Space Objects

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Charon Photobombs New Horizon Photo of Pluto

Back in 2006 the New Horizon space probe left Earth on mission to visit Pluto. On July 14th of this year, New Horizon will finally reach its destination and give us a closer look at the piece of rock that was once on the a-list of planets i

Astronomy / Charon / Discovery

Huge Meteor Burns Out Over Russia – Plays Out Like a JJ Abrams Movie!

Like found footage from an unannounced JJ Abrams flick, video is slamming YouTube from all over Russia about a large meteor that hit the atmosphere. Details are still coming in about the event and we’ll have a fuller piece about it later. F

Apocalypse / Asteroid / Astronomy

Object Lands In Active Volcano In Mexico!

December 21st of this year is the big party date for the supposed end of our world. Sure everyone’s already ordering kegs, ordering faux “Danger: Apocalypse In Progress – Do Not Cross” banner tape by the case and prepping for their end-of-t

2012 / Asteroid / Astronomy

Insane High Definition Video of Venus Transit

Space seems to be the buzz word right now and if you’ve been following this site or its individual members for any length of time, you’ll know how much weight that word has around this place. On June 5th, the Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO)

Space Objects / Venus

A Look At The Southern Lights… From Space!

It’s either that or we’ve begun principal photography on the long-awaited Ghost Busters spin off Slimer Goes To Space. [Daily Mail via NASA]

Space / Space Objects

Meteorite Strikes Boy’s Hand

photo credit: aresauburn™ Space.com posted an article last week about a boy being hit in the hand with a meteorite. Since then the online community has been abuzz, some excited, some crying fraud. The details of the event itself are sketchy

Astronomy / Space / Space Objects

Unexplained Boom and Flash of Light Over Virginia

photo credit: thedimka Calls poured in to 911 dispatchers in Virginia on Sunday describing an unexplained loud boom and a streak of light across the sky. A space.com article published Monday called a Russian rocket falling back to earth the

Space / Space Objects / UFOs

Iceballs From Outer Space!

Astronomers have identified two massive balls of ice, orbiting a dwarf planet on the fringe of our solar system. According to sciencenews.org: You’d need a mighty tall glass to hold two space objects that researchers have now identified as

Animals / Astronomy / Space