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"When you're in love, you want to tell the world."
-- Carl Edward Sagan

This [space] serves as an ongoing dedication to the late Professor Carl Sagan, comprised of all things cosmos-related, in promotion of science literacy, STEAM education, and personal enlightenment amongst the ever-increasing hominid population on our organic spaceship, Earth.

Curiosity continues to be the fuel by which I educate and share the wonders of science with others. Carl provided the spark that (re)ignited this passion, propelling me further toward continual exploration of the unknown, seemingly known, and the daily affirmation to embrace humility, as we do not know what we do not know.

May this page aid in your understanding of the universe, effectively bridging the gap between ignorance and knowledge, in the way you interact with all living things for which we all share the same biological, chemical & atomic makeup. Keep looking up and remember: we are all star stuff, contemplating the stars, as our origins were generated in the cores of stellar explosions which continue to proliferate amidst the cosmos. Stay curious! Submit a post

February 26, 2015

astronomicalwonders:

Solar Eruptions - A Coronal Mass Ejection
The swirling inner layers of our sun cause charged particles to generate magnetic fields. As charges accumulate on the surface, magnetic field lines readjust themselves and release huge quantities of matter and electromagnetic radiation into space. This particular Mass Ejection is traveling at over 900 miles per second and has an energy level equivalent to 160,000,000,000 megatons of TNT.
Credit: NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory/Goddard Spaceflight Center

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