Science

New Recipe For Saturn’s Orangey Moon Titan Is ‘Aromatic’ And Hazy

What's in all that browny orangey stuff in the atmosphere around Titan? It's a question that scientists have been trying…

11 years ago

Awesome Radar Images Reveal Asteroid 2014 HQ124’s Split Personality

  On June 8, the 370-meter (about 1,300-ft.) asteroid 2014 HQ124 breezed by Earth at a distance of just 800,000 miles (1.3…

11 years ago

Jill Tarter Video: From Searching For Aliens To Helping Hollywood Stars, And Back Again

Imagine you're a researcher at a cocktail party. You meet Carl Sagan (Carl Sagan!) and he hands you a novel. And…

11 years ago

Zoom, Zoom, Zoom: Gorgeous Warp Ship Design Delights The Internet

"Let me take you on a little trip ... we're gonna travel faster than light," the Kinks sang 42 years ago.…

11 years ago

Captain HiRISE, Space Detective Beams Martian History Album To Earth

Mars, that ever-changing and beautiful Red Planet practically next door to us, is one of the most well-studied places humans…

11 years ago

Think You’re A King Of The Nerds? Here’s A Show You Can Apply To

So you know the difference between a bat'leth and a Batmobile, or you can win any board game you get your…

11 years ago

Asteroid 2014 KH39 Zips Just 1.1 LD from Earth – Watch it LIVE June 3

Got any plans Tuesday? Good. Keep them but know this. That day around 3 p.m. CDT (20:00 UT) asteroid 2014 KH39 will silently…

11 years ago

New Supernova Pops in Bright Galaxy M106 in the ‘Hunting Dogs’

A supergiant star exploded 23.5 million years ago in one of the largest and brightest nearby galaxies. This spring we…

11 years ago

Potential Weekend Meteor Shower Will Pelt the Moon Too!

If the hoped-for meteor blast materializes this Friday night / Saturday morning (May 23-24) Earth won't be the only world getting…

11 years ago

If Pigs Could Fly – A Quick Guide to Solar Halos and Other Curiosities

Call it a porcine occultation. It took nearly a year but I finally got help from the ornamental pig in…

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