Science Buzz This is it! The proof we've been waiting for that non-indigenous life forms have visited Mars.
We’ve known NASA has been lying to us for decades. We just didn’t know the extent of their deception until now.
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/01/dooms...
What would the president have said if the astronauts had become stranded on the moon? These speeches aren’t alternate history; they are actual documents that were luckily never needed.
Science Buzz NASA’s just published its “most amazing highest resolution image of Earth ever” in a photograph called “Blue Marble.” Check out the 8000x8000-pixel image here if the one below isn’t large enough for you.
Science Buzz Cosmic portraits of awe and wonderment to make you feel either existentially insignificant or sublimely at one with the universe. Or you'll just go, “Whoa.”
http://www.tecca.com/news/2012/01/09/nasa-venus-test-chamber
Men are from Mars, women are from…California? It’s been nearly 30 years since a country sent a lander on a mission to Venus but scientists at NASA are hoping to change that.
http://www.tecca.com/news/2012/01/05/nasa-lava-nyamuragir...
Auroras and city lights aren't the only things on Earth visible from space. The images below show the Nyamuragira Volcano and its surrounding areas during a recent eruption.
Science Buzz Daniel Burbank is the commander of the International Space Station, so he's seen some awe-inspiring things in space. But nothing, he said, was as amazing as this. (via photoblog.msnbc.msn.com)
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Call me Ishmael. The icy minerals found on comets could potentially help scientists unlock the secrets of the universe if they could only land the big one.
The Lunar Module Systems Activation Checklist Book from the Apollo 13 mission was sold at auction last night. Anyone else think the winning bidder got a good deal?
http://coedmagazine.com/2011/11/28/red-planet-day-mars-mo...
Pffft, whatever science. When NASA tells us there’s nothing on Mars we scoff because, thanks to “Total Recall”, we know there’s not only life, but three-breasted life.
http://theweek.com/article/index/221865/the-curiosity-rov...
Go forth, young robot, and learn. Let’s break down the rover’s ambitious and costly trek to Mars in an attempt to find microbial life by the numbers.
Science Buzz No longer shall we be fettered by the limited human vision spectrum! Using their new Solar Dynamics Observatory, NASA is now uploading daily photos of the sun in wide range of ultraviolet and x-ray wavelengths.
Science Buzz This video takes you on a space tour of the Southern Lights, from south of Madagascar to just north of Australia over the Indian Ocean, in just 13 seconds. (via motherjones.com)
Science Buzz Irene looks so enormous and scary when viewed from 230 miles above the Earth. (via theatlantic.com)
Science Buzz Miraculously does not immediately kill entire crew. Science, we need to have a serious discussion about how everything you're doing is trying to kill us.
Science Buzz Apparently Hubble's camera isn't a point and shoot. Each image is composed of several photos which are compiled and modified with image editing software. This video shows how it's done. I don't know about you but knowing how heavily Photoshopped each image is kind of loses a bit of the magic for me.
Science Buzz When NASA's Juno probe leaves Earth this Friday for Jupiter, there will be three very special aluminum friends hopping a ride. This just in: NASA is sending a probe to Jupiter this Friday. Which proves that just because the shuttle is grounded for a few years, it's no reason to stop exploring our cosmic neighborhood. (Via space.com & GeekDad)