Creating a Sun-Powered Death Ray

Kevin Moore and Grant Reynolds from What Could Possibly Go Wrong? on the Science Channel attempted to create a focused beam of light hot enough to melt bronze. To accomplish this goal, they will only use the lenses of old projection TV’s and the abundant light of the sun. Watch the video below.

Video: Three Years of Sun in Three Minutes

NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has released an incredible time lapse video that shows three years of the sun’s activity in just three minutes. This video shows those three years of the sun at a pace of two images per day. SDO’s Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) captures a shot of the sun every 12 seconds in 10… Continue reading Video: Three Years of Sun in Three Minutes