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The Top 10 Biggest Mountains in the Milky Way

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If you have ever considered climbing Mount Everest, which has a peak elevation of nearly 30,000 feet, then you may as well have Rheasilvia on your bucket list as well. Mountains are some of the most beautiful features here on Planet Earth, but other parts of the Milky Way galaxy also have some notable peaks. These are the tallest peaks known to […]

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Jesse | July 27, 2022
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Brain Post: 8 Facts About Summer Solstice

June 21st, 2022, is the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, and the official start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. This means that the start of winter is only six months away, December 21st, 2022, and daylight today is 5h28m longer than then. Ski season is even closer as it usually starts in November. Of course, in the […]

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SnowBrains | June 20, 2022
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NASA: Birds Eye View of Breckenridge Ski Area, CO, From the International Space Station

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This post first appeared on the NASA Earth Observatory website Looking down from space, the human presence is starkly apparent in how we light our cities, transport our manufactured products, and grow our food. Even the way we play is visible from hundreds of miles above. On May 1, 2021, an astronaut on board the International Space Station shot this […]

SnowBrains | May 17, 2021
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VIDEO: NASA Astronauts Share Their Favorite Images of Earth From Space

SnowBrains | March 19, 2021
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Scientists Are Following a Rare Metallic Asteroid Worth $10,000,000,000,000,000,000

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Scientists have spotted an extremely rare metallic asteroid floating between Mars and Jupiter and have placed its value as $10,000,000,000,000,000,000, or more than the entire global economy. The asteroid, known as 16 Psyche, is 230-million miles away and is roughly 140-miles across – roughly the size of Massachusetts. Related: Friday 13th, 2029 – The Day a Huge Asteroid Dubbed ‘God […]

SnowBrains | November 6, 2020
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VIDEO: Picturing Earth – Astronaut Photography in Focus

SnowBrains | October 21, 2020
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NASA: Avalanches Viewed on Mars

Only an earthling would think that avalanches are exclusive to this planet.  But little did you know that they happen on Mars too!  NASA just recorded avalanches on the little red planet.  NASA wrote in a report: August 12, 2020 The High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (Hi-RISE) camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this avalanche plunging down a 1,640-foot-tall (500-meter-tall) […]

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SnowBrains | October 8, 2020
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NASA: A Look At Jupiter’s North Pole

View this post on Instagram The floor is lava! Oh wait, nevermind, that’s just an infrared look at Jupiter’s North Pole 😉 Our James Webb Space Telescope will examine the atmosphere of Jupiter’s polar region, where @NASAJuno discovered the clusters of cyclones seen in this image. @NASAWebb’s data will provide much more detail than has been possible in past observations, […]

SnowBrains | August 10, 2020
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