Gamma Ray Burst Danger and Studies

For 25 years, cosmic gamma ray bursts (GRBs) have been one of the great mysteries of modern astronomy. GRBs have given us several clues as to what they might be. GRBs were seen to occur frequently and appeared to be spread evenly over the sky. Their distribution on the sky indicated that they were the result of events happening either very close or very far (in other galaxies). The events were not, for example, seen to be concentrated in the plane of our Galaxy.

What are Nazca Lines

The Nazca Lines, also known as Nazca figures, Nazca Pictures and Nazca Images, are an engima. No one know who had built them or indeed why. Since their discovery, the Nazca Lines have inspired fantastic explanations from ancient gods, a landing strip for returning aliens, a celestial calendar, used for rituals probably related to astronomy, to confirm the ayllus or clans who made up the population and to determine through ritual their economic functions held up by reciprocity and redistribution or, a map of underground water supplies.

When Giant Black Holes Collide

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The collision of two supermassive black holes in the aftermath of a galaxy merger is the ultimate cosmic cataclysm, throwing out more energy for about an hour than all the visible stars in the entire universe combined. Moreover, in order to form the billions of majestic galaxies scattered across the sky, astronomers think that such events must have happened frequently as the first galaxies consolidated and grew.

What happens when galaxies collide?

When two nearby galaxies attracted to each other by their gravitational force (a relatively common event in galaxy evolution), their gases collide violently. As gas and dust smash together at speeds of millions of miles an hour, they combine the raw materials for new born stars in an amazing hot and bright display, and eventually -in some cases- causes a super massive black hole from this collision.

Sunspot: Sharpest View Yet in Visible Light

This crisp view of a sunspot, captured by New Jersey Institute of Technology's New Solar Telescope and released last week, may be the most detailed picture of its kind yet shot in visible light, astronomers say.

Sun storm to hit earth with 'force of 100m bombs' in few years

After about ten years of sleeping, the giant is waking up - and it's got astronomers on full alert.

This week several US media outlets reported that NASA was warning the massive flare that caused spectacular light shows on Earth earlier this month was just a precursor to a massive solar storm building that had the power and potential to wipe out the entire planet's power grid.

Sea of the Devil: Dragon Triangle

The Bermuda triangle's infamous association with disappearing boats and aircraft is known across the globe. Less well known is an area off the west coast of Japan which has an equally deadly history. It is an area where Japanese sailors fear to voyage; they call it 'Ma-no Uni' – the "Sea of the Devil".

Scientists find 'monster' star using Very Large Telescope

The most massive star ever, which is up to 20 million times brighter than the Sun, has been discovered using the Very Large Telescope in Chile, scientists in Britain said Wednesday.

Five-Pointed Laser Telescope Gives Astronomers Clear Shot to Heaven

Star gazing just got a whole lot better thanks to five green lasers punching a pentagon pattern 15 miles high in the sky.

Panasonic unveils first handheld 3D camcorders

The camcorders look like regular handy-size video cameras and can capture conventional 2D video and images, but by adding a conversion lens adapter, they can capture in 3D. The adapter has two small lenses that each capture a slightly different image of the scene being shot. The right-eye and left-eye images are recorded side-by-side and are what's needed to create a video image with the illusion of depth.