Earth

View from Orbit of a Huge White Sands Dust Storm

[/caption] It’s clear from this image of why a region in New Mexico, USA is called ‘White Sands.’ The dust…

13 years ago

Antarctica’s Ice Being Eaten Away From Below

Data collected from a NASA ice-watching satellite reveal that the vast ice shelves extending from the shores of  western Antarctica…

13 years ago

Ancient Asteroids Kept Pelting Earth in a ‘Late-Late’ Heavy Bombardment

[/caption] Even though the Late Heavy Bombardment is somewhat of a controversial idea, new research has revealed this period of…

13 years ago

Earthrise, Revisited

On December 24, 1968, Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, William Anders and Jim Lovell were the first humans to witness…

13 years ago

Earth Day Timelapse

In honor of Earth Day, enjoy this beautiful timelapse compiled by science educator James Drake, who put together one of…

13 years ago

How Big Was Monday’s CME?

This big! The M1.7-class flare that erupted from active region 1461 on Monday, April 16 let loose an enormous coronal…

13 years ago

Is This The Last Image From Envisat?

[/caption] The European Space Agency's venerable Envisat satellite may have sent back its final image, according to recent news from…

13 years ago

Intelligent Alien Dinosaurs?

I for one welcome our alien dinosaur overlords…maybe. Dinosaurs once roamed and ruled the Earth. Is it possible that similar…

13 years ago

What’s the Moon Made Of? Earth, Most Likely.

[/caption] Recent research on lunar samples has shown that the Moon may be made of more Earth than green cheese…

13 years ago

Dubai’s Island Version of the World, As Seen from Space

[/caption] Usually astronauts have to go much farther away than low Earth orbit to see the entire world in one…

13 years ago