92.7 WOBM » Space http://wobm.com Ocean County's Hometown Station! Wed, 22 May 2013 10:46:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Why Is There a Rainbow Around the Sun Today? http://wobm.com/why-is-there-a-rainbow-around-the-sun-today/ http://wobm.com/why-is-there-a-rainbow-around-the-sun-today/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 17:50:53 +0000 Justin Louis http://wobm.com/?p=222195 If you have a lot of friends in New Jersey on your Facebook, you've probably seen pictures similar to this one dozens of times today. Here at the Jersey shore, there's a bright, vivid rainbow circling the Sun. Get ready for some science, here's why...

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]]> http://wobm.com/why-is-there-a-rainbow-around-the-sun-today/feed/ 0 Photo by Joanne Cruise We Got One Step Closer to Space Tourism Yesterday [Video] http://wobm.com/we-got-one-step-closer-to-space-tourism-yesterday-video/ http://wobm.com/we-got-one-step-closer-to-space-tourism-yesterday-video/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:44:49 +0000 Justin Louis http://wobm.com/?p=215960 There wasn't a whole lot of news coverage yesterday, but make no mistake, a pretty significant milestone was reached in the Mojave Desert of California yesterday morning.

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]]> http://wobm.com/we-got-one-step-closer-to-space-tourism-yesterday-video/feed/ 0 David McNew - Getty Images Is This an Answer to the Mummified "Alien"? [Followup] http://wobm.com/is-this-an-answer-to-the-mummified-alien-followup/ http://wobm.com/is-this-an-answer-to-the-mummified-alien-followup/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:00:59 +0000 Justin Louis http://wobm.com/?p=213452 A few weeks ago we asked if you thought that the picture above was an actual mummified alien, as some were claiming. 

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]]> http://wobm.com/is-this-an-answer-to-the-mummified-alien-followup/feed/ 0 We Could Be In For a Great Light Show in the Sky This Weekend http://wobm.com/we-could-be-in-for-a-great-light-show-in-the-sky-this-weekend/ http://wobm.com/we-could-be-in-for-a-great-light-show-in-the-sky-this-weekend/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:35:34 +0000 Justin Louis http://wobm.com/?p=208250 Between light pollution and our mid-Atlantic location, New Jersey usually isn't a hot bed of astronomical activity. But this weekend, the conditions could be just right for a light show in the sky.

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]]> http://wobm.com/we-could-be-in-for-a-great-light-show-in-the-sky-this-weekend/feed/ 0 Facebook Are These Pictures of an Actual Alien? [Video/Poll] http://wobm.com/are-these-pictures-of-an-actual-alien-videopoll/ http://wobm.com/are-these-pictures-of-an-actual-alien-videopoll/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:01:56 +0000 Justin Louis http://wobm.com/?p=206406 Is this a photo of an actual alien being from a distant galaxy, or simply an expensively staged hoax?

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]]> http://wobm.com/are-these-pictures-of-an-actual-alien-videopoll/feed/ 0 YouTube You Could Be One Of The First Humans on Mars [Video] http://wobm.com/you-could-be-one-of-the-first-humans-on-mars-video/ http://wobm.com/you-could-be-one-of-the-first-humans-on-mars-video/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 23:22:52 +0000 Justin Louis http://wobm.com/?p=171117 You have to admit, it would be pretty cool to be able to say that you were one of the first humans to ever visit Mars. There's only one catch...

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]]> http://wobm.com/you-could-be-one-of-the-first-humans-on-mars-video/feed/ 0 Flickr user oneaustin What's the Most Daring Thing You've Done? Plus an Amazing Video! http://wobm.com/whats-the-most-daring-thing-youve-done-plus-an-amazing-video/ http://wobm.com/whats-the-most-daring-thing-youve-done-plus-an-amazing-video/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2012 21:26:44 +0000 Justin Louis http://wobm.com/?p=141732 Wow, that picture looks like a guy freefalling through the sky strapped to a pair of wings, doesn't it? Well, it is. It's daredevil Felix Baumgartner. Sound familiar? He's the guy who just set multiple world records with his jump from the edge of space.

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]]> http://wobm.com/whats-the-most-daring-thing-youve-done-plus-an-amazing-video/feed/ 0 YouTube See the Space Jump From a Stunning New Angle [Video] http://wobm.com/see-the-space-jump-from-a-stunning-new-angle-video/ http://wobm.com/see-the-space-jump-from-a-stunning-new-angle-video/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:43:37 +0000 Justin Louis http://wobm.com/?p=138225 One of the most engaging stories from this past weekend was daredevil Felix Baumgartner's "Space Jump" with the Red Bull Stratos project.

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]]> http://wobm.com/see-the-space-jump-from-a-stunning-new-angle-video/feed/ 0 Getty Images News A Look at The Novins Planetarium at Ocean County College http://wobm.com/a-look-at-the-novins-planetarium-at-ocean-county-college/ http://wobm.com/a-look-at-the-novins-planetarium-at-ocean-county-college/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:06:16 +0000 Shawn Michaels http://wobm.com/?p=123302 Get the latest schedules for the Novins Planetarium

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]]> http://wobm.com/a-look-at-the-novins-planetarium-at-ocean-county-college/feed/ 0 Shawn Michaels, Townsquare Media Will Aliens Be Discovered in Our Lifetimes? [Poll] http://wobm.com/will-aliens-be-discovered-in-our-lifetimes-poll/ http://wobm.com/will-aliens-be-discovered-in-our-lifetimes-poll/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2012 23:16:50 +0000 Justin Louis http://wobm.com/?p=123217 It's a topic that's been fascinating moviegoers and scientists alike for a long time - aliens.

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