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Astronauts Wax Poetic About Seeing Earth from Space

Astronauts have tried to explain the view of Earth from space, with many saying that there just aren't the words…

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Watch Sprite Lightning Flash at 10,000 frames Per Second

Mysterious red sprite lightning is intriguing: sprites occur only at high altitudes above thunderstorms, only last for a thousandth of…

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This Is What Leaving Earth Behind Really Looks Like

Prepare yourself for some goosebumps. The Mercury spacecraft MESSENGER took this series of images of Earth eight years ago today…

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30 Years of City Growth Seen From Space

Since the launch of its first satellite in 1972, the eight NASA/USGS Landsat satellites have made the longest continuous observations…

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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…

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The New Trailer for “Gravity” Depicts a Dizzying Disaster… in Orbit!

If you've ever been involved in one, you know that even a minor vehicle accident is a confusing and scary…

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Could Cassini See You On “The Day The Earth Smiled?”

So along with the rest of the world, you smiled. You waved. You went outside on July 19, wherever you…

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Sneak Peeks of the Earth and Saturn Panorama from Cassini on July 19

The Day the Earth Smiled: Sneak Preview In this rare image taken on July 19, 2013, the wide-angle camera on…

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What the Earth and Moon Look Like From Saturn

Did you smile and wave at Saturn on Friday? If you did (and even if you didn't) here's how you…

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