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A group of stormchasers captured some beautiful and terrifying footage of a supercell thunderstorm developing over Wyoming this weekend. As far as thunderstorms go, supercells are the least common, but they're responsible for most of the violent tornadoes in the U.S. In addition to extreme winds, they also dump torrential rain and hailstones that are bigger than golf balls -- causing flash

Music: Bryan El - Solaris XL (Original Mix) Amazing universe images with great music from by Bryan El.

photo credit: Lucas Granito Artist's impression of GU Psc with its parent star a dot barely distinguishable from other stars The catalog of planets beyond the solar system has a strange new member, one which may make us rethink our ideas of stellar system formation, as well as opening new paths for planetary searches. GU Psc is a fairly unassuming star. At a third of the sun's mass, and a

We’ve just received further proof that we are not alone in the universe. Although we didn’t discover alien life, we did discover a new family member: Our Sun’s sister (or brother). Meet HD 162826, a star that emerged from the same cloud of dust and gas as our own shining star. This means that we are composed of the same material, the same star dust, as HD 162826. Ultimately, this is the co

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An asteroid the size of a bus came to within 186,000 miles of Earth - a close shave in cosmic terms - on Saturday morning. The recently-detected asteroid HL129 was closer to Earth than the Moon - which is on average 238,855 miles away from our planet - on its closest approach at 4.13am. The asteroid is about 7.6 metres wide, according to NASA's Asteroid Watch project based at the agency's Jet Pr

Looked at in the context of our planet's history, what we're doing to Earth appears dire indeed. —By Chris Mooney Fox/National Geographic If you've been reading my semi-regular dispatches about the Fox and National Geographic series Cosmos—far and away the most rational show on television—then you know that for some time, I've been not-so-subtly predicting that the program was going to

Beautiful Earth, Our Home In this video: Iguazu Falls, Grand Prismatic Spring Music: Up & Forward - Aquamarine (Vol Deeman Remix) Special Dedication: For you Alchera :-) Footage: HOME Project Sherpas Cinema; All I Can TSO Photography (Terje Sorgjerd) European Space Agency Wild Sweden - Look In My Eyes Beautiful World, Germany BBC Planet Earth Winged Migration Moon, Ephermer

The planet β Pictoris b, at bottom left in this artist's impression spins faster than any planet in the Solar System. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/F. Reddy Astronomers have for the first time managed to detect the rotation of an extrasolar planet, by analysing the way its atmosphere filters light. This technique could also provide clues about planet formation. Ignas Snellen and

Iceland is a land of fire and ice, shaped by volcanism and flowing water. To show the effects of this age-old interplay, Norwegian photographer Stian Rekdal has stitched together thousands of images of Iceland from a recent trip (view above). Water Currents spoke with Rekdal about the project. What’s your background and how did you get into photography? I’m Norwegian, 35 years old a