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When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
what is man that you are mindful of him...? Psalm 8:3-4 (NIV)
Also:
NASA's Eclipse Website
Hubble telescope's top ten greatest space photographs
World Wide Telescope - Microsoft Research
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Sun will 'flip upside down' within weeks - scientists
Dec. 17, 2013 - The Sun switches its polarity approximately once every eleven years. It has far-reaching effects, but they are not expected
to be catastrophic.
Todd Hoeksema, director of the Wilcox Solar Observatory, said the polarity change is built up throughout the eleven year cycle through areas of intense magnetic
activity known as sunspots which gradually move towards the poles, eroding the existing opposite polarity.
Here on Earth it will cause a boost in the occurrence, range and visibility of auroras - the Northern Lights.
- Source: New Zealand Herald
Hope still for 'dead' Comet Ison
Nov. 29, 2013 - Most of the Comet Ison was burned up and broken by its near-encounter with the Sun, but astronomers say that a portion of it may
have survived the ordeal and may still be an interesting sight in the December skies.
- Source: BBC
Will comet ISON survive its trip around the sun?
Nov. 26, 2013 - Comet ISON may be destroyed by the Sun on Thanksgiving Day. We can join the drama on the Internet. If it survives, it could become a
most-impressive sight in the skies in December.
- Source: Daily Courier
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NASA Hosts Nov. 26 Teleconference and Nov. 28 Hangout to Discuss Comet Nearing Sun - NASA
- Fire vs. ISON - Google + Hangout
Stunning Comet ISON photographed by amateur astronomer
Nov. 19, 2013 - Amazing pictures are already available of Comet ISON, which will pass the Sun on Nov. 28, only 730,000 miles above the solar surface.
If ISON survives this close pass, it could put on a great show for skywatchers throughout much of December, experts say.
- Source: Fox
Blood moons expert: Watch 2014 and 2015
Oct. 20, 2013 -
- Source: WND - Fox News asks if 4 blood moons are sign of the Apocalypse
If The Sun Doesn’t Blast It, Comet ISON Will Soon Light Up The Sky
Sept. 9, 2011 - Comet ISON has a small head, but its tail can extend for millions of miles. It is being called the Comet of the Century,
but it is now close to the Sun, and astronomers think it could be destroyed by the Sun before we get to see it. If it survives, it will be visible
in late November.
- Source: CBS
- 'Comet of the century' about to fizzle? - WND
The Blood Red Moons Of 2014 And 2015: An Omen Of War For Israel?
Sept. 3, 2013 - A "tetrad" of blood-red moons and an eclipse in 2014 and 2015 could be a heavenly sign of importance for Israel. There
have apparently only been eight of these "tetrads," and some of them fell on most-important dates in Israel's history. One of them was in 1949,
right after Israel became a nation. Another was in 1967, the year Israel took full control of Jerusalem.
- Source: The Truth
56,000 mph: Record explosion rocks moon
May 19, 2013 - A small boulder struck the Moon on Mar. 17, 2013 at some 56,000 mph.
- Bill Cooke of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office said in a statement. “It exploded in a flash nearly 10 times as bright as anything
we’ve ever seen before.”
- Source: WND
Dark, massive asteroid to fly by Earth on May 31
May 18, 2013 - On May 31 Asteroid 1998 QE2 will make its closest pass to Earth. It has a sooty substance on its surface, which could
mean it flew too close to the sun. It is 1.7 miles long - big enough to cause global extinction if it collided with the Earth. It will still be
3.6 million miles from our planet this time, but may be closer when it returns in 2119.
- Source: LA Times
Photo: Hubble Gets First Glimpse of Possible ‘Comet of the Century’
Apr. 23, 2013 -
- Hubble has taken its first close-up views of the much anticipated and potential ‘comet of the century’. On the night of April 10th, the space
telescope snapped an image in visible light of Comet ISON while it was still at a whopping distance of 394 million miles from Earth.
It is thought by astronomers that by late November ISON may briefly appear as bright as the Moon.
- Source:National Geographic
Viewing Comet PanSTAARS- March and April
Mar. 12, 2013 - Watch video to see when and where to see the newly discovered Comet PanSTAARS. Tonight,
Mar. 12th it can be seen with the naked eye or binoculars in the Western sky about 30 minutes after Sunset, just left of a thin
crescent Moon.
- Source: Fox
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Comet Pan-STARRS Near the Moon Tonight: How to See It - Space
Russian region begins recovery from meteor damage
Feb. 16, 2013 - The schock wave from a meteor that exploded yesterday over Russia's Chelyabinsk region blew out the equivalent of
50 acres of windows in more than 4,000 buildings in the region. It also injured some 1,200 people, fifteen of which are still hospitalized
today.
- Regional governor Mikhail Yurevich on Saturday said damage from the high-altitude explosion — estimated to have the force of 20 atomic
bombs — is estimated at 1 billion rubles ($33 million).
- Source: USA Today
- Meteor may be bigger than early reportsMeteorite fragments found in Russia's Urals region - BBC
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Fireballs Reported in Skies above Cuba and California - Telegraph- UK
- Russian meteor was largest in a century - Fox
- More Than 24,000 Clean Up Meteor Mess in Russian Urals Region - Fox
Meteorites slam into Russia as meteor seen streaking through morning sky
Feb. 15, 2013 - More than 500 people were hurt, mostly by broken glass, when an unexpected meteor streaked across the
sky above Russia's Ural Mountains this morning. Shock waves from the meteor caused the damage, and fragments of the meteor fell in a
thinly populated area of the Chelyabinsk region.
- Source: CBS
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Terror from Above: Hundreds Hurt as 11-ton Meteorite Hits Russian City - Fox
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About 1,100 injured as meteorite hits Russia with force of atomic bomb - Fox
- House to Hold Hearing on Asteroid Threat - NewsMax
Asteroid comes closest to earth at 2:25 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
Feb. 15, 2013 -
- The best way for most of us to watch asteroid 2012 DA14 come within 17,200 miles of Earth on Friday, and then recede harmlessly
into the cosmos, is to fire up your Web browser and watch the show online.
- Source: NBC
- NASA Live - Follows Asteroid Flyby
Free desktop streaming application by Ustream
Asteroid 2012 DA14: 5 Surprising Facts About Friday's Earth Flyby
Feb. 14, 2014 - This huge rock will pass very close to earth Friday but will not collide with it. Read five reasons
it is a history-making event.
- Source: Fox
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