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Google Using Satellite Images To Find Faces In Your Yard [PHOTOS/VIDEO]

CJ — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:05:35 +0000

A new computer program is scanning satellite images from Google Earth looking for faces hidden in the world’s landscape and even your yard. Google Faces, developed by German design studio Onformative, uses an algorithm that can highlight land masses and terrains with face-like features. Kinda like finding an image in carpeting or a cloud. The [...]

Rob Says To Look For Comet Earlier Tonight

JayCee — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:58:38 +0000

According to Storm Team 3 Chief Meteorologist Rob Perillo, if you are wanting to get a glimpse of the comet Pan-Starrs tonight, you need to be looking up (with binoculars for best view) around sunset.

Scientists Discover Green Jelly After Meteor Hits Russia

Mike Adams — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:00:42 +0000

Just days after a fiery meteor came crashing down on central Russia, scientists say they have now discovered a mysterious green jelly that may be some sort of space residue or “astral jelly,” a substance commonly associated with meteor showers.

Falling Meteor Rocks Russia, Causing Injuries to 500 People

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:55:53 +0000

It may have looked like a scene out of a sci-fi movie, but a meteor racing across the sky in Russia had people scared out of their wits Friday morning. The meteor, which was spotted over the Ural Mountains, caused as series of explosions and was responsible for injuring more than 500 people, several of [...]

This Giant Asteroid Is Barely Going to Miss Earth on Friday

Chris Chaberski — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:33:42 +0000

Seventeen-thousand miles might not sound particularly close at first listen, but when it comes to a gigantic rock the size of half a football field, it’s a bit scarier. On Friday, an asteroid labeled 2012 DA14 will pass by Earth at a distance of about 17,150 miles. This is the closest that an asteroid of [...]

William Shatner Finds Life in Outer Space … Via Twitter

Mike Moody — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:33:58 +0000

There is life in outer space, and it has made contact with … William Shatner? ‘Star Trek’s Captain Kirk reached out to a citizen of the cosmos via Twitter on Thursday, but it wasn’t a Klingon, a Vulcan or even a Ferengi who tweeted back. Shatner engaged a being even stranger than those otherworldly aliens [...]

Earth At Night

CJ — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:20:44 +0000

As you stay warm inside on this cold Monday night, NASA gives us a look at the Earth at night without having to leave the house. See The Earth From Space At Night

First Hamburger In Space

JayCee — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 21:30:49 +0000

Steve Wiley recently posted a story about hamburgers, asking how much you would be willing to pay for one. This story is about some kids that send a burger into space: not aboard the Soyuz, or the Space Shuttle, not on the International Space Station, but aboard a specially-designed platform, hanging from a helium-filled balloon.

If You Missed Space Jump

JayCee — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:00:15 +0000

You can watch an edited version of the event (heavily edited) here. The video was produced by Austrian filmmaker Dis Isfake, and edited by Seaux Notreal. (Do you get it?? “Dis Isfake”? Sounds like “This is fake!!”… and “Seaux Notreal”?? “So not real!! HAHA!! I crack myself up… anyway….) I hope that this put a [...]