Velikovsky's ideas hold up to modern science and the enormous amount of new understanding we have gathered about our solar system since the writing Velikovsky's works.

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For part two of our deep dive into The Velikovsky Heresies by Laird Scranton, we talk about the mechanics of the solar system, of circular orbits, of retrograde motion. We talk about the "n-body problem" of physics and how the motions of all the bodies in the solar system is, over the long term, an exercise in chaos mathematics.

We read about how Velikovsky was in communication with Einstein before his death, and that Einstein was skeptical at first but was impressed when one of Velikovsky's predictions proved to be accurate. We read about ancient records comparing Venus to comets and supernova that were visible in the daytime, and about the strange properties of the core of Jupiter.

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Published 2nd November 2020

This episode we talk a lot about magnetism, remnant magnetism in lunar rocks, and calendar changes made by multiple ancient civilizations all around the same time. We talk about immense climate changes that accompanied the sudden change from a 360 day calendar year to a 365 day calendar year.

We also read about problems with various types of radioactive decay dating techniques, and how without knowing the exact amount of certain materials that existed in rock at the time of its formation, these techniques cannot give accurate dates, even assuming that the radioactive decay rate is a constant.

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Star Tsar

3rd November 2020, 17:14

Astrum

Our Solar System's Planets: Saturn

Published 2nd November 2020

Almost everything you could want to know about the sixth planet to the Sun, Saturn. Real HD photos and videos taken by the Cassini probe. We discuss the orbit, atmosphere, rings, and general physical characteristics of Saturn, and a lot more.

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Star Tsar

3rd November 2020, 17:20

Lunar Princess

November 2020 Astrological Events

Published 2nd November 2020

From Full Moons to New Moons in Scorpio. From a Leonids Meteor Shower to a Lunar Eclipse. Holidays and Observances in November bring us important Days to celebrate!

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Star Tsar

4th November 2020, 16:51

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 4th November 2020 | The Next End Of The World

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Star Tsar

4th November 2020, 16:57

Insane Curiosity

The Tunguska Event: When The Sky Exploded

Published 4th November 2020

Throughout recorded history, hundreds of Earth impacts (and exploding bolides) have been reported, with some occurrences causing deat-s, injuries, property damage, or other significant localised consequences. One of the best-known recorded events in modern times was the Tunguska event, which occurred in Siberia, Russia, in 1908. It is the largest impact on the Earth recorded in the recent history, though many other impacts have occurred in the prehistoric times.

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Star Tsar

4th November 2020, 17:02

Phys.org

Magma 'Conveyor Belt' Fuelled World's Longest Erupting SuperVolcanoes

Published 4th November 2020

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International research led by geologists from Curtin University has found that a volcanic province in the Indian Ocean was the world's most continuously active—erupting for 30 million years—fuelled by a constantly moving conveyor belt of magma.

It's believed this magma conveyor belt, created by shifts in the seabed, continuously made space available for the molten rock to flow for millions of years, beginning around 120 million years ago.

Read all about it here: https://phys.org/news/2020-11-magma-conveyor-belt-fuelled-world.html

Paper: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article-abstract/doi/10.1130/G47850.1/591719/Longest-continuously-erupting-large-igneous?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Star Tsar

4th November 2020, 17:06

Space.com

Barnard Star Radiation Blasts May Be Too Much For Life

Published 4th November 2020

High-energy radiation emitted from an old red dwarf star, named Barnard, makes life in the habitable zone of the system challenging. The Chandra X-ray observatory and Hubble Space Telescope were used to study the star.

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Star Tsar

4th November 2020, 17:24

Learn The Sky

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100,000 Stars - An Interactive Visualization of Our Local Stellar Neighborhood

Published 3rd November 2020

100,000 Stars is an interactive visualization of the stellar neighborhood created for the Google Chrome web browser. It shows the real location of over 100,000 nearby stars. Zooming in reveals 87 major named stars and our solar system.

https://stars.chromeexperiments.com/

This is a teaching tool I use all the time in my astronomy classes. It helps students to realize that there are a variety of star systems that exist in the universe. This tool also shows the color and temperature of stars. The color of stars can be a challenge to see in the night sky, so this visualization helps provide a different perspective.

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Star Tsar

5th November 2020, 17:26

NASA Goddard

Hubble's Extraordinary ULLYSES Program

Published 5th November 2020

The universe would be a pretty boring place without stars. Without them, the universe would remain a diffuse plasma of mostly hydrogen and helium from the big bang.

To better understand stellar evolution, a new Hubble initiative has been launched called ULLYSES (UV Legacy Library of Young Stars as Essential Standards).

This is the largest observing program ever undertaken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, which will be used to look at over 300 stars. Ultraviolet (UV) light from the target stars will be used to produce a library of the spectral fingerprints of young, low-mass stars from eight star-forming regions in the Milky Way, as well as fully mature high-mass stars in several nearby dwarf galaxies including the Magellanic Clouds.

Read all about it here: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/hubble-launches-large-ultraviolet-light-survey-of-nearby-stars

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Milky Way Galaxy Fast Radio Burst Detected For First Time

Published 4th November 2020

On April 28, a supermagnetized stellar remnant known as a magnetar blasted out a simultaneous mix of X-ray and radio signals never observed before. The flare-up included the first fast radio burst (FRB) ever seen from within our Milky Way galaxy and shows that magnetars can produce these mysterious and powerful radio blasts previously only seen in other galaxies.

A magnetar is a type of isolated neutron star, the crushed, city-size remains of a star many times more massive than our Sun. What makes a magnetar so special is its intense magnetic field. The field can be 10 trillion times stronger than a refrigerator magnet's and up to a thousand times stronger than a typical neutron star's. This represents an enormous storehouse of energy that astronomers suspect powers magnetar outbursts.

The X-ray portion of the synchronous bursts was detected by several satellites, including NASA's Wind mission.

The radio component was discovered by the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME), a radio telescope located at Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory in British Columbia and led by several Canadian universities. It was also detected by the NASA-funded Survey for Transient Astronomical Radio Emission 2 (STARE2), a trio of detectors in California and Utah operated by Caltech and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The STARE2 data showed that the burst's energy was comparable to FRBs.

By the time these bursts occurred, astronomers had already been monitoring their source, a magnetar named SGR 1935+2154, for more than half a day using NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, and the NICER X-ray telescope mounted atop the International Space Station.

About 13 hours later, when the magnetar was out of view for Swift, Fermi and NICER, a special X-ray burst erupted. The blast was seen by the European Space Agency’s INTEGRAL mission, the China National Space Administration’s Huiyan X-ray satellite, and the Russian Konus instrument on Wind. As the half-second-long X-ray burst flared, CHIME and STARE2 detected the radio burst, which lasted only a thousandth of a second.

Taken together, the observations strongly suggest that the magnetar produced the Milky Way galaxy's equivalent of an FRB, which means magnetars in other galaxies likely produce at least some of these signals.

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Star Tsar

5th November 2020, 17:33

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 5th November 2020 | Sun Is Waking Up, Superflare Cycle, Galaxies Connected

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Star Tsar

5th November 2020, 17:38

Basingstoke Astronomical Society

Dr Brian Skidmore | Titan

Published 4th November 2020

Dr Skidmore discusses everything one could wish to know about Saturn's moon Titan...

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Star Tsar

8th November 2020, 13:32

Thunderbolts Project

Space News | Wal Thornhill: Venus & Forgotten History

Published 7th November 2020

Since the dawn of the Space Age, perhaps no celestial body in the solar system has proved more surprising to astronomers than the planet Venus. Before the arrival of the earliest space probes, some noted scientists believed that Venus would be earthlike, with water clouds, oceans and abundant vegetation. However, well known to those who have followed this series, it was Dr. Immanuel Velikovsky who made the outrageous prediction that Venus would be superhot, based on his hypothesis of the planet’s recent, cometary origins.

Today, countless Venusian phenomena continue to puzzle planetary scientists, including the planet’s super fast winds; its odd, slow backward spin; its vast magnetotail; and even the recent discovery by the ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft of a surprisingly powerful electric field.

In recent decades, Wal Thornhill, Chief Science Advisor of The Thunderbolts Project, has outlined his own reconstruction of Venus’ role in the recent, extraordinary history of the solar system.

In Part One of this two-part presentation, Wal begins by recounting this history, which he offered in his 2004 article, Cassini’s Homecoming, which he wrote prior to the arrival of the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft at Saturn. And as Thornhill explains, while astronomers to this day refer to Venus as Earth’s twin, the most likely Venusian sibling may be found in the Saturnian system – that is, the moon Titan.

HOLOSCIENCE ARTICLE
Wal Thornhill – Cassini's Homecoming: https://www.holoscience.com/wp/cassinis-homecoming/

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Star Tsar

8th November 2020, 13:36

Nemesis Maturity

2020's Jupiter/Pluto Triple Conjunction

Published 7th November 2020

This year’s Jupiter-Pluto alignment may be the best for centuries to come.
2020 is exceptional for Jupiter and Pluto. These two worlds are having a triple conjunction. They’ll come together, move apart, and come together again three times in 2020.
The first conjunction took place on April 5. The second one came on June 30, and the final one on November 12, 2020. A similarly good Jupiter-Pluto rendezvous might not happen again for a number of centuries to come.

Jupiter-Pluto and Mythology: Heaven Meets Hell?
In Roman mythology, Jupiter (Zeus to the ancient Greeks), is the god of all gods—the ruler of the sky and thunder. In mythology, Pluto (or Hades, to the Greeks) was the god of the underworld. During a Jupiter-Pluto conjunction (meetup), heaven and hell essentially come together.

Plagues, Pandemics & Jupiter-Pluto Conjunctions in History
While not every meetup is quite this eventful, some of history’s most devastating plagues indeed correlated with Jupiter-Pluto conjunctions.

During Jupiter/Pluto conjunctions, political power can swing dramaticaly. These are the years we see regime changes, stunning political landslides, and the birth of social movements.

The Jupiter/Pluto conjunctions of 2020 are just beginning. A Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn is coming in late December 2020. This meet up of Jupiter and Saturn will be their closest conjunction since 1623.

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Star Tsar

8th November 2020, 13:45

What Da Math? With Anton Petrov

Jupiter's Moon Io Has A Lot Of Very Unusual Things Going On

Published 5th November 2020

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In this video Anton will talk about some of the recent discoveries coming from Jupiter's moon Io

Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2009.07729.pdf

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Star Tsar

8th November 2020, 13:50

John Michael Godier's Event Horizon

Dr. Robert Romanofsky | How To Communicate With Europa

Published 5th November 2020

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Magneto-Inductive Communications for Ocean Worlds, is a new concept from Dr. Robert Romanofsky of NASA.

A mission to the under-ice ocean of Europa is one of the highest priority missions for NASA. Dr. Romanofsky's concept is for a probe to melt through the 5 to 10 km thickness of briny ice to reach the buried ocean below. The challenge of communicating back to the surface of Europa is also directly addressed.

Magneto-Inductive Communications for Ocean Worlds: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2020_Phase_I_Phase_II/lMagneto_Inductive_Communications_for_Ocean_Worlds/

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Star Tsar

8th November 2020, 14:07

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 6th - 8th November 2020

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Star Tsar

8th November 2020, 14:15

Geoengineering Watch

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Global Alert News | Episode 274

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Published 7th November 2020

While all eyes are focused on the coming election, the covert climate engineering onslaught continues to take its toll. The New York Times has just published a new and extensive report on planetary geoengineering. Though the article has not actually admitted geoengineering programs are already ongoing, that reality is becoming all but impossible to hide. A Cornell University scientist, Dr. Douglass MacMartin, was prominently covered in the New York Times article on climate engineering. MacMartin made the following statement in the report, “we know with 100% certainty that we can cool the planet”. But do Dr. MacMartin’s “facts” hold up under scrutiny? WBAI radio, on the East Coast, hosted a live on-air debate between Dr. MacMartin and Geoengineering Watch, audio excerpts from the debate are included in this broadcast or you can view the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXAFh5fktSU
Dire news on unfolding mass methane expulsion is coming in from the Arctic, a scenario which climate engineering is making worse overall, not better. What are the ramifications?

Supporting link: https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/geoengineering-watch-global-alert-news-november-7-2020-274/

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Star Tsar

9th November 2020, 14:43

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 9th November 2020 | Solar System Shift, Electroquakes, Cosmic Ray Watch

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Star Tsar

9th November 2020, 15:01

Nemesis Maturity

Earthshine & A Celestial Threesome - Crescent Moon, Venus & Mercury

Published 8th November 2020

On November 11, 12 and 13, 2020 watch as the waning crescent Moon joins up with Venus and Mercury before dawn. On the 12th, the Moon will appear just above the "Morning Star," Venus. The next morning the Moon will join the planet Mercury low on the eastern horizon. The bright star between Venus and Mercury is Spica. It's the brightest star of the Virgo constellation, and one of the brightest stars of the night sky.

Earthshine
Now look for something more subtle, the soft glow of Earthshine illuminating the night side of the Moon. Earthshine is twice-reflected sunlight, which bounces off Earth to the Moon, and then back. The best times to observe Earthshine in November are on the 17th through the 20th, following sunset and before dawn on the 9th through the 12th.

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Star Tsar

9th November 2020, 15:07

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Welcome To The Milky Way Explorer

Published 8th November 2020

Welcome to the Milky Way Explorer, a guided trip through our spiral Galaxy and its neighborhood. You choose where to explore, and a radio astronomer talks to you about each stop. The many experts you will meet along your tour are the real people who have helped us better understand the wonders of our Milky Way Galaxy.

