Solar Tsunami heading for earth at 93 million miles per hour!

There was a massive explosion on the Sun's surface this weekend, estimated to be of the size of our planet Earth, which created a massive storm like tsunami of charged particles travelling across the space at 93 million mph. It was expected to reach earth on Aug 3 with affects observable on Aug 4th in the form of Northern lights or aurora. One could witness these by looking out for bright green and bluish dancing lights in the direction of North during the night sky.

Here's the video feed as recorded by NASA:


Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-video/7924167/Massive-explosion-ripples-across-the-sun.html
Can't wait to see this once in a life time display!

Strength of your password determines your online security level!

Stronger the password, the more difficult it is for password crackers to break.

Read the following article: Girls in Tech Minneapolis.

courtsey:http://www.infosecblog.org/images/password.gif

Enjoy!

Wondering what a white dwarf star looks like? Take a look here...

Following is the image of an ancient white dwarf star in our very own galaxy "Milky Way" captured by the Hubble telescope.

Source: Hubblesite.org

Close Up of Ancient, White Dwarf Stars in the Milky Way Galaxy

Following is adapted from wikipedia:

As the name suggests, the white dwarf, is a small star composed primarily of electron-degenerate matter. It emits thermal energy in the form of a faint glow. They are very dense some with mass comparable to that of the Sun, volume comparable to that of the Earth. The unusual faintness of white dwarfs was first recognized in 1910 by Henry Norris Russell, Edward Charles Pickering, and Williamina Fleming;^{[3], p. 1} the name white dwarf was coined by Willem Luyten in 1922.^[4]
White dwarfs are thought to be the final evolutionary state of all stars whose mass is not high enough to supernova—over 97% of the stars in our galaxy.

 

Oil spill in Gulf of Mexico harming the wildlife!

How miserable this brown pelican looks! It is covered in crude oil and is spotted at the beach at East Grand Terre Island along the Louisiana coast on June 3rd, 2010. Photo taken by Charlie Riedel of AP.

 Source: Yahoo News: Gulf Coast Oil Spill

Tropical Storm Agatha creating a giant sinkhole in Guatemala

The rains of Tropical Storm Agatha created a giant sinkhole in Guatemala City, May 31, 2010.

 A giant Sinkhole, about one block in width, caused by tropical storm Agatha, in Gautemala City.

Click here to read more at Yahoo! 

Google TV Software unveiled!

Google Inc. released, Google TV, software that blends the conventional TV programming and Internet content on televisions during an event in San Fransisco. Google TV, based on Android platform, is already available for cellphones. The new release boasts of features such as search and browsing some websites at the comfort of your couch and remote control.

Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article: Google TV Software Demonstrated.

The Sun, Atlantis and Hubble - all in one!

The following images are fabulous!

The Sun, The Hubble Telescope and the Atlantis, all captured in one shot!

Silhouette of the space shuttle Atlantis and the Hubble Space Telescope are seen against the giant Sun (in lower left hand corner). A prism used with camera to filter out sunlight made sun appear super yellow.

Zooming in the image, one can see the space shuttle Atlantis just above the Hubble!

Here only Atlantis is cruising along!

In 2009, Atlantis was on one of its space missions to repair the Hubble telescope for the last time. Down here on the earth, an amateur astronomer was set on his mission of photographing objects some 370 miles away, measuring about 13-35m in length, and traveling at 15,000 mph (miles per hour). And, to add to this list of super challenging parameters was the glaring sun!

According to Mr. Theirry Legault's interview posting with the Mail Online

"However, the greatest challenge was to chase a hole in the clouds that were numerous in the area because there are currently many thunderstorms over Florida. I had to take the photo just at the right instant."

Image Source:Thierry Legault -The astrophotographer who captured the impressive pictures of the Sun, Hubble and Atlantis.

Read more: Solar powered: Amateur astronomer snaps space shuttle and telescope speeding across the sun