As the epic winter storm Jonas bore down on the U.S. East Coast this morning (Jan. 23), astronaut Scott Kelly … More
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Comments of the Week #95: From Gravitational Waves to the Multiverse
“What might we learn from lines of research that are off the beaten track? They check accepted ideas, always a … More
Ask Ethan: Is the Universe itself alive? (Synopsis)
“Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe.” -Maria Mitchell … More
“Whale Bones on Europa?” Is Its 100-Kilometer-Deep Ocean a Miniature of Earth’s? (Week’s Most Popular)
"I know, I know," writes Caltech’s Mike Brown, the Richard and Barbara Rosenberg Professor of Planetary Astronomy and author of … More
Blue Origin Booster Reused! Lands Safely After 2nd Launch | Video
On Jan 22nd, 2016, the private spaceflight company launched its New Shepard booster and capsule to an altitude of 333,582 … More
Big Dipper, Deep Sky
The Big Dipper is an easy to recognize, well-known asterism in northern skies, though many see the Plough or Wagon. … More
Hangout-A-Thon 2014 – Putting the Science in Science Fiction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw1XnGmmR_M Scott Sigler and AB Kovacs of Empty Set Entertainment ( http://emptyset.com/ ) are the featured guests for this segment. … More
A Year on the ISS
Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA and Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko of Roscosmos will be ending a year-long mission … More
Monster Blizzard of 2016 Strikes US East Coast, Tracked by NASA and NOAA Satellites
NEW JERSEY- The monstrous ‘Blizzard of 2016’ predicted by weather forecasters for days has struck a wide swath of the … More
International Space Station Transits Saturn
From low Earth orbit to the outer Solar System, from APOD http://ift.tt/1RYJH3C via IFTTT
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