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3-D Solar Tsunami Video Shows the Extreme Waves Are Real | Wired Science

A 60,000-mile-high wave of super-hot plasma blazing across the sun’s surface at 560,000 mph? Yep.

“Now we know. Solar tsunamis are real,” said John Gurman of the Solar Physics Lab at the Goddard Space Flight Center, in a press release Tuesday.

NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory has confirmed that the crazy circular bursts on the surface of the sun, rising higher than the Earth is wide, aren’t just optical illusions.

(Click through for animated graphics)

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beeriety:

Japanese Sapporo Brews World’s First Space Beer

The long awaited Space Barley, the beer made with barley grown in space, has finally arrived. The “space barley” used to make this beer is the fourth generation descendant of the Haruna Nijo malting barley that was developed by Sapporo Breweries and kept in space for five months during 2006 as part of our collaborative research with the Russian Academy of Sciences and Okayama University with the purpose of achieving self-sufficiency in food in the space environment.

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unknownskywalker:

Time-lapse sequence from the approach of Voyager I to Jupiter, showing the motion of atmospheric bands, and circulation of the Great Red Spot. Click the image for high quality. (via Wikipedia)

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Frustrated or concerned about the pace of progress for the emerging entrepreneurial space industry? Consider this historical comparison to the nascent steam engine industry of the early 1800s.

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findlilyhere:

Some time during a six-hour space walk last week, astronaut Robert Satcher managed to capture this shot of himself…via himself. Today, the STS-129 will be completing their third and final space walk.

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findlilyhere:

Solar tsunamis are real, say astronomers who caught the first three-dimensional pictures of a giant wave rippling across the sun. Solar physicists first saw evidence for such waves in satellite pictures of the sun taken in 1996 (pictured), but many doubted that anything of the suggested scale could really exist.

Now the twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft have captured an unprecedented view of a solar tsunami triggered by a sunspot explosion in February. The massive wave rose more than 62,000 miles (100,000 kilometers) high, raced outward at 560,000 miles (901,000 kilometers) an hour, and packed as much energy as 2,400 megatons of TNT.

SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Blue “Crab,” Sun Tsunami, More

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fyscitech:

Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space in 1963. There was a 19 year gap until the next female cosmonaut took flight. The USA wouldn’t catch up until 1983.

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spendingtimewithyou:

Mars

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lacontessa:

It’s not quite moog, but it’s right up my alley..

1962 (via)

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For all twick or tweeters, a photo of Nicole, who also tweets @Astro_Nicole. She will return from ISS on STS129 - (via @Astro_Bones http://twitpic.com/ns1bw )

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indefensible:

In 1957, Denis Cox - then 12 years of age - sent a letter to Australian scientists outlining his designs for a rocket to rival that of the Soviets.

Now, some 52 years later, he’s going to get a reply. Click through for a story that will charm your inner nerd child.

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grum:

50 Years of Space Exploration (via Adam Crowe)

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