Paraglider Horacio Llorens has always wanted to fly with the gorgeous northern lights. In January 2016, he finally got his…
Is our Milky Way galaxy a zombie, already dead and we don’t know it?
Like a zombie, the Milky Way galaxy may already be dead but it still keeps going. Our galactic neighbor Andromeda…
Starship Thinking
It’s been awhile since I’ve seen Ian Crawford (Birkbeck College, London) — I think we last talked at one of…
Hidden Galaxy IC 342
Similar in size to large, bright spiral galaxies in our neighborhood, IC 342 is a mere 10 million light-years distant…
Fungi Survive Mars-Like Conditions On Space Station
Two species of tiny fungi from Antarctica survived an 18-month exposure to Mars-like conditions aboard the International Space Station, according…
NASA’s New Planetary Defense Office Gets to Work Protecting Earth
NASA’s newly created Planetary Defense Coordination Office is already hard at work protecting Earth from dangerous asteroids. from SPACE.com http://ift.tt/20aUegr…
Pluto’s Surface Has a Surprising Amount of Water Ice (Photo)
Pluto’s surface harbors a surprising amount of water ice, a new map made using data captured by NASA’s New Horizons…
S&T‘s Astronomy Podcast for February 2016
This month’s audio sky tour starts before dawn, when you can spot all five bright planets by eye, and moves…
M1, the Crab Nebula captured under a Full Moon (98% illuminated)
The post M1, the Crab Nebula captured under a Full Moon (98% illuminated) appeared first on Sky & Telescope. from…
Weekly Space Hangout – Jan 22 – Dr. Stuart Robbins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb9Arrt7L60 Streamed live Jan 22, 2016 Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Dr. Stuart Robbins, Research Scientist at Southwest Research…
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