Major Solar Flare Eruption | MarsFest Death Valley | Asteroid Impacts Versus Earthrise

Sun Unleashes Major Solar Flare (Video) The sun erupted with a massive X1.3 solar flare late Thursday (April 24), triggering a temporary communications blackout on some parts of Earth. See video of the solar flare here.
'MarsFest' Gives Public a Glimpse at Science in the Marslike Death Valley (Photos) During MarsFest 2014 last month, researchers took the public on a tour of some Martian analog sites in California's Death Valley National Park.
	Just Wave Hello Astronaut Koichi Wakata tweeted this photo of one of two NASA astronauts spacewalking on April 23, 2014.
	Can Iconic 'Earthrise' Photo Help Protect Earth from Asteroid Impacts? Bill Anders, the Apollo 8 astronaut who snapped the iconic "Earthrise" photo in 1968, hopes the image still conveys a sense of the planet's vulnerability to a variety of threats — including incoming space rocks.
	Bitcoins in Space: Private Deep-Space Venture Aims to Launch 'BitSats' Bitcoins soon may go off the grid and into space. One private venture is aiming to launch a cluster of tiny satellites that would broadcast the latest bitcoin transactions from orbit.
	US Air Force's Mysterious X-37B Space Plane Passes 500 Days in Orbit An unmanned military space plane has achieved a major longevity milestone, zipping around Earth for 500 days on a clandestine mission for the United States government.
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