We built this Explorer in time to share with you some exciting science: a cloud of gas is falling into the supermassive black hole in the center of our Galaxy right now! Join this once-in-a-lifetime event by exploring the center of our Galaxy stops on this tour. We will update those stories as we learn more, and we will also add more stops on your tour, so keep checking in for the latest additions.

To begin your virtual tour of the Milky Way Galaxy and its neighbors, choose any button on the map beneath or browse the list of tour stops at the right: https://public.nrao.edu/explore/milky-way-explorer/

Discover more about Our Milky Way Galaxy on our website: https://public.nrao.edu/radio-astronomy/our-milky-way-galaxy/

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Star Tsar

9th November 2020, 15:27

Space.com

NASA Calls Voyager 2 For First Time In Over Seven Months

Published 5th November 2020

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NASA sent a set of commands to the Voyager 2 probe on Oct. 29, 2020. It's the first time commands were sent to the probe since the 230-foot-wide (70 meters) Deep Space Station 43 (DSS43) radio antenna went offline for repairs and upgrades

Read all about it here: https://www.space.com/nasa-commands-voyager-2-probe-interstellar-space-upgraded-dsn

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Star Tsar

9th November 2020, 15:43

Scott Manley

What Would Happen If Asteroid Bennu Hit Earth?

Published 8th November 2020

After OSIRIS REx grabbed a sample a coupe of weeks ago many people remarked on how the asteroid just seemed to disintegrate when sampled. Some commenters took this fragility as a sign the asteroids would just disintegrate in the atmosphere before it hit the surface of earth.

Unfortunately that's not the case, Bennu is so large that it would still hit the surface, albeit in fragments and still cause massive amounts of damage.

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Star Tsar

9th November 2020, 15:54

What Da Math? With Anton Petrov

Pluto Has Snowcaps Too, But For A Very Different Reason

Published 8th November 2020

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In this video Anton will talk about a recent discovery of how Pluto forms its unusual mountain snow.

Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-18845-3

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Star Tsar

10th November 2020, 12:22

Astrum

Seeing Space As Sound

Published 9th November 2020

The beautiful sonification of space images. Recommended to use headphones!

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Star Tsar

10th November 2020, 12:31

Astronism Channel

Ancient Astronomy & Astronist Philosophy

Published 10th November 2020

The Conversation with Cometan series continues with a second episode featuring David Warner Mathisen. In this episode, David and Cometan explore Ancient Egyptian conceptions of the night sky and how their religious beliefs regarding the astronomical world certainly possess prehistoric origins. Later in the episode, Cometan explains a some fundamentals of the Astronist philosophical worldview of cosmocentrism and David explains his views on the invisible divine world.

Academic article referred to by Cometan during the conversation: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-020-0496-2

Links from David:

"Geology, Mythology, Cataclysms, and the World's Ancient Wisdom"
https://www.starmythworld.com/mathisencorollary/2016/10/13/geology-mythology-cataclysms-and-the-worlds-ancient-wisdom?rq=cataclysms

"There is no member of mine devoid of a god"
https://www.starmythworld.com/mathisencorollary/2017/5/25/0k0eeeu1a4y2pw1dbozosmqqqcbun8?rq=devoid

"Every fountain has its nymph"
https://www.starmythworld.com/mathisencorollary/2016/4/2/every-fountain-has-its-nymph?rq=dryad

"The gods are always near"
https://www.starmythworld.com/mathisencorollary/2019/9/15/the-gods-are-always-near?rq=the%20gods%20are%20always%20near

"Enkidu's Quest: What does it mean to us today?"
https://www.starmythworld.com/mathisencorollary/2019/10/21/enkidus-quest-what-does-it-mean-to-us-today?rq=enkidu

"The Self: the hidden treasure"
https://www.starmythworld.com/mathisencorollary/2020/9/18/the-self-the-hidden-treasure?rq=levine

Visit David's website: https://www.starmythworld.com/

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Mathisen Corollary

Atum & The Ennead: Celestial Foundations Of Egyptian Myth

Published 10th November 2020

The world's ancient myths, scriptures and sacred stories can be shown to be based on celestial metaphor -- the same system of celestial metaphor forming the foundation for myths from every culture on our earth, from every inhabited continent and island, including the stories and figures in the scriptures we call the Bible. But, can we find the same system at work in the mysterious myths of the awe-inducing civilization of ancient Egypt? When the system of classical hieroglyphic writing, long forgotten, was finally re-deciphered in the early 1800s, scholars were disappointed to find no comprehensive narratives describing gods and goddesses and their adventures, but rather inscriptions which allude to these deities and their exploits as if we should already know them. However, in spite of this, we have more than enough evidence to demonstrate beyond all doubt that the myths of ancient Egypt have their foundation in the same world-wide system of celestial metaphor underlying the ancient myths of virtually every other culture. This video provides just a few examples, from the myths of the so-called "Heliopolitan Theology," including the emergence of the Benben from the primordial waters, the act of generation attributed to the all-encompassing god Atum, and the gods and goddesses of the Ennead, including in addition to Atum the neteru Shu and Tefnut, Nut and Geb, Osiris and Isis, and Set and Nephthys.

This video contains a presentation prepared for a conversation with Cometan (part 2) but which were not included in that conversation because we ended up discussing other important and thought-provoking subjects. [Posted above]

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Star Tsar

10th November 2020, 12:41

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 10th November 2020 | Cosmic Ray High Alert, Magnetic Universe, Climate

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Star Tsar

10th November 2020, 12:48

Volcano Time-Lapse

Explosion | Sakurajima Volcano (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/sakurajima.html), Japan

Recorded & Published 10th November 2020

At 13:35 JST an explosion was registered. Kind of a weak plume as it didn't reach very high into the sky.

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Star Tsar

10th November 2020, 16:57

Meteorite Videos

Meteorite MC181 Unclassified Chondrite L5 Or L6 First Cut 956g Endpiece

Published 4th November 2020

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Meteorite MC181 Large Size Slice From 13.6kg Chondrite L6

Published 10th November 2020

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Meteorite Dhofar 1658 Ll6 From Oman Complete 222g

Published 6th November 2020

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Star Tsar

10th November 2020, 17:11

Learn The Sky

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How To Find Perseus The Hero Constellation

Published 27th October 2020

Perseus is a beautiful constellation that can best be seen in the autumn sky and the early winter months in the northern hemisphere. It it known for its unique star clusters and its two brightest stars - Mirfak and Algol. The star known as Algol is a variable star, which means its brightness changes over the course of the night. Learn strategies to help you find Perseus and discover various mythologies that surround this ancient constellation.

Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction to Perseus
2:51 - Star Pattern of Perseus
3:56 - Practice finding Perseus
6:46 - Using Cassiopeia to find Perseus
7:57 - Mythologies of Perseus (Babylonian Star Catalogs, Fixed Book of Stars, Greek Myth with Cepheus, Cassiopeia, Andromeda, and Cetus)
10:56 - Review of Perseus
12:24 - Photo Attributes

Visit https://twitter.com/David_A_Cocklin to see more amazing astrophotography photos. Thank you David for allowing me to use your photos of the Alpha Persei Star Cluster!

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How To Find Algol The Demon Star In The Constellation Of Perseus

Published 10th November 2020

Algol, also nicknamed the Demon Star, is the second brightest star in the constellation of Perseus. Algol is an excellent example of a variable star since its brightness can change throughout the night. Perseus is an ancient constellation that can be seen during the autumn season in the northern hemisphere. It can be a fairly easy constellation to point out if you know where to look. Perseus has a collection of bright stars and unique star clusters. The two brightest stars, Mirfak and Algol, stand out in the night sky. In this video, we will explore the star called Algol, often nicknamed the Demon Star.

Also is a triple star system. β Persei Aa1 and β Persei Aa2 regularly pass in front of each-other causing eclipses. This system is classified as eclipsing binary stars. In many cultures, Algol is connected with stories of demons, spirits, or monsters. In Greek Mythology, Algol is often represented as the head of Medusa. In Hebrew folklore, Algol was called Rōsh ha Sāṭān, or "Satan's Head". The name Algol is derived from the Arabic term ra’s al-ghul, which means 'head of the ogre'.

Special thanks to David Cocklin for his picture of the Alpha Persei Star Cluster. Visit him on Twitter to see more of his astrophotography. https://twitter.com/David_A_Cocklin

Visit https://stars.chromeexperiments.com/ to use and explore this star simulation.

Chapters
0:00 - Introduction to Algol
0:22 - Subscribe to Learn the Sky
0:32 - Overview of Perseus
1:11 - Star Map of Perseus
1:48 - Mirfak, the alpha star of Perseus
2:53 - Algol, the beta star of Perseus
4:20 - Algol Simulation from 100,000 Stars
5:47 - How to Find the Perseus constellation
7:23 - Historical aspects of Algol
8:08 - Review of Algol and Perseus

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Star Tsar

10th November 2020, 17:15

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory

The Bar In The Center Of The Galaxy

Published 10th November 2020

Astronomer Kartik Sheth describes the bar-like structure in the center of our Milky Way Galaxy.

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Star Tsar

10th November 2020, 17:26

SputnikNews.com

The Milky Way Hosts 300 Million Potentially Habitable Planets, Says New NASA Study

Published 10th November 2020

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NASA scientists say our galaxy holds at least 300 million potentially habitable planets. According to the results of a study (https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.14812) released at the end of October, half of the stars with temperatures similar to that of the Sun, could have rocky planets, which in turn could have water and consequently life.

Read all about it here: https://sputniknews.com/science/202011101081115722-the-milky-way-hosts-300-million-potentially-habitable-planets-says-new-nasa-study-/

Star Tsar

10th November 2020, 17:33

Scientific Coalition For UAP Studies

Peter Reali | A Statistical Treatment Of The Drake Equation

Published 10th November 2020

“A Statistical Treatment of the Drake Equation with the implications for the understanding of the Fermi Paradox and some hypotheses about UAP technology”

Abstract: The presentation will demonstrate the results of a study of how factors in the Drake Equation can be used in a statistical sense to get an understanding of the probability of how often the Earth might encounter a Space Faring civilization. The life time of technological civilizations will be contrasted to the time that the Earth has had to develop an intelligent species with technological capability to be considered a rudimentary Space Faring Species. Further a sufficiently advanced species may have space faring technology of a nature that would be difficult to understand much less intercept. The lifetime of Earthly Civilizations, the differing motivations of Cultures, and the biological diversity of lifeforms will be used to inform the presentation.

Bio: Peter Reali has a BS and MSEE from the University of California Berkeley. He had a long career in Silicon Valley as an electrical design engineer and manager of engineering projects. His specialty was in telecommunications and network and information technologies. He has designed systems including mobile telephone control systems, fiber optic ring networks, T1, T3, and Sonnet communication systems. He has done design in digital phase lock loop and network timing synchronization. He has done digital design using FPGA technologies to implement networking equipment. He has led project teams as an engineering manager. Currently he is retired and enjoys photography as a member of the Boise Camera Club, plays blues harmonica with the Boise Blues Society and does research with the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies. [SCU]

Peter Reali is a member of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies [SCU]. He has been a seriously involved member since early 2018 and was attracted to join the SCU due to its serious mission to investigate this phenomenon in a scientific manner. He has done major sections in the SCU's most recent report "A Forensic Analysis of Navy Carrier Strike Group Eleven's Encounter with an Anomalous Aerial Vehicle". He has been interested in this phenomenon for many years and has read extensively but not participated in group investigations due to time constraints with his career and the often sensational and unscientific methods employed by most organizations.

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Star Tsar

10th November 2020, 17:41

Spaced Out Radio

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Dr. Horace Drew | Time Travel & Crop Circles

Broadcast 9th & Published 10th November 2020

Horace Drew grew up in Florida during the 1960s and 70s, then took a Ph.D in Chemistry at Caltech in 1981, where he did several of the first high-resolution x-ray structures of DNA. He then spent five years between 1982-1987 doing post-doctoral research on DNA and chromosomes at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge. He moved to Australia in 1987 and has lived there ever since. Later in the 1990s he began to do DNA forensic research as a private hobby with UFO investigator Bill Chalkler. Horace became interested in crop circles only in 2002, when the Crooked Soley 'curved DNA' formation showed what he and other colleagues were meeting to discuss, just 50 km away in Cambridge! Astronomical Interpretations of Recent Crop Formations.

Following his very well-received presentation last year, Horace looks in detail at several of the crop patterns from this and recent years and demonstrates his belief that in them we are being given accurate and astonishing information on celestial clocks and calendars, via sophisticated astronomical diagrams.

Dr. Drew authored the following books:
New Approaches to Structural Mechanics, Shells and Biological Structures (Solid Mechanics and Its Applications), Springer (2002), 536pp.
Understanding DNA, Third Edition: The Molecule and How it Works, Academic Press (3rd ed. 2004), 352pp.

Starts at 8:15

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Star Tsar

10th November 2020, 17:46

Somewhere In The Skies

UFO Cults

Published 10th November 2020

On episode 186 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, we dive in to a very controversial aspect to the UFO topic and that is UFO cults. From metaphysical gurus to suicidal groups hoping to catch a comet to heaven, the power and danger of belief has caused many groups immense pain and suffering; all in the name of UFO enlightenment and ascension. We run through some of the obvious culprits and some that appear more innocuous. We hear from ex-members of two of the most well-known UFO cults/religions and how they got out, and a new generation of cults springing up to take advantage of the UFO topic, its hardcore believers, and of course, your money.

