Comet Swinging by Mars This Sunday

Posted on October 16, 2014

Yahoo news just posted this interesting article:

A comet as hefty as a small mountain will pass mind-bogglingly close to Mars on Sunday, approaching within 87,000 miles at a speed of 126,000 mph.

NASA’s five robotic explorers at Mars — three orbiters and two rovers — are being repurposed to witness a comet named Siding Spring make its first known visit to the inner solar system. So are a European and an Indian spacecraft circling the red planet.

Read the full article Right Here!

Artwork courtesy of Kim Poor.

Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. envisions future technology

Posted on October 7, 2014

Edgar Rice Burroughs, the most influential Sci-Fi writer of all time, predicted the wide-spread use of wireless technology seventy years before earthly adoption began.

Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. envisions future technology

Carson of Venus web comic strip No. 61.

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Large ocean discovered below Earth’s surface

Posted on August 22, 2014

EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS was right all along! PELLUCIDAR, Here We Come!

Scientists at the Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois have found a large body of water thrice the size of all the oceans on Earth, hidden deep beneath the crust! They speculate this is where all the seas might have come from, lending some new evidence for the Hollow Earth Theory.

The scientists utilized about 2000 seismometers to study the waves of over 500 earthquakes. The analyzed the type of rocks generating the waves, stumbling upon what seemed like a large body of water underneath. Further tests confirmed that there was moisture present some 700 kilometers below.

Guess it’s only a matter of time before they find dinosaurs down there now!

Source: The Spirit Science

Real scientists like ERB books

Posted on August 14, 2014

Huffington Post has just put up an interesting article interviewing 15 different real-world scientists about their literary preferences. From cosmology and physics professors at MIT to astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute, these men of science shared what their favorite sci-fi and fantasy books are. Among them, Dr. Jane Goodall from the UN Messenger of Peace listed the Tarzan of the Apes classic. It is great to hear the ERB stories inspired such creative and important minds!

Full article at Huffington Post