Earth

  • Earth day 2011. Should we be ashamed of being human?

    With Earth Day, come along the doomsayers that would have us all be dead from a single AAA battery thrown out in the wrong way. Let’s see if they’re really paying attention, and run through the top three ecological disasters to occur during the last year or so, the...
  • Astonishing new images prove Earth is not round!

    Relax though, it’s not exactly flat either. This incredible computer rendition of the Earth, has been compiled using data from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE). The satellite which has been in orbit for two years, has accomplished its mission to map out...
  • Sun Shoots Out Massive Solar Flare

    NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) recorded the largest solar flare released by the sun in four years. Called an X-Flare it’s the strongest types and can disrupt communications and electrical power grids on Earth. This is because solar flares aren’t only burst of energy. They’re also a magnetic pulse...