This presentation was originally broadcast in video form as part of the ALL THE STRANGE 2020 Virtual Conference, produced by Rogue Planet TV.

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Star Tsar

10th November 2020, 17:50

Paul Wallis

Was Jesus An ET? Star Children & Giants

Published 6th November 2020

To quote Paul:

If we live in a populated universe, where does Jesus fit? Was he an ET? Because of what I put forward in ESCAPING FROM EDEN and THE SCARS OF EDEN people sometimes ask about my spiritual beliefs. Am I still a Christian? In this video we look at where Bible translation and world mythologies lead us in exploring the question of Jesus and ET's

HARVEST by GLDavies - A Strong Recommend from the Paul Wallis Channel
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ESCAPING FROM EDEN available wherever books are sold: https://amzn.to/3l7EwzH

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Star Tsar

11th November 2020, 06:26

The Black Vault

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Stephen Bassett

Published 10th November 2020

The year is 2020.

It has brought us a global pandemic; riots in the streets of America; and a Presidential impeachment trial that turned the United States upside down. But in between those world changing events – the UFO phenomenon has increasingly been given more credibility and more serious exposure on the nightly news programs.

But maybe most of all – the phenomena has revealed itself again to be not only worthy of scientific scrutiny but also worthy of respect by the general public.

My guest today is Stephen Bassett. For nearly 25 years, he has aimed to end what he calls a “government-imposed truth embargo behind extraterrestrial related phenomena.” He organized a Citizen Hearing on Disclosure at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. and he spearheaded political initiatives that injected the ET issue into the 2016 Presidential campaign.

Pending lawsuits and controversy aside, with a new Presidential administration about to take over, how – if at all -- will that change the landscape for the UFO issue that has picked up steam in the past couple of years?

Show notes:

Stephen Bassett's Paradigm Research Group - https://paradigmresearchgroup.org/

Election 2016 – PRG Political Initiative - https://paradigmresearchgroup.org/election-2016-political-initiative/

CITIZEN HEARING on DISCLOSURE - https://www.citizenhearing.org/

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Star Tsar

11th November 2020, 06:30

Fade To Black Radio

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Steve LaPlume | The Second Rendlesham Event

Aired & Streamed 10th November 2020

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In this episode, our guest is Steve LaPlume and we are going to talk about his new book: "From Rendlesham to Redemption: A Story of Transformation", which chronicles the night of January 28, 1981, when a second UFO incident occurred exactly one month after the now famous Rendlesham/Bentwaters event.

Steven was a Security Specialist in the United States Air Force obtaining the rank of Airman First Class - E-3. After his formal military service was finished Steve worked as a professional soldier for various countries and entities.

Steve raced Super bike motorcycles for a number of years and worked as a project planner and consultant in the Petro-Chemical field. He eventually moved to and lived in Shanghai China for 8.5 years where he manufactured motorcycle apparel and parts as well as worked as a professional actor in numerous movies and tv series. He also works on occasion as a professional body guard and consulted for Shipley’s consulting firm. Steve also took up racing superbikes again, while in China, as well as instructing new racers.

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Star Tsar

11th November 2020, 08:38

Spaced Out Radio

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Dr. Bruce Maccabee | The Aviary, UFOs & The Future Of UAP Study

Broadcast 10th & Published 11th November 2020

Bruce spent his early years in Rutland, Vt. After high school he studied physics at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Mass (B.S. in physics) and then at The American University, Washington, DC (M.S. and Ph. D. in physics). In 1972 he began his long (36 year) career at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, presently headquartered at Dahlgren, Virginia. He has worked on optical data processing, generation of underwater sound with lasers, various aspects of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) and Navy ship defense using high power lasers and the development of optical sensors for use in detecting deadly materials commonly used in CBW (chemical and biological warfare). Bruce Maccabee has been active in UFO research since late 1960s when he joined the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) and was active in research and investigation for NICAP until its demise in 1980. He became a member of MUFON in 1975 and was subequently appointed to the position of state Director for Maryland, a position he held for about 30 years. In 1979 he was instrumental in establishing the Fund for UFO Research and was the chairman for the about 13 years. He presently serves on the National Board of the Fund.

His UFO research and investigations (which are completely unrelated to his Navy work) have included the Kenneth Arnold sighting (Jun 24, 1947), the McMinnville, Oregon (Trent) photos of 1950, the Gemini 11 astronaut photos of September, 1966, the Skylab 3 astronaut sighting of September, 1973, the New Zealand sightings of December, 1978, the Japan Airlines (JAL1628) sighting of November 1986, the numerous sightings of Ed Walters and others in Gulf Breeze, Florida, 1987 - 1988, the "red bubba" sightings,1990-1992 (including his own sighting in September, 1991), the Mexico City video of August, 1997, the Phoenix lights sightings of March 13, 1997 at 10 PM, the Mexican Air Force case of March, 2004, the Iran Jet Case of Sept. 1976 and many others. He has also done historical research and was the first to obtain the "flying disc file" of the FBI (the REAL X-Files!).

Starts at 8:08

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Star Tsar

11th November 2020, 08:42

Lex Fridman

Alex Filippenko | Supernovae, Dark Energy, Aliens & The Expanding Universe

Published 8th November 2020

Alex Filippenko is an astrophysicist and professor of astronomy at Berkeley.

0:00 - Introduction
2:08 - Universe expansion
3:32 - Dark energy
11:00 - Scientific revolutions
22:50 - Asteroid hitting Earth
26:22 - Giant solar flares and the power grid
33:22 - Elon Musk and space exploration
38:13 - Exoplanets
45:35 - Traveling close to the speed of light
47:45 - Traveling faster than the speed of light
56:11 - Intelligent life in the universe
59:46 - Fermi Paradox
1:09:24 - Finding alien life would be bad news
1:14:20 - UFO sightings
1:27:30 - Universe expansion speed
1:32:14 - The universe is infinite
1:36:30 - What happened before the Big Bang?
1:40:46 - Roger Penrose
1:44:20 - Nobel Prize for the accelerating universe
2:05:55 - Supernova
2:17:19 - The greatest story ever told
2:21:16 - Richard Feynman
2:28:09 - Meaning of life

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Star Tsar

11th November 2020, 08:51

Astrum

Seeing Space As Sound

Published 9th November 2020

The beautiful sonification of space images. Recommended to use headphones!

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Hubble Space Telescope

Hearing The Light: Astronomy Data Sonification

Published 11th November 2020

Sonification is the process of representing data as sound.

Rather than looking at a chart or graph, the underlying information can be transformed into audio and analyzed by listening. This technique offers exciting new ways for scientists to study data, and provides blind and low-vision
people a new level of data access and analysis. Astronify is our tool for sonifying archival data from NASA missions. We will discuss the goals of the project and describe how our software converts measurements of a star’s changes in brightness to changes in pitch. After learning about Astronify (https://astronify.readthedocs.io/en/latest/), the audience is invited to play in our online game show to see how well one can hear and identify transiting exoplanets and stellar flares in real data from the Kepler Space Telescope.

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Star Tsar

11th November 2020, 08:57

SciShow Space

How Other-Worldly Auroras Help Us Explore The Galaxy

Published 11th November 2020

Earth’s northern and southern lights are some of the most magical sights on our planet. But they’re not unique to Earth, and aside from being beautiful, auroras can also give us unusual insights into these other worlds.

Magnetic words: https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow/products/scishow-magnetic-words

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Star Tsar

11th November 2020, 09:04

APOD Podcast

Colours Of The Moon

Published 11th November 2020

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In today's image, we see a number of different images of our Moon showing the variety of colours in which it may appear. Reds and yellows are often associated with it being low in the sky when we see it through a larger amount of atmosphere. The blue colour is associated with larger dust particles in our atmosphere. The purple is still unknown as to the exact cause.

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Star Tsar

11th November 2020, 17:09

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 11th November 2020 | Earth Internal Skeleton, Cosmic Ray Alert Continues

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Star Tsar

12th November 2020, 11:07

Volcano Time-Lapse

Explosion | Stromboli Volcano (https://geology.com/volcanoes/stromboli/), Italy

Recorded 10th & Published 11th November 2020

This event occurred at 20:04 Hours on November 10, 2020. Throwing incandescent material into the Ocean.

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Explosions | Volcán de Fuego (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volc%C3%A1n_de_Fuego), Guatemala

Recorded & Published 11th November 2020

At 00:46 an explosion was recorded.

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Crater Activity | Popocatepetl Volcano (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popocat%C3%A9petl), Mexico

Recorded & Published 11th November 2020

At around 03:36 CDT crater activity got recorded. Ash plumes push their way up and out, tephra is pushed up and lava fountains ensued.

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Star Tsar

12th November 2020, 11:16

Phys.org

Large Volcanic Eruption Caused The Largest Mass Extinction

Published 10th November 2020

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Researchers in Japan, the US and China say they have found more concrete evidence of the volcanic cause of the largest mass extinction of life. Their research looked at two discrete eruption events: one that was previously unknown to researchers, and the other that resulted in large swaths of terrestrial and marine life going extinct.

There have been five mass extinctions since the divergent evolution of early animals 450—600 million years ago. The third was the largest one and is thought to have been triggered by the eruption of the Siberian Traps—a large region of volcanic rock known as a large igneous province. But the correlation between the eruption and mass extinction has not yet been clarified.

Read all about it here: https://phys.org/news/2020-11-large-volcanic-eruption-largest-mass.html

Paper: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/doi/10.1130/G48022.1/592427/Pulsed-volcanic-combustion-events-coincident-with

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Tree Rings May Hold Clues To Impacts Of Distant Supernovas On Earth

Published 11th November 2020

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Massive explosions of energy happening thousands of light-years from Earth may have left traces in our planet's biology and geology, according to new research by University of Colorado Boulder geoscientist Robert Brakenridge.

The study, published this month in the International Journal of Astrobiology, probes the impacts of supernovas, some of the most violent events in the known universe. In the span of just a few months, a single one of these eruptions can release as much energy as the sun will during its entire lifetime. They're also bright—really bright.

Read all about it here: https://phys.org/news/2020-11-tree-clues-impacts-distant-supernovas.html

Paper: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/solar-system-exposure-to-supernova-radiation/93A83A960E20D33182A720A08D13F40C

Star Tsar

12th November 2020, 15:34

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 12th November 2020 | Nova Evidence Found x2, Solar Eruption, Land Motion

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Star Tsar

12th November 2020, 15:46

Space.com

See Mars' Ganges Chasma In Stunning Spacecraft Imagery

Published 12th November 2020

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured imagery of Ganges Chasma, a canyon in the Martian Valles Marineris. The imagery is about 5 kilometers across.

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Star Tsar

12th November 2020, 16:25

SputnikNews.com

Habitable Planets Are Super Common According To A New Study

Published 12th November 2020

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NASA scientists say our galaxy holds at least 300 million potentially habitable planets. According to the results of a study (https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.14812) released at the end of October, half of the stars with temperatures similar to that of the Sun, could have rocky planets, which in turn could have water and consequently life.

Read all about it here: https://sputniknews.com/science/202011101081115722-the-milky-way-hosts-300-million-potentially-habitable-planets-says-new-nasa-study-/

What Da Math? With Anton Petrov

Habitable Planets Are Super Common According To A New Study

Published 12th November 2020

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In this video Anton will talk about a new study that tries to estimate the total amount of Earth like planets in our galaxy.

Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2010.14812.pdf

NASA Release: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1664/about-half-of-sun-like-stars-could-host-rocky-potentially-habitable-planets/

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Star Tsar

12th November 2020, 16:33

Isaac Arthur

Becoming A Kardashev-1 Post-Scarcity Civilization

Published 5th November 2020

The Kardashev Scale measures how powerful a high-tech civilization is, with K-1 indicating a advanced society able to call on all the power of their planet, which we often envision as a Post-Scarcity Utopia. Is this the future of Humanity? And if so, how can we achieve it?

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Interstellar Trade & Cyclers

Published 12th November 2020

Establishing Interstellar Trade and Commerce in the future will require an entirely new approach to moving cargo, as years if not centuries might pass for shipments to arrive by even the fastest spaceships, but may be aided by the use of vast interstellar Cycler Castles traveling on century long trade routes.

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Star Tsar

12th November 2020, 17:07

Podcast UFO

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Irene Previn | Pursuit Of The Australian UFO Mystery

Streamed & Published 10th November 2020

Guest, Irene Previn joins us from Australia to discuss her research involving the UFO mystery, she speaks on the Westall Incident, Frederick Valentich, The Knowles Case and much more.

Irene Previn is an Australian visual artist and designer, and keen on uncovering the mystery behind UFOs.

About five years ago, after moving from her home town to work on a new project in Melbourne, Irene heard about Westall incident from her workmates. This occurred in the neighbourhood of her new workplace. At that time, she had never heard of it, let alone of a UFO sighting with over 200 witnesses, so her curiosity was piqued. She then took some of her workmates with her to have a look at the place where it happened.

She was allowed in to Shane Ryan’s private Westall Facebook group and learned more about the incident by watching Rosie Jones’s documentary, Westall 66: A Suburban UFO Mystery.

Surprised to see that no-one was organising any kind of celebration or acknowledgement marking the 50th anniversary of the event, Irene organised one herself. She posted a public invitation to join a picnic at The Grange Reserve, where the saucer was seen hovering close to the ground.

