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Incredible “Birdman”-like Tracking-Shot Timelapse of Earth from Space

The Academy Award winning film "Birdman" used what's called tracking shot to create the sense of a seamless one-shot film.…

10 years ago

25 Years Since Voyager’s ‘Pale Blue Dot’ Images

A quarter of a century has passed since NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft snapped the iconic image of Earth known as…

10 years ago

Black Moon: Why the New Moon on February 18th is Special

Did you hear the one about last month’s ‘supermoon?’ Yeah, we know. The hype was actually for an event that…

10 years ago

Catch a ‘Conjunction Triple Play’ on February 20th as the Moon Meets Venus & Mars

Fear not, the chill of late February. This Friday gives lovers of the sky a reason to brave the cold…

10 years ago

What Could Explain the Mysterious Ring in Antarctica?

Ever since its discovery was announced earlier this year, the 3 km-wide ring structure discovered on the of Antarctica has…

10 years ago

Amazing Pictures of the Underside of an Iceberg

In December 2014, designer and musician Alex Cornell traveled to Antarctica. While he saw many unique views of the Antarctic…

10 years ago

You’ve Never Seen the Phases of the Moon from This Perspective: The Far Side

Sometimes, it seems to be a cosmic misfortune that we only get to view the universe from a singular vantage…

10 years ago