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Do You Need Some Space?
Of course you do! (Who doesn't?) And so here's a wonderful tour of our Solar System to provide you with…
The Stars of Orion Seen Blazing From Orbit
The mighty hunter soars above the atmosphere in this photo, taken by NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg currently living and working…
What Is The Hottest Place on Earth?
We’ve talked about Venus, the hottest planet in the Solar System, but we know things can get pretty hot here…
Catastrophic Impacts Made Life on Earth Possible
How did life on Earth originally develop from random organic compounds into living, evolving cells? It may have relied on…
How Far is Earth from the Sun?
It’s amazing to think that for the majority of human history, we had almost no understanding about the Sun. We didn’t…
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Jupiter Bound Juno snaps Dazzling Gallery of Planet Earth Portraits
Juno Portrait of Earth This false color composite shows more than half of Earth’s disk over the coast of Argentina…
How the Moon Would Look if it Were at the Same Distance as the Space Station
This is completely impossible, but fun just the same. How would the Moon look from Earth if it orbited at…
Where Did the Earth’s Water Come From?
This question comes from Andrew Bumford and Steven Stormont. In a previous episode I’ve talked about how the entire Solar…
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Jupiter-bound Juno Probe Back in Full Operation After Earth Flyby Glitch
Juno swoops over Argentina This reconstructed day side image of Earth is one of the 1st snapshots transmitted back home…
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NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Returns 1st Flyby images of Earth while Sailing On to Jupiter
Following the speed boosting slingshot of Earth on Wednesday, Oct. 9, that sent NASA’s Juno orbiter hurtling towards Jupiter, the…