To her surprise, people turned up, even including some of the witnesses who willingly shared details of the experiences. Following the event, James Rigney contacted her requesting a meeting. She did not know him from a bar of soap, and was concerned that he might be a weirdo UFO guy. Prior to hearing about the Westall incident, her idea of anyone that took the sighting of flying discs seriously was, that they needed urgent medical attention.

Over coffee, James convinced Irene that he was perfectly sane, in fact he's quite a nice architect and family man. Irene shared her vision to invite the public to a screening of Rosie’s film, followed by a Q&A panel with the witnesses. James organised the support of a local UFO investigation group to provide funds and helping hands to help make the event happen.

The event was a success, they sold all of the tickets two week before the event! James and Irene worked together to bring James Fox over to visit and film the Westall bits for his film, The Phenomenon.

Through this Irene met her new boss, a mad scientist who works in robotics. She now works as part of a team doing 3d modelling for prototypes and mechanical drafting for fabrication. She also creates collages in her spare time for her online visual art gallery. Luckily for Irene, her boss is equally keen in pursuing the UFO question.

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Star Tsar

16th November 2020, 21:22

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The Ontario Barbells

Published 10th November 2020

In August 2013, witnesses 1, 2 and 3 were driving on a remote logging road in Ontario, Canada. They had just finished hunting, and were on their way back to camp.

What followed is one of the most interesting close-up encounters with an unidentified object in recorded history. The primary witness is an engineer and has contracts with the Department of Defense, something that has been verified by investigators Phil Leech and Robert Powell.

We spoke with Powell, now with the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU), about the case, and why he believes it's so compelling. The primary witness and witness #3 both went on the record to investigators – their testimony, along with a video they recorded, is covered in today's episode.

0:00 Intro
2:10 Witness #1
6:02 Movement of travel
6:42 "Just shoot it!"
8:13 Double checking the math
10:41 Second and third UFOs
11:40 Video recording
12:39 Strange symbols

Source documents and credits listed here: https://itsredacted.com/the-ontario-barbells-dod-contractor-sees-unidentified-object-with-strange-symbols/

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UFO Chronicles Podcast

Episode 79 | The Dumbbell Shaped UFO

Published 15th November 2020

We start off this episode with Douglas's voice submission from Victoria in Australia, his sighting occurred in 1972 witnessed by himself and two other members of his family. Then the first of two guests is Barny from Dublin in Ireland, sharing a sighting his late Father had in 1969 of a massive ball of light pulsing different colours. And then we are joined finally by Mike from Washington State in the US, with an unusual encounter with a dumbbell-shaped UFO, witnessed by himself and his wife in 2013.

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Star Tsar

16th November 2020, 21:27

Destination Declassified

The 1995 Bariloche UFO Case: What Did Over 100 People See On Board Flight 674?

Published 14th November 2020

In 1995, the passengers onboard flight 674 were in for the shock of their life when shortly before landing at the Bariloche Airport in Argentina. They were seemingly the focus of a strange craft that moved at incredible speeds and performed manoeuvres that seemed only possible in a Hollywood movie. With having over 100 witnesses, including those in the plane, those on the ground, those in the air traffic control tower and the military themselves. This went down as one of the most talked about cases in Argentina's history and the UFO community as a whole.

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Star Tsar

16th November 2020, 21:47

Preston Dennett

UFO Incident On The USS Clamagore

Published 14th November 2020

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UFOs have often been seen over nuclear power stations, nuclear missile sites, and anything associated with nuclear energy. In 1971, the USS Clamagore, a Navy submarine equipped with nuclear torpedoes, encountered a UFO, or actually a USO (an unidentified submersible object) which approached the sub and paced it for fifteen minutes.

This incredible encounter is only one of many, many instances in which UFOs and USOs have been encountered by the US Navy. This video presents the UFO Incident on the USS Clamagore, as well as four other incredible UFO/USO encounters by Navy and other military personnel. Some of these encounters include a sighting by the crew of the USS Long Beach (a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser,) a fascinating USO sighting by two retired Navy submariners near San Simeon, California, a highly dramatic USO sighting witnessed by dozens of people off the coast of Redondo Beach, California, and finally a visitation by a fleet of glowing donut-shaped USOs by a US Coast Guard Captain off the coast of Haiti.

In some cases, these UFO events went unrecorded or were actively covered up. This raises the question, how often does our Navy encounter UFOs and USOs and never reveal it? As these cases shows, perhaps more than you might think!

Until recently, there has been very little research into USOs. And yet, if these and other cases are true, then our oceans could be swarming with large numbers of alien craft, most of which remain unseen by human eyes.

It is time for disclosure of all UFO information. These incidents and others should be known by everyone! If you would like to learn more about these and other remarkable USO encounters, please check out my book, "Undersea UFO Base (https://www.amazon.com/dp/1984340700/ref=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=officialweb0f-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=ad02ba84a8f64f5442b02c54950182ba&creativeASIN=1984340700),"

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A little more on the USS Clamagore

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Star Tsar

17th November 2020, 15:49

BBC Sky @ Night Magazine

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Wallace Arthur | Is There Life Beyond Earth?

Published 17th November 2020

We speak to biologist Wallace Arthur about his new book The Biological Universe, and why he believes life could be flourishing throughout the cosmos.

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Star Tsar

17th November 2020, 16:02

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 13th - 17th November 2020

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Star Tsar

17th November 2020, 16:11

Phys.org

Weather On Jupiter & Saturn May Be Driven By Different Forces Than On Earth

Published 17th November 2020

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A trio of researchers, two with Harvard University, the other the University of Alberta, has found evidence that weather on Saturn and Jupiter may be driven by dramatically different forces than weather on Earth. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, Rakesh Kumar Yadav, Moritz Heimpel and Jeremy Bloxham describe computer simulations showing that major weather systems on Jupiter and Saturn might be driven by internal rather than external forces, resulting in outcomes such as the formation of large anticyclones like Jupiter's famous red spot.

Read all about it here: https://phys.org/news/2020-11-weather-jupiter-saturn-driven-earth.html

Paper: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/46/eabb9298

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Simulations Suggest Geoengineering Would Not Stop Global Warming If Greenhouse Gasses Continue To Increase

Published 17th November 2020

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A trio of researchers, two with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the other the California Institute of Technology, developed computer simulations suggesting that using geoengineering to cool the planet would not be enough to overcome greenhouse effects if emissions continue at the current rate. Tapio Schneider, Colleen Kaul and Kyle Pressel have published their results in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Read all about it here: https://phys.org/news/2020-11-simulations-geoengineering-global-greenhouse-gasses.html

Paper: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/46/eabb9298

Star Tsar

17th November 2020, 16:22

Geoengineering Watch

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Global Alert News | Episode 275

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Published 14th November 2020

Northern California has had bone dry summer conditions for nearly six months. The climate engineers have finally allowed a very modest amount of moisture into the region, but how contaminated is this precipitation? In the meantime other regions of the country are being deluged. Extreme weather conditions are rapidly becoming the norm all over the world, infrastructure and crop collapse have increasingly been the result. Numerous nations are spiraling into societal famine scenarios, the US corporate media isn’t saying a word. How soon till famine comes to the US? Lockdowns are being ramped up all over the world, where do we go from here?

Supporting link: https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/geoengineering-watch-global-alert-news-november-14-2020-275/

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Star Tsar

17th November 2020, 16:41

Weather Events & Force Thirteen

Hurricane Iota Made Landfall In Nicaragua

Recorded 16th & Published 17th November 2020

Hurricane Iota made landfall in Nicaragua, bringing a life-threatening storm surge, catastrophic winds, flash floods and mudslides to an area still reeling from the impact of Hurricane Eta less than two weeks ago

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Iota Causes Devastation In Nicaragua and Honduras

Published 17th November 2020

Tropical Storm Iota continues to bring catastrophic flash flooding and mudslides to Nicaragua and Honduras. Strong winds will remain a threat to those near the center of Iota. Iota could still produce an additional 20-30 inches (500-750mm) of rain in some spots. Flash flooding and river flooding accompanied by mudslides are likely across much of Central America. These impacts will be exacerbated by Eta which struck just two weeks ago.

You can track Iota with our 24/7 Hurricane Tracker at: https://youtu.be/3rgiSK9MXgA

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Star Tsar

17th November 2020, 21:26

Volcano Time-Lapse

Explosion | Stromboli Volcano (https://geology.com/volcanoes/stromboli/), Italy

Recorded & Published 16th November 2020

Note the 'bulge' before the explosion. 09:51:27 was the time of the eruption, the countdown clock is wrong.

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Eruption/Lava Flow | Reventador Volcano (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/reventador.html), Ecuador

Recorded & Published 17th November 2020

Reventador has had a lava flow for over a week now. Night captures have been poor, you have to catch it at just the right time. You can see the vapor rising from the slopes indicating a lava flow in this clip. I'm not sure if the time is correct. It's a morning capture.

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Star Tsar

17th November 2020, 21:30

Asteroid Station

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Asteroid (2020 VT4) Flew Above Earth's Surface & Missed By Only 230 Miles

Published 17th November 2020

Asteroid (2020 VT4) is a small asteroid that just flew above the Earth's surface by only 230 miles. Check out how close this asteroid was from entering our atmosphere.

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Leonid Meteor Shower All This Week, Peak Time November 16 – 17, 2020

Published 16th November 2020

The Leonid show will peak on November 16-17, 2020 night. We are expected to see around 15 meteors per hour at peak on Monday, November 16, and November 17. Look for the constellation Leo in the night sky, best time might be early morning pre-dawn hours .

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Star Tsar

17th November 2020, 21:55

Meteoroides.net

Fireball Over The South Of Spain

Recorded & Published 16th November 2020

On 16 November 2020, at about 3:49 local time, a beautiful and very bright fireball was spotted over the south of Spain. This bolide was generated by a rock from a comet that hit the atmosphere at about 227,000 km/h. The fireball began at an altitude of about 132 km over Andalusia (south of Spain), and ended at a height of around 61 km over the south of Portugal.

This bright meteor was recorded in the framework of the SMART project, operated by the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN) from the meteor-observing stations located at Sevilla, La Hita (Toledo) and Calar Alto (Almería). The event has been analyzed by the principal investigator of the SMART project: Dr. Jose M. Madiedo, from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC).

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Star Tsar

17th November 2020, 22:20

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Leonid Meteor Shower

Published 17th November 2020

The Leonid meteor shower peaked on November 17th. With a maximum of about 7 falling stars it is not a particularly strong meteor shower, but there have been years in which several thousand falling stars could be seen per hour. However, this year was a normal year. Unfortunately it was mostly cloudy here in Lower Saxony, but when it cleared up, you could watch the meteors nicely. In addition to the Leonids, there were also some Taurids to be seen.

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Star Tsar

17th November 2020, 22:28

Nemesis Maturity

Crescent Moon, Jupiter & Saturn

Published 17th November 2020

On November 18th and 19th, enjoy a lovely crescent moon near Jupiter and Saturn after sunset. Watch for earthshine lighting up the moon’s dark side. Earthshine is twice-reflected sunlight. Sunlight bounces from Earth to the moon, and the moon reflects it back to Earth.

The two planets have been brilliant highlights of the night sky for much of this year, and are now getting closer together in advance of their super close pairing on the December solstice. It'll be the closest Jupiter-Saturn conjunction since the year 1623!

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Star Tsar

17th November 2020, 23:06

Learn The Sky

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How To Find Perseus The Hero Constellation

Published 27th October 2020

Perseus is a beautiful constellation that can best be seen in the autumn sky and the early winter months in the northern hemisphere. It it known for its unique star clusters and its two brightest stars - Mirfak and Algol. The star known as Algol is a variable star, which means its brightness changes over the course of the night. Learn strategies to help you find Perseus and discover various mythologies that surround this ancient constellation.

Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction to Perseus
2:51 - Star Pattern of Perseus
3:56 - Practice finding Perseus
6:46 - Using Cassiopeia to find Perseus
7:57 - Mythologies of Perseus (Babylonian Star Catalogs, Fixed Book of Stars, Greek Myth with Cepheus, Cassiopeia, Andromeda, and Cetus)
10:56 - Review of Perseus
12:24 - Photo Attributes

Visit https://twitter.com/David_A_Cocklin to see more amazing astrophotography photos. Thank you David for allowing me to use your photos of the Alpha Persei Star Cluster!

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How To Find Algol The Demon Star In The Constellation Of Perseus

Published 10th November 2020

Algol, also nicknamed the Demon Star, is the second brightest star in the constellation of Perseus. Algol is an excellent example of a variable star since its brightness can change throughout the night. Perseus is an ancient constellation that can be seen during the autumn season in the northern hemisphere. It can be a fairly easy constellation to point out if you know where to look. Perseus has a collection of bright stars and unique star clusters. The two brightest stars, Mirfak and Algol, stand out in the night sky. In this video, we will explore the star called Algol, often nicknamed the Demon Star.

Also is a triple star system. β Persei Aa1 and β Persei Aa2 regularly pass in front of each-other causing eclipses. This system is classified as eclipsing binary stars. In many cultures, Algol is connected with stories of demons, spirits, or monsters. In Greek Mythology, Algol is often represented as the head of Medusa. In Hebrew folklore, Algol was called Rōsh ha Sāṭān, or "Satan's Head". The name Algol is derived from the Arabic term ra’s al-ghul, which means 'head of the ogre'.

Special thanks to David Cocklin for his picture of the Alpha Persei Star Cluster. Visit him on Twitter to see more of his astrophotography. https://twitter.com/David_A_Cocklin

Visit https://stars.chromeexperiments.com/ to use and explore this star simulation.

