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24 years after the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, a new video has surfaced capturing the incident from afar.
The four minute video, shot by retired optometrist Jacob Moss, is believed to be the only amateur video of the event.
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Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party from William Castleman on Vimeo.

Here’s an awesome time-lapse video of the sky overhead a Texas Star Party. The galactic center of the Milky Way goes right on by before morning..
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Ever feel like you’re insignificant in the grand scheme of things? Well to help encourage that line of thought – the above image tries to put everything in perspective by comparing the sizes of various objects in space.
Yes it truly puts all of us in our place doesn’t it? (Tho yes, if we [...]

Some pretty amazing video footage of an undersea volcano eruption near Tonga (yes the same area that just produced a 7.9 quake).
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Man I’ve got to get better at updating my personal blog! I just wanted to update all of you on some of the recent articles that I’ve published over at Krunker.com.
The first three products have to do with integrating iPod controls into everyday wear

Kenpo Bonded Fleece Jacket for the iPod - Nice warm fleece jacket [...]

Man it’s been a busy few weeks hasn’t it? This month of November must have been every gadget lovers dream come true! Think about it for a second..
The Xbox 360 got a ton of new announcements including:

New games like Call of Duty 3 and Gears of War
A new HD DVD player add on which I [...]

I never thought this was possible but apparently a Praying Mantis can actually catch and eat something as large as a hummingbird. Ok.. maybe hummingbirds aren’t exactly large but heck.. shouldn’t they be fairly quick? Anyhow, I don’t believe the pics are doctored up so … check them out!

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The old wives’ tale that sitting too close to the TV is bad for your eyes is just not true in this day and age. Back in the early days of television when television sets emitted larger amounts of radiation, this tale might have been true. However, nowadays TV sets have plenty of radiation shielding [...]

This belongs in the “WOW” section of science if you ask me. Israeli doctors and scientists have succeeded in germinating a date seed that’s nearly 2000 years old. The plant is currently 11.8 inches tall and has produced seven leaves. Radiocarbon dating on the seed showed it to be 1990 years old plus or minus [...]