Earth

Videos: Two Different Satellite Views of the Big Snowstorm of 2011

To speak in the vernacular of the peasantry, this storm was a whopper. Heavy snow, ice, freezing rain, and frigid…

14 years ago

Sunrise Photos from the Edge of Space shot by College Team

[/caption] A college-age team of space and photography enthusiasts have created a fully reusable capsule that can travel autonomously to…

14 years ago

Kilauea Volcano, Up Close and Personal

[/caption] Today, NASA's Earth Observatory website featured an image of activity on the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii. The image was…

14 years ago

More Asteroids Could Have Made Life’s Ingredients

[/caption] From a NASA press release: A wider range of asteroids were capable of creating the kind of amino acids…

14 years ago

2010 Tied for Warmest Year on Record say NOAA and NASA

[/caption] Newly released scientific data shows that 2010 equals 2005 as the Earths warmest year on record over the last…

14 years ago

Spectacular Eruptions of Mt. Etna in Sicily from Space and Earth

[/caption] Spectacular eruptions from Mt Etna are spewing massive quantities of lava, smoke and ash many hundreds of meters high…

14 years ago

“Aflockalypse” — Mass Animal Deaths Now Mapped on Google

[/caption] You have to admit, the news is a little weird: 5,000 blackbirds falling dead from the sky in Arkansas;…

14 years ago

“Astrobiology” Parody Video of Ke$ha’s “We R Who We R”

Wanna get turned on by … “Astrobiology” ?? Are we alone in the universe? Well check out just this newly-released…

14 years ago

See the Changing Seasons on Earth from Space

[/caption] A new NASA webpage allows you to see – as well as share – the changing seasons here on…

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