Chapters
0:00 - Introduction to Algol
0:22 - Subscribe to Learn the Sky
0:32 - Overview of Perseus
1:11 - Star Map of Perseus
1:48 - Mirfak, the alpha star of Perseus
2:53 - Algol, the beta star of Perseus
4:20 - Algol Simulation from 100,000 Stars
5:47 - How to Find the Perseus constellation
7:23 - Historical aspects of Algol
8:08 - Review of Algol and Perseus

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Celestial Objects Of Perseus Star Clusters, Nebulae, & Galaxies

Published 17th November 2020

Perseus is a great constellation to explore if you want to find a variety of celestial objects, including star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. In this video, we will explore objects that can be seen in the boundaries of Perseus.

Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
1:57 - Star Clusters of Perseus (Double Cluster, Alpha Persei Cluster, Messier 34)
4:40 - Nebulae of Perseus (California Nebula, Little Dumbell Nebula, Perseus Molecular Cloud)
9:34 - Galaxies of Perseus (NGC 1023, NGC 1260, NGC 1275 [aka Perseus A], Perseus Cluster of Galaxies)
12:03 - Review of Perseus
14:00 - Photo Attributes

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Star Tsar

17th November 2020, 23:10

Astrum

How Do Galaxies Rotate?

Published 17th November 2020

Galaxies are not spinning tops. So how do stars move within them? Astrum answers...

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Star Tsar

17th November 2020, 23:14

The National Radio Astronomy Observatory

A Hole In The Milky Way Galaxy

Published 16th November 2020

Astronomer Jay Lockman tells the story of his discovery of a hole in the Milky Way, called the Lockman Hole.

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The Milky Way's Galactic Bulge

Published 17th November 2020

Astronomer Joanna Corby explains why the center of our Milky Way Galaxy is shaped like a ball.

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Related musical interlude:

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Star Tsar

19th November 2020, 13:05

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 18th & 19th November 2020

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Star Tsar

19th November 2020, 13:22

What Da Math? With Anton Petrov

Radio Emissions From This Brown Dwarf Are Mysteriously Strong

Published 16th November 2020

In this video Anton will talk about a first ever discovery of a brown dwarf found entirely using radio waves.

Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2010.01915.pdf

Gleamoscope: https://gleamoscope.icrar.org/gleamoscope/trunk/src/

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These White Dwarfs Orbit Around One Another In Eight Minutes

Published 18th November 2020

In this video Anton will talk about a strange white dwarf binary with stars orbiting around one another in 8 minutes.

Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2010.03555.pdf

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Star Tsar

19th November 2020, 13:34

NASA Goddard

Milky Way Galaxy Fast Radio Burst Detected For First Time

Published 4th November 2020

On April 28, a supermagnetized stellar remnant known as a magnetar blasted out a simultaneous mix of X-ray and radio signals never observed before. The flare-up included the first fast radio burst (FRB) ever seen from within our Milky Way galaxy and shows that magnetars can produce these mysterious and powerful radio blasts previously only seen in other galaxies.

A magnetar is a type of isolated neutron star, the crushed, city-size remains of a star many times more massive than our Sun. What makes a magnetar so special is its intense magnetic field. The field can be 10 trillion times stronger than a refrigerator magnet's and up to a thousand times stronger than a typical neutron star's. This represents an enormous storehouse of energy that astronomers suspect powers magnetar outbursts.

The X-ray portion of the synchronous bursts was detected by several satellites, including NASA's Wind mission.

The radio component was discovered by the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME), a radio telescope located at Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory in British Columbia and led by several Canadian universities. It was also detected by the NASA-funded Survey for Transient Astronomical Radio Emission 2 (STARE2), a trio of detectors in California and Utah operated by Caltech and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The STARE2 data showed that the burst's energy was comparable to FRBs.

By the time these bursts occurred, astronomers had already been monitoring their source, a magnetar named SGR 1935+2154, for more than half a day using NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, and the NICER X-ray telescope mounted atop the International Space Station.

About 13 hours later, when the magnetar was out of view for Swift, Fermi and NICER, a special X-ray burst erupted. The blast was seen by the European Space Agency’s INTEGRAL mission, the China National Space Administration’s Huiyan X-ray satellite, and the Russian Konus instrument on Wind. As the half-second-long X-ray burst flared, CHIME and STARE2 detected the radio burst, which lasted only a thousandth of a second.

Taken together, the observations strongly suggest that the magnetar produced the Milky Way galaxy's equivalent of an FRB, which means magnetars in other galaxies likely produce at least some of these signals.

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AstroAthens

New Magnetar Discovery!

Published 16th November 2020

First time ever that a magnetar was discovered to be in our very own galaxy, THE MILKY WAY!!

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Star Tsar

19th November 2020, 13:56

Sixty Symbols

Burping Black Holes

Published 17th November 2020

Dr Becky Smethurst is back, talking about how supermassive black holes grow.

Papers from this video:
Supermassive black holes in disk-dominated galaxies outgrow their bulges and co-evolve with their host galaxies: https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.10793
Secularly powered outflows from AGN: the dominance of non-merger driven supermassive black hole growth: https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.01355

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Star Tsar

19th November 2020, 14:19

Astrum

Seeing Space As Sound

Published 9th November 2020

The beautiful sonification of space images. Recommended to use headphones!

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SciShow Space

The Deepest Sound In The Universe

Published 17th November 2020

Thanks to X-ray telescopes, scientists in the 1970s found the first real evidence that black holes actually existed, and astronomer Andrew Fabian has used X-ray research to unlock incredible mysteries ever since, including a giant sound wave that can travel through intergalactic gas!

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Star Tsar

23rd November 2020, 15:08

Seeker

Why We’re Seeing More Gravitational Wave Events Than Ever Before

Published 23rd November 2020

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LIGO and Virgo recently updated their gravitational-wave catalog with 39 new discoveries, including signals that could help us probe unresolved mysteries about the universe further than ever before.

On May 21, 2019, LIGO and Virgo detected gravitational waves generated by two huge black holes, one at around 66 solar masses and the other at a gigantic 85 solar masses. They combined to form a black hole with a mass around 142 times that of our sun, making it the first ever directly observed intermediate black hole.

It exists in the size range between stellar mass black holes that form when stars collapse and the supermassive black holes found at the center of galaxies. Even the existence of the 85 solar mass black hole is interesting, because scientists think there should be a gap in the spectrum of black holes between 65 and 120 solar masses. A phenomenon called pair-instability should prevent stars from collapsing and forming black holes in this range, so that 85 solar mass black hole could call our understanding of stellar evolution into question.

These 39 new gravitational wave events certainly give us a lot to ponder, but remember that’s just from the first half of observing run 3. Unfortunately, the second half had to be cut a month short because of COVID-19, but with observing runs 4 and 5 still planned for some time in the near future, and the inclusion of data from detectors in Japan and India, expect to see a lot more interesting discoveries from the laser interferometers of the world.

Read More:

LIGO and Virgo announce new detections in updated gravitational-wave catalog
https://www.lsu.edu/physics/news/2020/ligo_new_detections.php
"The sharp increase in the number of detections was made possible by significant improvements to the instruments with respect to previous observation periods. These included increased laser power, improved mirrors and, remarkably, the use of quantum squeezing technology."

Big Black Holes Dominate New Gravitational-Wave Catalog
https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/big-black-holes-dominate-new-gravitational-wave-catalog/
"What’s really eye-catching about the new catalog is just how many of the black holes are big. More than half of the mergers involved at least one black hole weighing 30 solar masses or more."

When Virgo Joined LIGO
https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/big-black-holes-dominate-new-gravitational-wave-catalog/
"Quantum field theory, our present standard theory of relativistic quantum mechanics, has many triumphs. However, it not only gets the energy density of empty space wrong by a factor of 10120, but it also is plagued by some embarrassing infinities that crop up when parts of the formalism are closely examined."

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Star Tsar

23rd November 2020, 15:14

What Da Math? With Anton Petrov

A Centaur Just Became Active For Unknown Reason But What Is It?

Published 21st November 2020

In this video Anton will talk about sudden activity observed on a distant centaur of Jupiter - we'll also talk about centaurs in general.

Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2003.04904.pdf
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ab7dc6

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Star Tsar

23rd November 2020, 15:24

Nemesis Maturity

Comet Erasmus Is Brightening Fast

Published 22nd November 2020

Every 2000 years, Comet Erasmus (C/2020 S3) visits the inner Solar System. News Flash: It's back. Discovered on Sept. 17, 2020, by South African astronomer Nicolas Erasmus, the comet is plunging toward the sun for a close encounter inside the orbit of Mercury on Dec. 12th.

Comet Erasmus is brightening as it approaches the sun. Right now it is 7th magnitude--an easy target for backyard telescopes. Forecasters believe it will more than triple in brightness to 5th magnitude by the time it dips inside the orbit of Mercury next month. Only the glare of the nearby sun will prevent it from being visible to the naked eye.

Where should you look?
Look low and southeast before sunrise. Comet Erasmus is in the constellation Hydra just to the right of Venus in neighboring Virgo. The bright star Spica is nearby, too, providing another useful reference point.

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Star Tsar

23rd November 2020, 15:29

John Michael Godier's Event Horizon

Werner Herzog & Clive Oppenheimer | How Meteorites Have Affected Human Civilization

Published 19th November 2020

Would Humans be on Earth if not for Meteorite Impacts?
Joining John Michael Godier on Event Horizon are directors Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer. Following their Academy Award-nominated work on “Encounters at the End of the World” and Emmy-nominated “Into the Inferno,” Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer’s new film “Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds” takes viewers on an extraordinary journey to discover how shooting stars, meteorites and deep impacts have focused the human imagination on other realms and worlds, and on our past and our future.

Watch “Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds” https://tv.apple.com/

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Star Tsar

23rd November 2020, 15:34

Asteroid Station

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Asteroid (2000 WO107)

Published 20th November 2020

An exceptionally large asteroid will be passing by close to Earth on November 29, 2020, around 05:08 UTC. The asteroid is estimated to be between 370 meters to 820 meters... Asteroid (2000 WO107) 153201

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Star Tsar

23rd November 2020, 15:38

BBC.co.uk

The Indonesian Meteorite Which Didn't Sell For $1.8m

Published 22nd November 2020

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The story made headlines around the world - a meteorite crashes through the roof of an Indonesian villager's home and turns out be worth millions, changing his life forever.

It was suggested that the find was worth $1.8m (£1.36m), making the man an overnight millionaire - and if he wasn't, they debated whether he'd been short-changed selling it to US buyers.

But neither of those things is true. The meteorite is not worth millions, and no-one has been ripped off.

This dream come true is not quite as it first seemed.

Read all about it here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-55013725

Star Tsar

23rd November 2020, 15:42

Maritime-Executive.com

Australian Research Vessel Captures Footage Of Giant Meteor

Published 20th November 2020

https://twitter.com/i/status/1329324080596705281

Last week, the Australian government research vessel RV Investigator was in just the right place at just the right time to capture video footage of a giant meteor breaking up over the Tasman Sea.

The footage, which was captured by the ship's livestream camera, shows an exceptionally bright meteor crossing the sky in front of the ship and then breaking up over the ocean.

Though recorded in black and white, the meteor was actually bright green. It was spotted by the bridge crew and reported to the science staff on board. They were amazed to find that the meteor had been captured perfectly by the ship's livestream camera, which beams live footage from the ship 24/7.

Read all about it here: https://maritime-executive.com/article/video-australian-research-vessel-captures-footage-of-giant-meteor

Star Tsar

23rd November 2020, 15:45

Scott Manley

Snapped Cable Damages Arecibo Observatory Radio Telescope

Published 13th August 2020

The Arecibo Radio Telescope is one of the most famous astronomical observatories in the world, and for a long time was the world's largest. On Monday night a support cable snapped and fell into the reflector dish, damaging the reflector panels, it also crashed into the side of the gregorian dome which includes the secondard and tertiary reflectors.

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Scott Manley

Worlds Largest Radar Astronomy Dish To Be Demolished!

Published 21st November 2020

The iconic Arecibo observatory has suffered a second cable break and now the engineers who were trying to reinforce the structure think that it's no longer safe to try and save the structure. The National Science Foundation which has been funding the installation for decades have decided to authorize demolition of the historic structure to avoid damage to other parts of the facility.

http://www.naic.edu/~phil/hardware/telescope/auxmain200810/NSF-arecibo-engineering_report.pdf

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Star Tsar

23rd November 2020, 15:51

Space Telescope Science Institute

Tonight's Sky: December 2020

Published 23rd November 2020

Step outside on a cold December night when the stars shine bright to find the Big Dipper, Cassiopeia, and Cepheus. They will help you locate a binary star system, a fan-shaped open star cluster, and a variable star. Stay tuned for space-based views of a ragged spiral galaxy, an open star cluster, and an edge-on galaxy.

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Related musical interlude

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Star Tsar

23rd November 2020, 15:56

Lowell Observatory

Sagas In The Sky | Canis Major & Canis Minor

Published 21st November 2020

Sagas in the Sky explores some of the stories behind the celestial objects in the night sky. In this episode, we look at the constellations Canis Major and Canis Minor, the Greater and Lesser Dogs.

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Star Tsar

23rd November 2020, 16:30

Dr Maggie Lieu

Why The Skies Are Slowly Getting Darker

Published 22nd November 2020

This week Dr Lieu answers a question from Yasmina Eberhardt, Which is: In the future with the expansion of the Universe when the stars and galaxies have are too distant to see, will astronomers still find evidence of the Universe?

