voyager: 35 years later
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thirty-five years ago today aug 20 2012 nasa039s voyager 2 spacecraft the first voyager spacecraft to launch departed on a journey that would make it the only spacecraft to have visited uranus and neptune and the longest operating nasa spacecraft ever voyager 2 and its twin voyager 1 that launched sixteen days later on sept 5 1977 are still going strong hurtling away from our sun mission managers are eagerly anticipating the day when they break on through to the other side -- the space between stars

arsenic-based life form discovered on earth
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arsenic-based life form discovered on earthnasa held a press conference thursday afternoon in which they revealed the discovery of arsenic-based life forms on earth as marc kaufman explained: all life on earth - from microbes to elephants and us - is based on a single genetic model that requires the element phosphorus as one of its six essential components but now researchers have uncovered a bacterium that has five of those essential elements but has in effect replaced phosphorus with its look-alike but toxic cousin arsenic news of the discovery caused a scientific commotion including calls to nasa from the white house and congress asking whether a second line of earthly life has been found while speculation had been building of the possible discovery of extraterrestrial life melissa bell brings us back to earth: before you get disappointed realize that while not as sexy as a little green man it is a big deal no other life form exists off arsenic it had long been the assumption that without six certain essential elements -- carbon hydrogen nitrogen oxygen phosphorus and sulfur -- life could not exist this discovery shows quotlife-as-we-know-it could be much more flexible than we generally assume or can imaginequot felisa wolfe-simon a nasa biochemist told the post039s marc kaufmanthe post039s satire columnist alexandra petri had this to say about the new discovery: i picture this bacteria as sort of a hipster quotoh you039re still using phosphorusquot it asks quotyeah i liked phosphorus during its blue period but i039ve moved on to arsenicquot quotisn039t that lethalquot a regular earth bacteria asks nervously quotit039s an acquired tastequot the arsenic bacteria responds apparently the place to find this sort of bacteria is mono lake california admittedly the announcement that someone has found a totally alien life-form in california is not exactly breaking news usually the california response to finding completely alien life is to give it a reality tv show still this is big news

the great canadian piano jump
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you know why i didnt upload it till now thanks for watching

all alone in the night - time-lapse footage of the earth as seen from the iss
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images: http:eoljscnasagovmusic: 039freedom fighters039 by two steps from hellinspiration: http:youtube74mhqyuyelqserving suggestion: 1080p lights off volume up :inspired by a version of the opening sequence of this clip called 039what does it feel like to fly over planet earth039 i tracked down the original time-lapse sequence taken on the international space station iss via nasa found some additional ones there including the spectacular aurora australis sequences and set it to a soundtrack that almost matches the awe and wonder i feel when i see our home from above to those brave men and women who fly alone in the night to take us to the stars we salute you-----------------------featured on nasa039s astronomy picture of the dayhttp:apodnasagovapodap120305htmlexplanation from nasa: many wonders are visible when flying over the earth at night a compilation of such visual spectacles was captured recently from the international space station iss and set to rousing music passing below are white clouds orange city lights lightning flashes in thunderstorms and dark blue seas on the horizon is the golden haze of earth039s thin atmosphere frequently decorated by dancing auroras as the video progresses the green parts of auroras typically remain below the space station but the station flies right through the red and purple auroral peaks solar panels of the iss are seen around the frame edges the ominous wave of approaching brightness at the end of each sequence is just the dawn of the sunlit half of earth a dawn that occurs every 90 minutes

exclusive: meet nasa039s mohawk guy bobak ferdowsi
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shira lazar caught up with bobak ferdowsi at jpl in pasadena ca about being part of the historic mars curiosity landing and his newfound internet famefollow bobak on twitter: tweetsoutloud marscuriosityfor more go to: http:whatstrendingcomsubscribehttp:wwwyoutubecomsubscription_centeradd_user=whatstrendingread our blog to discover more trendshttp:whatstrendingcomfollow us on twitter for real-time updateshttp:wwwtwittercomwhatstrendinglike us on facebookhttp:wwwfacebookcomwhatstrendingadd us to your circles on googlehttp:plusgooglecom102598412023069083727postscome pin with us on pinteresthttp:wwwpinterestcomwhatstrendinglove sharing videos check us out on chillcomhttp:wwwchillcomwhatstrendingdownload our mobile app to keep in the know everywhe

