A monster black hole shredded a Sun-like star, producing a strangely long-lasting flash of gamma rays that probably won’t be seen again in a million years, astronomers reported on Thursday. That is definitely not the norm for gamma ray bursts, energetic blasts that typically flare up and end in a matter of seconds or milliseconds, [...]
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Astrologists Confirm the Existence of “Dark Energy” in the Universe
Posted: 22nd May 2011 by Sus Scrofa in Mother Nature, Science | TechnologyTags: Albert Einstein, aliens, astrologist, astrology, astronaut, Astronomical Survey, Australian Telescope, Chris Blake, Clusters Of Galaxies, Cosmological Constant, Dark Energy, Distant Supernovas, Edge Technique, Energy Results, Expansion Of The Universe, Exploding Stars, Galaxy Survey, Independent Check, Melbourne Australia, Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society, Novel Type, Royal Astronomical Society, Swinburne University Of Technology, Theory Of Gravity, universe
First results from a major astronomical survey using a cutting-edge technique appear to have confirmed the existence of mysterious dark energy. Dark energy makes up some 74% of the Universe and its existence would explain why the Universe appears to be expanding at an accelerating rate. The finding was based on studies of more than [...]
NASA UFO Video Released
Posted: 5th May 2011 by Sus Scrofa in Mother Nature, Oddly Enough, Science | TechnologyTags: alien, alien invasion, aliens, extra-dimensional, NASA, Nasa Ufo Video, Nasa Video, UFO
GE Bets $600 Million on 2015 Solar Plant
Posted: 8th April 2011 by Veritas in Economy | Finance, Mother Nature, Science | TechnologyTags: Conglomerate, Electric Turbines, Energy Portfolio, Energy Unit, Gabelli, General Electric Co, Intense Price Competition, Jeff Immelt, Last Decade, Mainstream Adoption, Megawatts, Portfolio Manager, Renewables, Rival Products, Solar Panel, Solar Panels, Solar Plant, solar power, Thin Film Products, Thin Film Technology, Wind Turbine
General Electric Co made a big push in solar power, saying it will invest $600 million to build a new factory as it pursues what it thinks could be an up to $3 billion business by 2015. The largest U.S. conglomerate, which over the last decade has made itself a leader in renewable energy, said [...]
Japan Stops Radiation Leaks, But Dumps Contaminated Water Into Ocean
Posted: 6th April 2011 by Veritas in Mother NatureTags: Chief Cabinet Secretary, Detailed Explanations, Edano, Fuel Rods, Liquid Glass, Massive Earthquake, Medical Radiations, Melbourne Institute Of Technology, Nuclear Disaster, Nuclear Experts, Power Plant Engineers, Pradip, Radiation Leaks, Radiation Levels, Radioactive Water, Royal Melbourne Institute, Royal Melbourne Institute Of Technology, Royal Melbourne Institute Of Technology University, Senior Lecturer, Tepco, Tokyo Electric
Japan stopped highly radioactive water leaking into the sea on Wednesday from a crippled nuclear plant and acknowledged it could have given more information to neighboring countries about contamination in the ocean. Despite the breakthrough in plugging the leak at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, engineers need to pump 11.5 million liters (11,500 tons) of [...]
Baby Dolphin Saved From Rice Field After Tsunami
Posted: 25th March 2011 by Veritas in Happy News, Mother NatureTags: animals, Asahi Shimbun, Baby Dolphin, dolphin, friends, Giant Tsunami, Japan, Magnitude Quake, March 11, Pet Shop Owner, reuters, Rice Field, Rice Paddy, seawater, source article, tsunami, Wet Towels
A baby dolphin has been rescued in Japan after being dumped in a rice field by a giant tsunami that hit the coast on March 11. The dolphin was spotted in the flooded field, about 2 km (a mile) from the coast, said Ryo Taira, a pet-shop owner who has been rescuing animals abandoned after [...]
Japan Deals with Nuclear Crisis in Aftermath of Tsunami
Posted: 14th March 2011 by Veritas in Mother Nature, Sad NewsTags: Atomic Energy Agency, coastal town, Coastal Towns, Devastating Earthquake, Fuel Rods, Global Financial Crisis, International Atomic Energy, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Red Cross, Japanese Stocks, Kyodo News Agency, Magnitude Earthquake, Market Capitalization, Naoto Kan, Nuclear Crisis, Nuclear Plant, Nuclear Power Plants, Plume Of Smoke, Radiation Leak, Reactor Vessels, Tsunami Japan, world war two
Japan scrambled to avert a meltdown at a stricken nuclear plant on Monday after a hydrogen explosion at one reactor and exposure of fuel rods at another, just days after a devastating earthquake and tsunami that killed at least 10,000 people. Roads and rail, power and ports have been crippled across much of Japan’s northeast [...]
The Big ONE – 8.9 EarthQuake/Tsunami Hits Japan, Hawaii, and California on 3-11-11
Posted: 11th March 2011 by Sus Scrofa in Mother Nature, Sad NewsTags: 100 years, 3-11-11, after shock, big one, California Harbor, Closest City, Coastal City, death toll, Devastating Earthquake, earthquake, Earthquake California, Earthquake In Japan, Earthquake Waves, East Coast, Epicenter, flames, hawaii, Hawaii Beaches, houses, Japan, Magnitude Earthquake, March 11, Miyagi Prefecture, Northern Japan, quake, Tokyo, tsunami, Tsunami Japan, Tsunami Waves, Waves
An 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan on March 11 — one of the largest recorded in the last 100 years. The earthquake triggered a tsunami that swept across parts of northern Japan and caused waves to hit shores as far away as Oregon. About 200 to 300 bodies were found in [...]
Man Finds an Egg Inside an Egg
Posted: 22nd February 2011 by Sus Scrofa in Mother Nature, Oddly EnoughTags: 20 Odd Years, Chicken Egg, Double Shell, Double Yolk, Double Yolker, egg, Egg Production, Farmer John, John Fellows, Mother Nature, National Farmers Union, Outer Shell, Peculiarity, pensioner, Posterity, Poultry, Quirk, Rare Phenomenon, Robert Newbery, Scrambled Eggs, Weymouth Dorset
Finding a double yolk at breakfast is considered lucky – but one pensioner was amazed when he cracked open an egg only to find a complete miniature one inside. Retired farmer John Fellows, 68, had been making scrambled eggs when he cracked open the large outer shell of the ordinary chicken egg. But when he [...]