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Star Tsar

23rd November 2020, 16:38

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 20th - 23rd November 2020

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Star Tsar

23rd November 2020, 17:07

Geoengineering Watch

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Global Alert News | Episode 276

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Published 22nd November 2020

The holidays are nearly upon us, complete with CV-19 and its related protocols. How is Thanksgiving going to go for the many that have been waiting in food lines, often for hours at a time? The polarization of populations is being fed by corporate media, the scripted distractions have kept the public's eyes off of the wider horizon. The rapidly accelerating meltdown of the polar regions is triggering mass methane release scenarios, especially in the Arctic. If our atmosphere becomes saturated with this highly effective heat trapping gas, how much time would we have left? How big a part has geoengineering played in all that is unfolding.

Supporting link: https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/geoengineering-watch-global-alert-news-november-21-2020-276/

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Lunesoleil

25th November 2020, 17:34

Asteroid Station
Asteroid (2000 WO107)

Published 20th November 2020

An exceptionally large asteroid will be passing by close to Earth on November 29, 2020, around 05:08 UTC. The asteroid is estimated to be between 370 meters to 820 meters... Asteroid (2000 WO107) 153201

thanks for the info, for can follow the asteroid HERE (http://www.true-node.com/eph0/?number=&inputNumber=153201&day=1&month=10&year=2020&time=00%3A00%3A00&zone=GMT+0&interval_num=1&interval=day&lines=350&.submit=Get+Ephemeris&longitude=on)

impressive the speed of the asteroid in the sign of Leo on November 29th and in Cancer on November 30th, Wow, It deserves an article on my blog ...

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Did You See Them

14th December 2020, 14:51

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"Black 'sand-like' asteroid dust found in box from Japan probe"

Black sandy dust found in a capsule brought to Earth by a Japanese space probe is from the distant asteroid Ryugu, scientists confirmed after opening it on Monday.

The discovery comes a week after the Hayabusa-2 probe dropped off its capsule, which entered the atmosphere in a streak of light before landing in the Australian desert and then being transported to Japan.

The Japanese space agency (JAXA) released a picture of a small deposit of sooty material inside the metal box -- a first glimpse at the results of an unprecedented six-year mission for the unmanned probe.

The dust was found in the capsule's outer shell, agency officials said, with more substantial samples expected to be found when they open the inner container, a delicate task.

"JAXA has confirmed that samples derived from the asteroid Ryugu are inside the sample container," the agency said.

"We were able to confirm black, sand-like particles which are believed to be derived from the asteroid Ryugu."

Hayabusa-2 travelled about 300 million kilometres (200 million miles) from Earth to collect the samples, which scientists hope could help shed light on the origin of life and the formation of the universe.

The probe collected both surface dust and pristine material from below the surface that was stirred up by firing an "impactor" into the asteroid.

"We will continue our work to open the sample-catcher within the sample container. Extraction of the sample and analysis of it will be carried out," JAXA said.

Half of Hayabusa-2's samples will be shared between JAXA, US space agency NASA and other international organisations, and the rest kept for future study as advances are made in analytic technology.

But work is not over for the probe, which will now begin an extended mission targeting two new asteroids.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20201214-black-sand-like-asteroid-dust-found-in-box-from-japan-probe

Journeyman

17th December 2020, 12:30

Eigenbros

Salvatore Cezar Pais' UFO Technology Patents

Published 22nd November 2019

Terence & Juan analyze the strange patents by Naval scientist Salvatore Cezar Pais. Specifically they look at the physics of an intertial mass reduction device.

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There's some more details on Salvatore Pais work here:

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/37134/emails-show-navys-ufo-patents-went-through-significant-internal-review-resulted-in-a-demo

The patent for 'Craft Using an Inertial Mass Reduction Device.' makes it clear the the US govt holds the intellectual and thus commercial rights.

Incidentally, does this name, Salvatore Cezar Pais strike anyone as rather loaded in symbolism?

Salvatore - Saviour
Cezar - Of Caesar
Pais - Land

Kryztian

19th December 2020, 17:11

Alien Hunters Discover Mysterious Signal from Proxima Centauri

Strange radio transmissions appear to be coming from our nearest star system; now scientists are trying to work out what is sending them

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/alien-hunters-discover-mysterious-signal-from-proxima-centauri/

It’s never aliens, until it is. Today, news leaked in the British newspaper The Guardian of a mysterious signal coming from the closest star to our own, Proxima Centauri, a star too dim to see from Earth with the naked eye that is nevertheless a cosmic stone’s throw away at just 4.2 light-years. Found this autumn in archival data gathered last year, the signal appears to emanate from the direction of our neighboring star and cannot yet be dismissed as Earth-based interference, raising the very faint prospect that it is a transmission from some form of advanced extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI)—a so-called “technosignature.” Now, speaking to Scientific American, the scientists behind the discovery caution there is still much work to be done, but admit the interest is justified. “It has some particular properties that caused it to pass many of our checks, and we cannot yet explain it,” says Andrew Siemion from the University of California, Berkeley.

Most curiously, it occupies a very narrow band of the radio spectrum: 982 megahertz, specifically, which is a region typically bereft of transmissions from human-made satellites and spacecraft. “We don’t know of any natural way to compress electromagnetic energy into a single bin in frequency” such as this one, Siemion says. Perhaps, he says, some as-yet-unknown exotic quirk of plasma physics could be a natural explanation for the tantalizingly concentrated radio waves. But “for the moment, the only source that we know of is technological.”

The detection was made by a $100 million project called Breakthrough Listen, led by Siemion and funded by tech billionaire Yuri Milner under the umbrella of Milner’s Breakthrough Initiatives. The goal of this multiyear endeavor—which began in 2015 with a star-studded announcement attended by Stephen Hawking and other space-science luminaries—is to buy observing time on radio telescopes around the world to search the skies for evidence of technological civilizations. That pursuit, of course, is more commonly known as the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). To date, no such evidence has conclusively been found despite more than a half century of modest-but-steady SETI activity, with any potential signals almost always ruled out as originating from satellites orbiting Earth or other human-caused interference.

Story continues here (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/alien-hunters-discover-mysterious-signal-from-proxima-centauri/).

Star Tsar

20th December 2020, 12:54

Apologies for my absence, I have had major works happening in my home & I could not manage to post.

Star Tsar

20th December 2020, 12:59

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 20th December 2020 | Magnetic Pole Motion, Tornados of Electricity

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Star Tsar

20th December 2020, 13:05

Geoengineering Watch

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Global Alert News | Episode 220

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Published 19th December 2020

Pfizer executives don’t seem willing to take their own creations, they want others to take them first. Why? In the meantime governments around the world are laying out their strategies for pressuring public acceptance of various experimental vaccines in spite of increasing safety concerns. Cascading climate and environmental collapse continues to fuel unprecedented desperation on the part of the controllers. More science sources are beginning to acknowledge the looming Earth changes, though such sources often falsely blame Nature for what is unfolding. A stunning recent example of diversionary disinformation is a “science” report that blames the unfolding methane release crisis in the Arctic on the influence of the moon. The report made no mention of the ongoing geoengineering operations that are actually at the core of the equation. How long will the “science” community continue with their efforts to cover the tracks of the climate engineers?

Supporting link: https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/geoengineering-watch-global-alert-news-december-19-2020-280/

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Star Tsar

20th December 2020, 13:13

Seán Doran

Awesome Aurora!

Published 19th December 2020

Time-lapse photography of aurora from ISS converted to real-time video
Based on ESRSU image archive / eol.jsc.nasa.gov
'Mer-Ka-Ba' by Jesse Gallagher / http://www.youtube.com/nightimegallagher

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Star Tsar

20th December 2020, 13:18

European Space Agency

Earth From Space: Lapland, Finland

Published 18th December 2020

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The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us to Lapland, the largest and northernmost region of Finland, just in time for Christmas, in the last edition of the Earth from Space programme for 2020.

Download the image: https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2020/12/rovaniemi_lapland/22394498-1-eng-GB/Rovaniemi_Lapland_pillars.jpg

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Star Tsar

20th December 2020, 13:32

What Da Math? With Anton Petrov

Signs Of Nearby Supernovae Affecting Planet Earth

Published 17th December 2020

In this video Anton will talk about a recent discovery of signs of supernovae in various samples using carbon dating.

Paper: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/abs/solar-system-exposure-to-supernova-radiation/93A83A960E20D33182A720A08D13F40C
Carbon Dating Game: https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/cheerpj/nuclear-physics/latest/nuclear-physics.html?simulation=radioactive-dating-game

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Star Tsar

20th December 2020, 16:03

Lowell Observatory

Sagas In The Sky | The Moon

Published 19th December 2020

Sagas in the Sky explores some of the stories behind the celestial objects in the night sky. In this episode, we look at stories connected to the Moon.

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Star Tsar

20th December 2020, 16:12

Astrum

What Will The 2020 Great Conjunction Of Jupiter And Saturn Really Be Like?

Published 19th December 2020

Everything you could want to know about the December 2020 Great Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter.

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Star Tsar

20th December 2020, 16:21

APOD Podcast

Conjunction After Sunset

Published 19th December 2020

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In today's image, we see three objects close together in the sky after sunset. To the left, we see the crescent moon and to the right we see the planets Jupiter and Saturn. Jupiter and Saturn are approaching their great conjunction on December 21 when they will be as close to gather in the sky as they have been since 1623.

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A Volcanic Great Conjunction

Published 20th December 2020

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In today's image, we see the Great Conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn near an erupting volcano. The two planets will be at their closest tomorrow (Dec 21) evening just after sunset. However, you will be able to still see them close together in the sky over the next few days.

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Star Tsar

20th December 2020, 16:28

Rune Soup

Austin Coppock | H1 2021 Astrological Forecast

Published 20th December 2020

Astrologer in residence, Austin Coppock, returns to talk us through what the sky has in store for us for the first half of 2021 astrologically speaking.

Austin's segment starts 18:10

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Star Tsar

22nd December 2020, 15:53

Space.com

Winter Dawns On The Us - Solstice Seen From Space

Published 22nd December 2020

NOAA's GOES-East satellite, flying about 22,200 miles (23,780 km) above Earth, captured imagery of the moment winter 2020-2021 began.

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Star Tsar

22nd December 2020, 15:57

Seán Doran

Cities @ Night From Space!

Published 20th December 2020

Time-lapse photography of cities at night from ISS converted to real-time video
Based on ESRSU image archive / eol.jsc.nasa.gov
'The Inner Sound' by Jesse Gallagher / http://www.youtube.com/nightimegallagher

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Star Tsar

22nd December 2020, 16:03

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 21st & 22nd December 2020

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Star Tsar

22nd December 2020, 16:11

Volcano Time-Lapse

Explosion | Sakurajima Volcano (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/sakurajima.html), Japan

Recorded & Published 21st December 2020

At approximately 16:40 JST an explosion was registered. This was cloud obscured.

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Recorded & Published 22nd December 2020

At 21:21:52 an explosion was registered. Slight lava was observed and a large plume. Notice the aircraft flying away from the plume. Nice.

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Star Tsar

22nd December 2020, 16:15

Volcano YT

Explosion | Kīlauea Volcano (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%ABlauea), Hawaii

Recorded & Published 22nd December 2020

Here are some my timelapse collections with mixed videos from USGS.

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Star Tsar

22nd December 2020, 16:21

Nemesis Maturity

The Ursid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight

Published 22nd December 2020

The Ursid meteor shower will peak in the early morning of Dec. 22, 2020, providing a shooting-star show to skywatchers up before sunrise.

Meteors will appear to be streaming out from the radiant, but they can show up all across the sky.

The Ursids are associated with comet 8P/Tuttle, which was discovered in 1790 and then re-discovered by Horace Tuttle in 1858. The Ursids occur when Earth passes through the trail of dust and debris left along the comet's orbit.

The best time to view the Ursids, radiating from Ursa Minor, will be from midnight on the 21st until dawn. They may be active on the 23rd and 24th, too. The shower itself was first recorded in England in 1900, and als spotted in Germany in the decades following.

You need only clear dark skies and just your eyes to see meteor showers.

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Star Tsar

22nd December 2020, 16:52

Space.com

Trojan Asteroids - What Are They? Where Do They Come From?

Published 21st December 2020

NASA explains what Trojan asteroids are ahead of the launch of the Lucy mission to study them

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Star Tsar

23rd December 2020, 14:16

Meteorite Videos

Meteorite NWA 6231

Published 22nd December 2020

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More info on Meteorite NWA 6231:

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=51820

Star Tsar

23rd December 2020, 14:26

SeaSky.org

Astronomy Calendar Of Celestial Events For Calendar Year 2021

Published 23rd December 2020

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This astronomy calendar of celestial events contains dates for notable celestial events including moon phases, meteor showers, eclipses, oppositions, conjunctions, and other interesting events. Most of the astronomical events on this calendar can be seen with unaided eye, although some may require a good pair of binoculars for best viewing. Many of the events and dates that appear here were obtained from the U.S. Naval Observatory, The Old Farmer's Almanac., and the American Meteor Society.

Read all about it here: http://www.seasky.org/astronomy/astronomy-calendar-2021.html

Star Tsar

23rd December 2020, 14:41

Star Tsar

23rd December 2020, 14:50

The Spiritual Pathways Podcast

David Mathisen | Seeing Ourselves In The Stars

Published 22nd December 2020

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A conversation between Lindsay Foreman of the Spirit Junkie Podcast and Spiritual Pathways and David Mathisen about "Seeing Ourselves in the Stars," recorded on 18 December 2020!