the death of a star
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for the first time astronomers captured from start to finish a black hole consuming a star this is a computer simulation of that eventadd tdc to your circles on googlehttps:plusgooglecom100134925804523235350postsjoin the conversation on facebookhttp:wwwfacebookcomthedailyconversationfollow the daily conversation on twitterhttp:wwwtwittercomthedailyconvocredit:http:wwwnasagovmultimediavideogalleryindexhtmlmedia_id=142384391

ray jayawardhana on new worlds
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ray jayawardhana on new worlds httpwwwthemarknewscom

nasa: increasing awesome
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in which hank talks about the 045 of the federal budget devoted to space education and what nasa is doing with that money just an aside my friends often say that we shouldn039t be spending money on space when we have so many problems here on earth and i understand that argument but i think that mentality is flawed we can039t wait until all of our problems are solved which they will never be before doing amazing inspiring ambitious things if we have nothing great to aspire to nothing great to fight for then what do we have will we spend the time and energy necessary to make the world a better place if we don039t have great things to aspire toi know it039s a complicated issue it039s almost like talking about the psychology of an entire planet but i know what drives me to make the world better and it isn039t knowing how horrible it is the greatness of the world is what makes me want to make it better and nasa has done more to uncover and create awesome than any other government agency that039s just how i feel thanks to nasa for their help with this video it was really amazing to work with them

hulu - the colbert report: thu jul 21 2011 - watch the full episode now
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video description: neuroscientist david eagleman stops by the report to discuss his new book

historic mars launch: nasa giant rover 039curiosity039 blasts off
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nasa039s biggest and most-expensive robotic rover has blasted off from cape canaveral on a voyage of discovery the probe nicknamed curiosity is scheduled to arrive at the mineral-rich martian 039gale crater039 next august it aims to search the surface for clues about whether the planet has ever had a life-friendly environmentrt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_comrt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

view of the moon from space hd
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new video pictures again taken by nasa subscribe if you like music: tune of soul - movingfootage taken from:the gateway to astronaut photography of earth quothttp:eoljscnasagovsseopmrfhtm quotcredits to the image science ampamp analysis laboratory nasa johnson space centerthanks to nasa

nasa sdo039s ultra-high definition view of 2012 venus transit
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launched on feb 11 2010 the solar dynamics observatory or sdo is the most advanced spacecraft ever designed to study the sun during its five-year mission it will examine the sun039s atmosphere magnetic field and also provide a better understanding of the role the sun plays in earth039s atmospheric chemistry and climate sdo provides images with resolution 8 times better than high-definition television and returns more than a terabyte of data each dayon june 5 2012 sdo collected images of the rarest predictable solar event--the transit of venus across the face of the sun this event happens in pairs eight years apart that are separated from each other by 105 or 121 years the last transit was in 2004 and the next will not happen until 2117the videos and images displayed here are constructed from several wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet light and a portion of the visible spectrum the red colored sun is the 304 angstrom ultraviolet the golden colored sun is 171 angstrom the magenta sun is 1700 angstrom and the orange sun is filtered visible light 304 and 171 show the atmosphere of the sun which does not appear in the visible part of the spectrumthis video is public domain and can be downloaded at: http:svsgsfcnasagovvisa010000a010900a010996indexhtmllike our videos subscribe to nasa039s goddard shorts hd podcast:http:svsgsfcnasagovvisitunesf0004_indexhtmlor find nasa goddard space flight center on facebook:http:wwwfacebookcomnasagsfcor find us on twitter:http:twittercomnasagoddardfollow the conversation online with venustransit

john glenn 50th walter cronkite tells space flight of john glenn in 1962
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dan rather of cbs news with walter cronkite discusses the historic orbital flight of the mercury space capsule friendship seven february 22 1962 mister cronkite tells the ambience and the importance of great moment to the cape canaveral launch of astronaut john glenn and the historical impact of the first mission in orbit of mercury spacecraft cbs broadcast the interview during the coverage of the return of john glenn into space with space shuttle discovery sts-95 october 29 1998 dan beaumont report

asteroid 2005 yu55
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an aircraft carrier-sized asteroid will make a safe close flyby of earth on nov 8 2011

ipad2 halloween costume- gaping hole in torso
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a description of a relatively simple halloween costume using 2 ipad2s to make it look like you have a huge hole in your torso you039ll also need a mifi hotspot if you don039t have a wifi network available where you want to use the costume basically you start a facetime chat between the ipads and then tape one to your front and one to your back add a little red paint and you039re good to go it039s supposed to look like you have a gaping hole in your torsonote: the ipads were borrowed this costume cost me 4 to buy a white shirt a goodwill if you spend more time than i did on the blood and the flesh part and lining up the ipads it could look pretty cool