2012 In Review – Volcanoes

2012 In Review – Volcanoes

As far as the volcanic activity goes 2012 had lots of interesting moments and Pacific Ring of Fire was focus of almost all of it. 2011 finished with our eyes on the Cleveland volcano, Alaska. Cleveland sent ash 4.5 km in the sky during a single explosion event on

2012 In Review – Solar activity & space weather

2012 In Review – Solar activity & space weather

We are now in a period called Solar Cycle 24 which started on January 8, 2008 and it is the 24th solar cycle since 1755, when recording of solar sunspot activity began. The solar cycle is the periodic change in Sun's activity

The Year in Space – NASA and ESA released 2012 in space retrospective videos

The Year in Space – NASA and ESA released 2012 in space retrospective videos

NASA and ESA have released videos looking back at the year 2012 in space. It was quite a year in terms of space exploration – Curiosity on Mars, the Flight of the Dragon, Venus Transit, ATV’s trips to the ISS, the flight of Vega, and much more… NASA 2012 ESA…

December 21, 2012 – “Why the World Didn’t End Yesterday”

December 21, 2012 – “Why the World Didn’t End Yesterday”

We are now less than a week apart from December 21, 2012, the most notable date in modern history. NASA is so sure the world won’t come to an end on December. 21, 2012, that they already released a video for the day after.According to  Dr. John Carlson, director of

New meteor shower escorts Geminids this year

New meteor shower escorts Geminids this year

A new meteor shower could make an appearance in the same time as Earth passes through a stream of debris from Comet 3200 Phaethon, also known as Geminids. The source of new meteor shower is Comet Wirtanen which is expected to peak tonight and tomorrow with as many as

The real Mayan prophecies investigated – The Chilam Balam books

The real Mayan prophecies investigated – The Chilam Balam books

Though there is only the one known engraving of a prediction connected to the end of the 13th Bak’tun (monument 6 Tortuguero) it is often stated, wrongly, that there is only this one place for any possible year 2012 prophecy. There is in fact more prophetic material

The real Mayan prophecies investigated – Monument 6 Tortuguero

The real Mayan prophecies investigated – Monument 6 Tortuguero

Much is said of the Long Count Maya calendar and associated prophecy for the end of the year 2012. Unfortunately, it is rather less common to actually see the original prophetic material, and even less so to have any kind of analysis of its likely meanings for human