This was a terrific conversation, and Lindsay brought some keen insights and new perspectives that you have not heard in previous podcasts.

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Star Tsar

23rd December 2020, 14:54

IACvideos

Timelapse Sequence During The Conjunction Of Jupiter & Saturn

Published 23rd December 2020

Timelapse sequence during the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn after sunset on December 21 over the Teide Observatory. The moons Callisto and Europa are seen on either side of Jupiter (The brightest object) and Titan next to Saturn (the second brightest object). Io and Ganymede, close to Jupiter, are practically hidden by its brilliance. The relative displacement between planets is approximately on the line drawn by the Galilean satellites.

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Star Tsar

23rd December 2020, 15:00

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 23rd December 2020 | Brightest Blazar, Stuck In Ice, Deep Earth

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Star Tsar

23rd December 2020, 15:04

What Da Math? With Anton Petrov

Farthest Galaxy Ever Found GN-z11 Just Did Something Unbelievable

Published 22nd December 2020

In this video we will talk about a new discovery from the farthest galaxy we've ever found - GN-z11.

Main paper: https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2012/2012.06937.pdf
Paper: https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2012/2012.06937.pdf
Calculator: http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/CosmoCalc.html

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Star Tsar

23rd December 2020, 15:10

Cool Worlds

Did We Just Detect A New "Wow" Signal From Proxima Centauri?

Published 21st December 2020

News has leaked of the discovery of a radio transmission from our nearest neighboring star, Proxima Centauri. Did we just detect alien communications?! Join us for this special video with Professor Kipping explaining what we know and why some skepticism is warranted.

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Star Tsar

23rd December 2020, 15:18

John Michael Godier's Event Horizon

Jason Wright | BLC1 The Proxima Centauri SETI Candidate

Published 22nd December 2020

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BLC1 is a candidate SETI radio signal found by the Breakthrough Listen project, the signal is possibly coming from the star Proxima Centauri and has a frequency of 982.002 MHz. Jason Wright is a professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at Penn State.
https://twitter.com/Astro_Wright
https://sites.psu.edu/astrowright/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/12/alien-hunters-detect-mysterious-radio-signal-from-nearby-star/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/alien-hunters-discover-mysterious-signal-from-proxima-centauri/

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Star Tsar

23rd December 2020, 15:26

Carnegie Science

Johanna Teske - How Many Exoplanets Are There?

Published 21st December 2020

Johanna Teske, Carnegie Earth and Planets Laboratory astronomer, tells us how many exoplanets have been discovered.

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Star Tsar

23rd December 2020, 15:33

Ancient Astronaut Archive

Alien Life In Our Solar System?

Published 18th December 2020

Here is the thing... our human science is just that. It is predicated and validated by humans from human experience on Earth. Even in our own solar system, the possibility of life beyond our own context in a DEFINITE possibility in the Archive’s opinion. But, even if we do confine the search to our current scientific frame of reference, there are several places to explore at a deeper level.

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Star Tsar

23rd December 2020, 15:45

It's [Redacted].

The 2006 O'Hare UFO Incident Newly Unearthed FAA Audio Tapes

Published 22nd December 2020

On November 7, 2006, at Chicago O'Hare International Airport, multiple witnesses including airline pilots, supervisors and mechanics reported seeing a disc-shaped UFO hovering over United Airlines gate C17. At the time, the FAA claimed the witnesses might have confused a "weather phenomenon" for a flying saucer. But, in this bonus episode of The Basement Office, we reveal rarely-heard audio of FAA airport radio communications from that day that might shed some light into what was in the skies.

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Star Tsar

23rd December 2020, 15:53

Podcast UFO

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Jack Sliwa | UFO/UAP Behavior

Streamed & Published 22nd December 2020

Guest, Jack Sliwa debut on the UFO/UAP topic. Jack discusses his research, including angel hair trace cases, as well as touching on some thoughts of UFO propulsion and much more.

BIO: Jack Sliwa is originally from the Boston area, he earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University in Boston, Mass. and then an MS in Materials Science from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. While at Northeastern University Jack did a CO-OP at the Charles Stark Draper Labs (CSDL) in Cambridge, Mass. where he worked to design and test Inertial Navigation Instruments. He was selected as CO-OP of the year by the late Dr Draper, Prof. Emeritus of MIT, inventor of Inertial Navigation and founder of Draper Labs. That experience also got me interested in related subjects such as propulsion, communication and sensors of all types.

Jack then moved to California to attend Stanford and spent 40 years thereafter beginning with Silicon Valley labs and companies such as XEROX-PARC as a Member of the Research Staff-I.C and MEMs Fabrication processes.

Jack would describe himself as a now-retired broad based Technologist with 150 patents and more pending in technical areas such as integrated circuit structures and process integration, MEMs, imaging of several types including ultrasound, a variety of display technologies, high-performance microelectronic packaging, thermal control, failure analysis, microscopy of all types, surgical devices, catheters, sensors and transducers. His job descriptions as time progressed ranged from Sr. Engineer, Member of the Research Staff, Sr. Director of Technology Development and V.P of Transducer Technology.

Jack’s interest in UAP/UFOs was prompted by reading a range of credible authors and reports including Jaques Vallee, Olavo Fontes of Brazil, The Black Vault Site, the French COMETA Report, APRO Bulletins, FSR Journals, MUFON Journals, NICAP Periodicals and accounts of the McMinnville, Pascagoula, Oloron and the torrent of blatant French 1954 cases. Further motivators for me were and are the extensive AFU.se site, the NOUFORS (M. Deschamps, Canada) site and the superb Isaac Koi British site. Most recently he read the Dave Marler book "Triangular UFOs-An Estimate of the Situation" as well as the Malcolm Robinson Books "UFO Case Files of Scotland" Volumes 1&2.

Jack did have one UFO sighting decades ago of a disk UFO doing a hockey-stick dive into NASA Ames Research Center and disappearing in Mountain View California. He reported it in a carefully prepared case report and drawing to MUFON.

About 10 years ago in his spare time Jack began assembling a database of UAP/UFO cases and related materials as well as relevant technical articles having a bearing on his own or on his initiated team-explanations herein. That database is about 2.3 Terabytes in size and growing and is computer-searchable using complex and multiple parallel boolean search terms. It has been and will continue to be instrumental in preparing these explanations.

Check out his website: https://www.uapbehavior.com/

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Star Tsar

25th December 2020, 09:35

Isaac Arthur

Becoming A Kardashev-1 Post-Scarcity Civilization

Published 5th November 2020

The Kardashev Scale measures how powerful a high-tech civilization is, with K-1 indicating a advanced society able to call on all the power of their planet, which we often envision as a Post-Scarcity Utopia. Is this the future of Humanity? And if so, how can we achieve it?

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Low-Tech Kardashev-2 Civilizations

Published 24th December 2020

Kardashev-2 Civilizations are hypothetical empires which encompass entire stars, with access to billions of times the energy Earth has, often seen as builders of megastructures like Dyson Spheres. But could civilizations with only the technology we have become Kardashev-2?

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Star Tsar

25th December 2020, 10:06

Cool Worlds

Breakthrough For Exomoon Hunting

Published 12th December 2020

Exomoons represent an oustanding challenge in modern astronomy. The quest for their detection has been a topic central to Cool Worlds' mission and methods developed a decade ago have largely guided that effort. But after years of trying, we have been revisiting these methods and have an exciting breakthrough to share with you all - a new hope for finding exomoons.

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Star Tsar

25th December 2020, 10:11

What Da Math? With Anton Petrov

Radio Emissions Detected From Planet Tau Boötis b - But What Caused It?

Published 24th December 2020

In this video we will talk about a detection of radio emissions from a well known exoplanet that doesn't suggest aliens, it suggests a potential magnetosphere!
Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2012.07926.pdf
Video used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8MdtRW8zVc

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Star Tsar

25th December 2020, 10:37

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 24th & 25th December 2020

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Star Tsar

25th December 2020, 10:40

Space Weather Woman Tamitha Skov

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Solar Storm Forecast | Solar Flux & Fast Wind Boost For The Holidays

Published 24th December 2020

This week our Sun gives us some night gifts for the holidays. First we have an extended pocket of fast solar wind that has already brought aurora down to the UK and upper tier of the USA sporadically. It has also sparked some nice storm-time colors at high latitudes! Luckily, this fast solar wind should continue over the next few days through the weekend before it begins to calm down. So, aurora photographers, there is still time to catch some nice shows, especially at high latitudes.(We also have another smaller chance for aurora coming in about a week!) In addition, we also have solar flux getting a boost this week thanks to two new sunspots rotating into Earth-view. This means we are nearly back into the good range for radio propagation on Earth's dayside. Along with more new regions that will rotate into view over the next week, means we should see radio propagation continue to be pretty decent as we roll into the new year. Learn the details of the ongoing solar storming, catch up on gorgeous aurora shots from the continued fast solar wind, and see what else our Sun has in store this week!

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Star Tsar

27th December 2020, 14:30

Geoengineering Watch

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Global Alert News | Episode 221

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Published 27th December 2020

Official sources are changing the CV-19 narrative and protocols as they go. In the meantime, new strains of the virus continue to surface. Are we to believe these are just random acts of Nature? Is it reasonable to expect corporate media to tell us the truth? In the meantime the weather makers are wreaking havoc all over the world, further escalating an already beyond dire biosphere collapse scenario. Biden recently stated that “the US needs to defeat” climate change. Does that mean the climate engineering operations are about to be ramped up even further? Increasing the already accelerating climate chaos and collapse?

Supporting link: https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/geoengineering-watch-global-alert-news-december-26-2020-281/

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Star Tsar

27th December 2020, 14:34

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 26th & 27th December 2020

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Star Tsar

27th December 2020, 14:38

Nemesis Maturity

Full Cold Moon Rising - The Last Full Moon Of The Decade

Published 26th December 2020

This month's Full Moon occurs on December 30 at 3:28 UTC ( 10:28 p.m. EDT, Dec. 29). However, the Moon will appear Full the night before and after its peak to the casual observer. Start looking for the Full Moon just before sunset as it begins to peek above the horizon.

December's Full Moon is known as the Cold Moon. The Full Cold Moon will appear near the easy-to-spot constellation Orion the Hunter.

What makes this Full Moon special?
Its high tragectory across the sky results in the Full Moon sitting above the horizon for a longer period of time.

The Full Cold Moon is set up to light up the holidat season. This is also the last Full Moon of the decade. Just go outside and enjoy an amazing Full Moon and the Orion constellation gracing the night sky.

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Star Tsar

27th December 2020, 14:42

Astrum

Our Solar System's Moons: Europa

Published 26th December 2020

Everything you could about Jupiter's second Galilean Moon, Europa.

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Star Tsar

27th December 2020, 14:46

What Da Math? With Anton Petrov

New Predictions On When The Solar System Completely Disintegrates

Published 26th December 2020

Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the new study that identified the approximate time it will take for the solar system to completely disintegrate.

Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2009.07296.pdf

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Star Tsar

27th December 2020, 14:55

The Royal Institution

Jo Marchant | The Human Cosmos

Published 11th December 2020

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Psychologists have discovered that experiencing awe inspiring moments change us as humans. Planets and stars have been providing many such moments through human history, but new technology might be changing our relationship with the night sky.

From Medieval monks grappling with the nature of time and Tahitian sailors navigating by the stars, to discoveries of how light reveals the chemical composition of the sun and Einstein's work on spacetime, humanity has always been inextricably linked to the wider cosmos.

Humans have been in awe of the cosmos for the last 20,000 years. Our innate relationship with the stars shaped who we are. Our art, religious beliefs, social status, scientific advances and even our biology.

Jo Marchant, PhD, is an award-winning journalist, speaker and author of the New York Times bestseller 'Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body' (https://geni.us/pPrwNi). Her writing explores the nature of humanity and our universe, from the science of the mind-body connection and the mysteries of past civilisations to the awesome power of the night sky.

This talk and Q&A was recorded by the Royal Institution on 3 November 2020.

Jo's book "The Human Cosmos" is out now - https://geni.us/kJCTkA

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Star Tsar

27th December 2020, 15:04

Space.com

On This Day In Space | Mars Meteorite Found In Antarctica

Published 27th December 2020

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On Dec. 27, 1984, a Mars meteorite was found in Antarctica.

The meteorite, known as Allan Hills 84001, was found in Allan Hills, which is a group of hills in Antarctica. It was found by an American team of meteorite hunters from a National Science Foundation program called ANSMET, which stands for the Antarctic Search for Meteorites.

Weighing in at just over 4 lbs., this space rock is considered to be one of the oldest Martian meteorites ever found on Earth. Scientists estimate that it crystallized from molten rock more than 4 billion years ago, when Mars still had liquid water on its surface.

Scientists determined that the meteorite probably came from an area called Valles Marineris. To figure that out, they compared spacecraft data on the chemical composition of Mars with the chemical composition of the meteorite.

Scientists think that the meteorite was ejected into space when Mars got hit by a meteor about 17 million years ago, and that it hit the Earth about 13,000 years ago.

