NASA: That is Not the 'Death Star' Refueling from the Sun...Then What Is It?

Is this more proof that there is a conspiracy to hide the truth about an alien presence in our solar system? 

Pictures of last week's 'Sunsflare' captures this strange orb 'anchored' above the visible surface of the sun in photos from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.

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Conspiracy theories claim mysterious planet-sized 'Death Star' has been captured on video as it 'refuels' at the surface of the sun.

What is it really? 

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NASA scientists say,"It's a solar 'prominence' or 'filament' - a feature extending out from the sun which forms over the course of a day, and can extend hundreds of thousands of miles into space.
Filaments appear to be dark because they're cooler in relation to what's in the background. When you look at it from the edge of the sun, what you see is this spherical object and you're actually looking down the tunnel.'

Price of Meteorites: Why Searching for Space Rocks has Become Popular

Are you interested in metal detecting for Meteorites?

Well, you're not alone; interest in this activity has risen over the years because of the increasing awareness of these space rocks. Due to public concern over asteroid strikes and the study of past strikes, craters and hammer falls. 

Today, space rocks are readily available from many different outlets and the quarterly Meteorite magazine caters to the space rock enthusiast, as does the monthly online publication Meteorite Times and the Meteorite Mailing List.

Curious as to how much you'll pay for a small sample?

Meteorite prices vary from one source to another but the numbers quoted here are typical of retail values in today’s marketplace. Unclassified stone chondrites picked up by nomads wandering in the Sahara Deserts are readily available for about $0.50/gram. Attractive stones from the Gao-Guenie witnessed fall (Burkina Faso, Africa, March 5, 1960) can be purchased for about $1.50/gram and a top quality one-kilogram specimen of the Campo del Cielo iron meteorite from Chaco Province, Argentina can be yours for about $400.

 Pallasites are stony-iron meteorites packed with olivine (the gemstone peridot) and are particularly desirable when cut and polished because of the alluring color and translucency of the crystals they contain. Prepared slices of stable pallasites such as Imilac (Chile), Glorieta Mountain (New Mexico, USA) and Esquel (Argentina) are prized for their colorful gemstones and long-term stability, and will fetch between $20 and $40/gram. Meteorites are heavy, so a quality slice the size of a small dinner plate is worth thousands of dollars.

And on the high end of the scale:
  Unusual types such as the diogenite Tatahouine (fell June 27, 1931, Foum Tatahouine, Tunisia). A prime specimen will easily fetch $50/gram while rare examples of lunar and Martian meteorites may sell for $1,000/gram or more — almost forty times the current price of gold!

So that's why the interest! It all comes down to remunerativeness.
The average cost of a metal detecter is $155.00
Metal detecting forum.

Story here on 'Meteorwritings' by
Geoffrey Nodkin, One of the Meteorite Men on Science Channel

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By the way; here are a few prices(as of this posting) of things we humans consider extremely valuable.
Gold-1,651.33 an ounce
Rhodium-1,442.00 an ounce
Platinum-1,187.00 an ounce
Iridium-420.00 an ounce
Osmium-380.00 an ounce
Palladium-263.00 an ounce
Rhenium-75.00 an ounce
Silver-32.36 an ounce
Indium-15.00 an ounce

Space: The Private Industry- First Space Porn Movie? "No Way!" Says Virgin Galactic

Here are three suprising stories about the privatization of the space industry. I wish I was young and just starting college; I would be directing my goals toward leaving the planet! Could there be a more daring and exciting goal to set for one's future?

Here is the story about the first private shuttle to the International Space Station.

Spacex and NASA set space station launch

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There are hundreds of private citizens that have purchased tickets and plan on taking a 'space tour'.

Ashton Kutcher to be 500th customer to go to space

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The adult entertainment industry has expressed interest. Virgin Galactic says it turned down a $1 million proposal for a “sex-in-space” movie.

Hundreds line up for rides on first commercial space fight 

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Top Five You Tube Viral Videos of All Time



Number One:

 Seen more than 170 million times since its posting in May 2007, "Charlie Bit My Finger" was never meant to be anything more than a family flick. But the Internet's hive mind saw something it liked and catapulted the clip, which depicts a laughing British baby gnawing on the finger of his crying brother, past "Evolution of Dance" as YouTube's views champ by the fall of 2009.

"Charlie bit my finger again!"

Number Two:

Inspirational comedian Jud Laipply does it all in this 6-min. dance sequence. Moving seamlessly between eras, Laipply has been viewed more than 138 million times for a reason — his video triggers nostalgia in the happiest of ways. We can all remember, begrudgingly or not, mimicking Vanilla Ice or the cast of Grease at one time or another, though maybe not with Laipply's infectious enthusiasm.

The Evolution Of Dance

Number Three:

More than 57 million people have seen 7-year-old David DeVore's backseat trip from the dentist's office after oral surgery. The medication seems to have left David in a higher state of consciousness: he spouts lines like "You have four eyes" and "Is this gonna be forever?"
After The Dentist

Number Four:

"Here It Goes Again" — perhaps better known as "that treadmill video" — grew big enough to even get acknowledgement from the Grammys. The band took home the trophy for Best Short-Form Music Video in 2007 for the clip, which featured an elaborately choreographed routine performed on moving treadmills (a dance that, perhaps equally impressively, was shot in a single take).
 Here It Goes Again

Number Five:

The trick goes like this: you are sent an e-mail or instant message with a link to something seemingly cool. But when you click, all you get is singer Rick Astley's 1987 video for "Never Gonna Give You Up." Huh? The bait and switch originated on the online forum 4Chan, when a user promised a video-game trailer and instead led readers to Astley's '80s-tastic track. The trick, dubbed Rickrolling, spread like wildfire in 2008; Astley, clearly in on the joke, even performed his signature song during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade that year.

Rock Roll'd

Top Fifty You Tube Videos-Time.com