Huge Dust Storm over Great Plains Captured by MODIS

In the 1930s the Great Plains became know as the great dust bowl when hugs dust storms were created from a long period of heat an drought. In October 2012…

NASA Reacts to European Discovery of Earth Size Planet, Embarrassment?

NASA issues a statement about the Alpha Centuri Exoplanet Discovery, are they a little embarrassed? As reported by KnowledgeOrb earlier this week an Earth sized exoplanet was discovered orbiting our…

UFO Sightings September 2012

Call it science, call it special effects, you be the judge, here are the best UFO sightings for September 2012 Click to play video

Video of Meteor over California 10/19/12

Security Camera video of Meteor as it breaks up over San Jose California Meteor video captured breaking up over San Jose’s/ The city skyline by a security camera at the…

Earth Sized Exoplanet Found just 4.4 light years away

Our closest neighbor has an Earth sized planet orbiting it. (Update – 10/20/12 – NASA issues statement about Exoplanet Discovery. See KnowledgeOrb Article – Did NASA miss an obvious place…

WISE Telescope adds color to Jupiter Asteroids

Wide-field Infrared Explorer  reveals that the Jovian Trojans asteroids are uniformly dark with a hint of burgundy color, and have matte surfaces that reflect little sunlight. There is a group…

New Record Set in Parachute Jump from Edge of Space.

Felix Baumgartner Jump From The Edge of Space Today a long standing record was shattered when Felix Baumgartner jumped from a helium filled baloon from 128,100 feet, or 24 miles….

Virgin Galactic Releases Video of Launcherone Rocket

The new rocket announced by Virgin Galactic this month is known as LauncherOne. It is designed to cheaply and efficiently place payloads of up to 500 pounds in low earth…