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Star Tsar

27th December 2020, 15:08

Weather Events

Huge Meteor Falls From The Sky And Crashes Into Ground Over China

Recorded 23rd & Published 24th December 2020

A giant fireball was spotted flashing across the sky and crashing into northwestern China’s Yushu City (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yushu_City,_Qinghai) on Wednesday, leaving residents stunned. Videos of the event which have gone viral showed a bright fireball streaking across and lighting the dark sky

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Star Tsar

27th December 2020, 15:13

Nightscape Images

Geminid Meteor Hunt

Published 25th December 2020

To quote channel owner:
The Geminid Meteor Shower happens every year in December, so as there was no moon present and the weather forecast was favourable, this year I decided to spend the whole night out there trying to capture some of these elusive night sky visitors.
I had a wonderful night and was able to capture quite a few compositions along the way. We also discuss some of the finer points of my light painting process during the capture of many of the images at this gorgeous old mine site location.

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Star Tsar

27th December 2020, 15:21

Volcano Time-Lapse

Starfield | Popocatepetl Volcano (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popocat%C3%A9petl), Mexico

Recorded & Published 26th December 2020

The starfield when everything is right is gorgeous. Many meteors and space 'junk' can be seen. The stars began to trail around 04:30 and trail for fifteen minutes (just a few seconds). Please visit and subscribe to this wonderful camera/channel. Popo has been kind of quiet but on clear nights this is where I come to look out into space.

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Explosion | Popocatepetl Volcano (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popocat%C3%A9petl), Mexico

Recorded & Published 26th December 2020

A small/moderate explosion was observed that maintained its tephra with-in the crater area. The event was timed at 21:42 CST

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Star Tsar

27th December 2020, 15:27

The Royal Institution

Why Do Volcanic Eruptions Form Mushrooms Clouds?

Published 26th December 2020

Volcanic eruptions form distinctive mushroom clouds when the extremely hot mixture of gas, magma and rocks shoots out of the volcano at high speed.

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Star Tsar

28th December 2020, 09:11

AstroBites.org

It’s Alive! Mars May Continue To Periodically Spew Volcanic Materials

Published 25th December 2020

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More and more, our solar system seems to be a pretty lively place. Although Mars displays abundant evidence of volcanic activity in its ancient past, the authors of today’s paper argue that they have identified the youngest volcanic deposit yet discovered on that planet. So young in fact, that if true, it would be reasonable to assume that violent eruptions are still possible on that cold red neighbor of ours.

Read all aboutit here: https://astrobites.org/2020/12/25/mars-modern-volcanism/

Star Tsar

28th December 2020, 09:25

SputnikNews.com

Alien Life On Mars Could Help Humans In Space Exploration, Nasa Scientist Says

Published 27th December 2020

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For many years of manned missions, scientists have been searching for other planets and moons that could be suitable for human life. However, most of them present very harsh conditions for us. The problem may be solved with a little help from Martians.

American National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) chief scientist, Dr. James Green, believes that the discovery of life on other Solar System planets, like Mars, may allow future astronauts to be genetically engineered into being able to live in the same environments, Green said in a podcast of "Gravity Assist (https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/audio/gahaysqafinal.mp3)".

Read all about it here: https://sputniknews.com/science/202012271081577004-alien-life-on-mars-could-help-humans-in-space-exploration-nasa-scientist-says/

Star Tsar

28th December 2020, 09:33

Lex Fridman

Diana Walsh Pasulka | Aliens, Technology, Religion & The Nature Of Belief

Published 27th December 2020

Diana Walsh Pasulka is a professor of philosophy and religion at UNCW and author of American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, and Technology.

0:00 - Introduction
2:03 - What is real?
7:32 - Can beliefs become reality?
12:34 - Donald Hoffman
16:33 - Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason
20:02 - Ayn Rand
27:00 - How do religions start?
42:13 - Religion is an evolutionary advantage
47:34 - Religion used in propaganda
52:07 - What did Nietzsche mean by "God is Dead"?
57:34 - American Cosmic
1:01:20 - What do aliens look like?
1:10:03 - History of space programs
1:13:06 - Jacques Vallee
1:22:31 - Artificial intelligence
1:28:00 - Ufology community
1:39:13 - Psychedelics
1:43:10 - Tic Tac UFO
1:51:44 - Roswell UFO incident
2:02:49 - Bob Lazar
2:06:25 - Monoliths in the desert
2:17:14 - Humans will co-evolve with AI
2:20:33 - Neuralink
2:25:23 - Singularity
2:35:14 - Books: Nietzsche
2:40:20 - Books: Hannah Arendt
2:45:18 - Fear of death
2:49:46 - Meaning of life

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As mentioned by Lex

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Star Tsar

28th December 2020, 09:37

UFO News Network Sunday

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UFO News Update

Published 27th December 2020

Frank and Chant discuss the departures of Luis Elizondo, Chris Mellon and Steve Justice from the To The Stars Academy and the role the Tony Bragalia/UFONN expose on the business practices of TTSA new business director Chris Mizer may have played in the timing of it, former CIA director John Brennan’s recent comments on UFOs and a whole lot more.

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As mentioned courtesy of The Black Vault

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Star Tsar

28th December 2020, 09:41

UFO Disclosure Bulgaria

Clifford Stone & The Visitors

Published 27th December 2020

A recent interview with Clifford Stone. Topics discussed:

- Galactic Federation
- Are we ready for close encounters with The Visitors?
- Aircrafts with ET Origin and Reverse Engineering ET crafts
- Invisible UFO's

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Star Tsar

28th December 2020, 09:57

Somewhere In The Skies

Witness Accounts: Volume Fourteen

Published 27th December 2020

On episode 193 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, the microphone is flipped back on to you, the listeners, in another volume of Witness Accounts. We hear stunning stories of flying rectangles, triangles, orbs, and everything in between. And in a Somewhere in the Skies first, we hear about a boomerang-shaped craft witnessed by two individuals while they were listening to a Witness Accounts episode! Special thanks to every single one of you who submitted your accounts. If you would like to share your story on the podcast, use the contact tab on the official website to discuss further. And as always, keep your feet on the ground, but never stop searching somewhere in the skies.

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Previous witness account episodes

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Star Tsar

28th December 2020, 10:33

Eigenbros

The Great Filter

Published 25th December 2020

Juan & Terence bring you existential dread for Christmas. They discuss the Fermi Paradox and the Great Filter, the event which could be humanity to an end.

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Star Tsar

28th December 2020, 10:44

CBS This Morning

China’s Massive “Eye Of Heaven” Telescope Now Open To International Scientists

Published 24th December 2020

Nestled shining and silent in the forested limestone hills of remote southwest China, the world's biggest single-dish radio telescope is now opening to international scientists. The massive telescope, called “Eye of Heaven,” spans the length of more than five football fields. Ramy Inocencio gets a firsthand look.

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Star Tsar

28th December 2020, 10:50

Phys.org

The World's Oldest Story? Astronomers Say Global Myths About The 'Seven Sisters' Stars May Reach Back 100,000 Years

Published 22nd December 2020

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In the northern sky in December is a beautiful cluster of stars known as the Pleiades, or the "seven sisters." Look carefully and you will probably count six stars. So why do we say there are seven of them?
Many cultures around the world refer to the Pleiades as "seven sisters," and also tell quite similar stories about them. After studying the motion of the stars very closely, we believe these stories may date back 100,000 years to a time when the constellation looked quite different.

Read all about it here: https://phys.org/news/2020-12-world-oldest-story-astronomers-global.html

Star Tsar

28th December 2020, 15:56

DeepSkyVideos

M81 - Bode's Galaxy

Published 28th December 2020

Professor Mike Merrifield discusses Bode's Galaxy, known as M81 or NGC 3031

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Star Tsar

28th December 2020, 16:09

Space Telescope Science Institute

Tonight's Sky: January 2021

Published 28th December 2020

In January, the northern hemisphere features beautiful views of Capella, a pair of giant yellow stars; Aldebaran, a red giant star; and two star clusters—the Hyades and the Pleiades. Keep watching for the awe-inspiring space-based views of the Crab Nebula, the remains of a star that exploded as a supernova.

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28th December 2020, 16:14

Space.com

On This Day In Space | Auroras Seen On Jupiter's Moon Ganymede

Published 28th December 2020

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On Dec. 28, 2000, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft discovered auroras on Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon.

Galileo launched in 1989 on a mission to study Jupiter and its moons. It also flew by Venus and Earth on its way there.

The spacecraft flew by Ganymede several times while it was in orbit around Jupiter. During this particular flyby, it was looking for auroras. Ganymede was in Jupiter’s shadow at the time, which made it easier for Galileo to see the faint auroras because there was no sunlight.

So Galileo was in the right place at the right time, and it successfully spotted auroras on the moon. The spacecraft has also made other incredible discoveries in Ganymede, like the fact that it has a magnetic field.

No other moon was known to have a magnetic field at the time. Galileo even found evidence of a liquid saltwater ocean beneath the moon’s crust and a thin atmosphere.

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Star Tsar

28th December 2020, 16:18

Suspicious Observers | Space News | 28th December 2020 | Big Filament, CAPE, Quakes, Binaries

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Star Tsar

28th December 2020, 16:25

Volcano Time-Lapse

Explosion | Popocatepetl Volcano (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popocat%C3%A9petl), Mexico

Recorded & Published 28th December 2020

The event was timed at 05:05 CST

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Explosion | Sakurajima Volcano (https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/sakurajima.html), Japan

Recorded & Published 28th December 2020

A quick look at an explosion at Sakurajima registered at 19:03 JST. Other cameras were blocked by clouds. The moon helps but still a poor quality video.

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Star Tsar

28th December 2020, 16:30

USGS

Overflight Of Kīlauea's Summit Lava Lake & Fissure

Published 28th December 2020

A helicopter overflight on December 26, 2020, provided aerial views of the eruption in Halema‘uma‘u. This video, which is sped up 3 times, shows the lava lake and active west vent that rejuvenated just before 3 a.m. HST today. Visual and thermal imagery collected during the overflight are used to map the ongoing activity.

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Star Tsar

30th December 2020, 16:34

Volcano Time-Lapse

Explosions | Volcán de Fuego (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volc%C3%A1n_de_Fuego), Guatemala

Recorded & Published 29th & 30th December 2020

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Star Tsar

30th December 2020, 16:38

NASA Johnson

The Top Twenty Earth Images Of 2020

Published 30th December 2020

The men and women who live and work on the International Space Station take thousands of photographs of their home planet every year, and we asked the folks at the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit at NASA’s Johnson Space Center for a few of their favorites from 2020. Here are the top 20 from ’20, and you can check out the images for yourself at the Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth (https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/):

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Star Tsar

30th December 2020, 16:43

Space.com

On This Day In Space | First Photo Of Earth's Curvature Snapped

Published 30th December 2020

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On Dec. 30, 1930, the first-ever photo of the Earth’s curvature was taken.

This photo was taken by Lieutenant Colonel Albert William Stevens (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_William_Stevens), who was an officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps and an aerial photographer. He also happened to be a balloonist, and he once broke a world record for a high-altitude balloon flight.

Stevens took this photo while flying an airplane over South America. He used infrared-sensitive film that worked well for long-distance aerial shots in which the subject was obscured by things like haze.

The mountains he was photographing were more than 300 miles away, and he couldn't see them with his own eyes. But his camera was sensitive enough.

The photo was the first visual proof, that our planet is, in fact, round.

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Star Tsar

30th December 2020, 16:48

Weather Events

Earthquake Activity During December 2020

Published 30th December 2020

00:00 Earthquake of magnitude 5,2 shook Turkey also felt in Egypt and Israel
00:10 5.2 earthquake shakes eastern Taiwan #10 dec
00:12 A strong 5.5 earthquake leaves damage in Arequipa, Peru.. #16 Dec
00:45 Earthquake 4.4 sense in Sicily, Italy #22 dec
02:10 Earthquake 6.3 sense in Quezon City Philippines #23 Dec
02:52 A strong 5.4 magnitude earthquake strikes near Diyarbakir, Turkey. #27 Dec
04:10 Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 A 7 km from Petrinja, Croatia..
5:10 Earthquake 6.7 A 162 km from Valdivia, Chile. #27 Dec
08:42 The 6.4 earthquake was felt in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Slovenia.29 dec
09:44 Powerful earthquake 6.4 leaves damage in Zagreb, Greece.. #28 dec
12:44 A 4 intensity earthquake shakes Ibaraki Prefecture, Fukushima, Tochigi and Chiba.. #29 Dec

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Star Tsar

30th December 2020, 16:54

Nemesis Maturity

Earth Will Reach Its Closest Point To The Sun This Weekend

Published 30th December 2020

Earth Will Reach Its Closest Point to the Sun this Weekend. Between perihelion and 6 months later at aphelion there is about a 6.7% difference in the intensity of the sunlight reaching the Earth. This is one of the reasons the seasons in the Southern Hemisphere are more extreme than in the Northern Hemisphere.

Perihelion is also when the Earth is moving the fastest in its orbit around the Sun. So if you run East at local midnight, you will be moving about as fast as you can (in Sun-centered coordinates) for your location.

At its closest point, Earth swings to within 91,399,453 miles (147,093,162 km) of the Sun. That’s in contrast to six months from now, when the Earth reaches aphelion – its most distant point – on July 5, 2021. Then we’ll be 94,510,889 miles (152,100,533 km) from the Sun. In other words, Earth is roughly 3 million miles (5 million km) closer to the sun in early January than it is in early July.

Earth will reach its closest point to the Sun for 2021 on January 2, at 13:51 UTC. That’s January 2 at 8:51 a.m. EDT. Astronomers call this celebrated point in Earth's elliptical orbit around the Sun perihelion from the Greek roots peri meaning near and Helios meaning Sun.

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