Timelapse: Super Moon Rising Over the Rocky Mountians
Astrophotographer Cory Schmitz braved a brown bear in order to capture some wonderful images of the full Moon rise on…
How Can We Stop An Asteroid?
"It's like looking for a charcoal briquette in the dark," says Bill Nye the Science Guy in this new video…
Kepler Team Has Some Success in Reaction Wheel Recovery Attempt
In May of this year, the Kepler planet-hunting telescope lost its ability to precisely point toward stars, putting its exoplanet…
Pretty Picture from Space: Thunderstorms Over Southern California
Astronaut Karen Nyberg shared this image on her Twitter feed, showing the view from the International Space Station on July…
Russian Meteorite Bits Will Be Used In Some 2014 Olympic Medals
Going for gold in the Sochi Winter Olympics could earn athletes some out-of-this-world rocks. Athletes who top the podium on…
Podcast: Creating a Scienc-y Society
Our modern society depends on science. It impacts the way we eat, work, communicate and play. And yet, most people…
HiRISE Camera Spots Curiosity Rover (and tracks) on Mars
I spy the Curiosity Rover! With the Sun over its shoulders, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on…
Submissions Needed for Saturn Mosaic Project
For all our astrophotographer friends out there: If you haven’t heard about the Saturn Mosaic Project, you’ll want to take…
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Curiosity Sets Record Pace for Longest Drive Yet on Mars
This scene was taken on Sol 340 shortly after Curiosity finished her longest drive yet The 329.1-foot (100.3-meter) drive was…
Podcast: Climate Change
When it comes to carbon dioxide, just a little goes a long way to warming the planet. Unfortunately, we’ve been…