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What Will Eventually Happen to the Sun?

Eternal though it may seem, our local star, Sol, is not immortal. Indeed, approximately 500 years from now, our sun will become a red giant star, engulfing all of the inner planets except for Mars. Then it will gradually shrink to nothing but a mere shadow of its former self and our solar system will […]

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Earth Blasted by Gamma Rays in the 8th Century According to German Scientists

Japanese scientist Fusa Miyake unearthed evidence last year of a mysterious wave of radiation that blasted the Earth in 774 or 775 AD. Carbon–14, an isotope that is typically associated with high-energy radiation, was discovered in the rings of ancient cedar trees. One cause for the prevalence of this isotope is theorized by two German […]

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Video of Earth from the International Space Station.

  Music: Jan Jelinek – Do Dekor (Loop-Finding-Jazz-Records) | ~scape 007 cd janjelinek.com | scape-music.de Editing: Michael König | koenigm.com Image Courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center, The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth eol.jsc.nasa.gov Shooting locations in order of appearance: 1. Aurora Borealis Pass over the United States […]

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