From Youtube, "The sun. Smooth and round and peaceful. Except when it suddenly vomits radiation and plasma in random directions. These solar flares and coronal mass ejections, or CMEs can hit earth and... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 3 weeks 6 days ago • 129 views • 9:43

Global Warming is taking a rare back seat in the news right now, as we deal with the more immediate existential crisis afflicting our civilisation and way of life. But as entire countries are getting shut... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 months ago • 341 views • 13:56

NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) spacecraft has discovered “layers” and “rifts” in the electrically charged part of the upper atmosphere (the ionosphere) of Mars. The phenomenon... continue reading

posted by eric3579 4 months 4 weeks ago • 331 views • 2:19

YouTube description: The history of the Earth from its formation to present day, covering major events throughout its 4-billion-year history. Estimates of average temperature, atmospheric composition,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 months 2 weeks ago • 801 views • 11:36

Stone caps protect huge earth pillars from rain while surrounding soil erodes, leaving earth pyramids, many topped with stone hats.

posted by newtboy 5 months 2 weeks ago • 138 views • 4:41

In the fast-flowing streams of eastern Tennessee, Emilly Nolan is working hard to reestablish a population for a strange looking animal with an even stranger array of nicknames. The Eastern hellbender—aka... continue reading

posted by newtboy 5 months 3 weeks ago • 97 views • 6:51

Is Japan the perfect nation? -Rare Earth

posted by eric3579 6 months 3 weeks ago • 414 views • 12:43

From Youtube, "American healthcare is like no other on Earth - needlessly complicated, expensive, and ready for reform."

posted by w1ndex 8 months 1 week ago • 8 views • 33:34

From Youtube, "In nearly every corner of the Earth, ants wage war against each other. Their weapons are what nature gave them. Some have strong armour, deadly stingers or sharp mandibles. And then there... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 9 months 1 week ago • 459 views • 9:23

YouTube description: To prepare him for landing the lunar module, Neil Armstrong practiced on a training vehicle, right here on Earth. It was designed to replicate flying within a gravitational pull... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 11 months 2 weeks ago • 461 views • 2:14

A lot of things happen on Earth, but there are still some things that just don't ever happen here. But, that doesn't mean that what's impossible here is impossible everywhere else in the universe. ... continue reading

posted by BSR 11 months 2 weeks ago • 481 views • 7:24

YouTube description: Something about the Apollo missions always confused me, sure, the step off of the lunar lander’s 91 cm footpad was a small step, but the step just before that was actually enormous! ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 11 months 2 weeks ago • 476 views • 14:48

Morocco has 3/4 of the world’s known reserves of rock phosphate, our main source of phosphorus, so Morocco may be key to our long-term ability to grow food. -yt

posted by eric3579 1 year 2 weeks ago • 306 views • 3:39

The frozen continent of Antarctica contains the vast majority of all freshwater on Earth. Now that ice is melting at an accelerating rate, in part because of climate change. What does this transformation... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 2 months 2 weeks ago • 27 views • 10:16

"... Today's Adventures! Wren uses visual effects to show you how much water is actually on Planet Earth! ..."

posted by ant 1 year 4 months 1 week ago • 48 views • 6:38

This is a Muonionalusta meteorite. The unique Widmanstätten pattern makes this one of the most beautiful meteorites. Showing this ring to new people really is amazing. Some people freak out completely... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 4 months 2 weeks ago • 792 views • 11:12

TOLKIEN explores the formative years of the orphaned author as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school. This takes him into the outbreak of World War... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago • 18 views • 56 secs

Pinkman Goo is one of the most unique strains on earth!

posted by newtboy 1 year 5 months ago • 579 views • 1:47