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    firstanointed: So right now someone could be saying, "I saw a Russian rocket from my house!" more »
    FrankN.Stein: Northern Norway? hello? Artic circle! North Pole! December! Santa has a new expermiental Rocket-Raindeer! more »
    Roklimber: Here's a simulation of the simplest and most likely explanation for what happened. more »
    twophrasebark: That looks familiar... more »
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    EtrnL_Frost: How is it at all possible that no one cited the obvious truth to this all? THIS IS HIS NOODLY APPENDAGE more »
    cylon_conspiracy: If it's a portal to a new dimension it's not like the world's governments are going to come clean on that--if they even know what it is. Every unexpl... more »
    zanyzapper: Having been playing way too much of the old "Black and White" game lately, I can state with certainty that it's God casting a miracle! more »
    Dirk Anger:   more »
    GodofMonkeys: Wow. I never suspected our Alien Overlords would start in Norway. Damn clever Alien Overlords. more »
    reddingofish: I miss that show. more »
    Mathmos: Maybe spectral analysis would show something, but I don't know how much could be gleaned from ordinary cameras and videocams. more »
    lazyeight: I saw many noctiluminescent clouds from launches at Vandenberg, but because the view was downrange they always appeared to be 'knotted' due to high al... more »
    queensowntalia: I watched the drama unfold online as news got out about this. The rampant speculation was terribly fun - and my first view of the object, still then a... more »
    CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): I think the Hadron Colliders working just fine. Or in Norways case...really badly!! more »
    Husher: Clearly swamp gas reflecting off the light of Venus behind a weather balloon during a flight exercise with B52 flares. yup. * straightens tie * more »
    henrik.gundersen: Confirmed to be a russian rocket test launch [1] . The Norwegian military PR representative didn't know what it was earlier today, but abnother senior... more »
    Dr.Quatermass Sc.D: Purveyor of Truth, Disseminator of Lies: Like most of the io9 community, I love things like things, but probably not for the same reasons. Mine? I love things like this because it gives ever... more »
    bluehinter: The blue spiral looks an awful lot like the Doctor's sonic screwdriver. more »
    EdgarJPublius: The Russians announced a rocket test beforehand, and have since claimed responsibility. there's pretty much nothing to speculate on. [blogs.discoverma... more »
  • #mysteryspiral

    Mysterious Light Spiral Appears Over Norway

    Is it an alien signal? An interdimensional portal? A supervillainous hypnosis ray? This mysterious spiral burst into the night sky over Northern Norway, leaving witnesses wondering just what caused it. More »
  • #vehicularart

    Burning Man's Evolutionary Mutant Vehicles

    At Burning Man, the annual arts festival, mutant vehicles plod across Nevada's Black Rock Desert. And this year's art cars include a fully-functional spider walker, a remote-controlled trilobite, and a mobile mammoth skeleton. More »
  • #spacerace

    Behold The Future Of Space Exploration — An Asian Space Race

    We're finally getting a new space race — between China and India, which just launched its new Moon probe, Chandrayaan-1, today. China already launched its Chang'e orbiter last year, and "today we are trying to catch them, catch that gap, bridge the gap," the director of India's space agency told Reuters. But that doesn't mean NASA is out of the picture altogether — India's rocket is carrying a couple of devices for the U.S. agency, including one to look for ice deposits in the moon's polar region. And NASA plans to launch its own orbiter next year. Click through for another couple of images of the gorgeous Chandrayaan-1. More »
  • #spaceporn

    The Moon Rocket Project NASA Doesn't Want You to Know About

    A group of secretive rocket designers have defected from NASA's rocket-building team to spearhead their own forbidden project. They spend their evenings designing Jupiter (pictured), a moon rocket they think will work far better for less money then NASA's current moon rocket, Ares, set to bring some people to the moon in 2020. With all its plans available on a site called Direct 2.0, and nearly 100 engineers working, its possible Jupiter could zoom to the moon before Ares — if it can get some funding. More »
  • #spaceporn

    Satellite Rockets from Ocean Launch Pad at Equator

    A communications satellite called the Thuraya-3 launched yesterday afternoon from Boeing's Sea Launch, a massive ocean vessel. Various laws of physics dictate that the best place to launch a heavy payload like a satellite is on the equator, and that's why the United Arab Emirates company Thuraya paid to use the Sea Launch pad you see here. Sea Launch is a popular rocket launch facility because two of its gigantic boat components can quickly zoom out into the middle of the Pacific — it was where Thuraya-1 and Thuraya-2 launched too. We've got a giant, beautiful picture of the Thuraya-2 blasting off four years ago below the fold. More »
  • #conceptart

    Minority Report Jetpack Designer Gets Sexy With It

    Now this is one police officer we wouldn't mind pulling over for, and that's not even counting her dangerous curves. Check out the sweet streamlining and attention to detail on that jetpack. Plus she has what looks like Iron Man-esque propulsion units in her fingerless gloves, and a red and blue tipped light-helmet to boot. No idea where she keeps her nightstick, though. Click through for the full image. More »
  • #spaceporn

    African Satellites Are Out Tonight

    A few days ago, this Ariane rocket blasted off from Kourou, French Guiana. Its payload included a telecom satellite for Africa, which is now sailing serenely overhead. Image by Jody Amiet, AFP/Getty Images.