Astronomy
This Stunning Photo of the Milky Way Could Carpet An Entire Apartment
A beautiful, zoomable, nine-gixapixel photo of the central Milky Way
October 24, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
Will NASA’s Newest Crowdsourcing Gambit End with a Curiosity or a COLBERT?
NASA needs your help naming its new research facility
October 23, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
The Best Graphics That Make You Realize You Don’t Know How Big Anything Actually Is
Here are the best scale visualizations out there, starting with the classic Powers of Ten video that melted the faces of everyone alive in 1977
October 22, 2012 |
By Rose Eveleth
Either Curiosity Is Shedding Or Mars Is Covered in Weird Shiny Particles
After an unknown object turned out to be nothing but plastic, scientists were surprised to find more shiny things buried in the dirt
October 17, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
Feel Like You’re Flying at Warp Speed: Watch This Video of Stacked-Up Space Photos
A unique time-lapse technique turns familiar views into psychedelic art
October 17, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
X-Ray Telescope Puts Glorious Nebulae in New Light
Composite images show stunning nebula in a new way
October 11, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
One Tiny Piece of Space Debris Can Destroy a Satellite
Roughly 21,000 pieces of space junk orbit near the Earth
October 05, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
Events October 5-7: Mrs. Judo, Staring at the Sun and Chamber Society Music
This weekend, a 99-year old judo legend, a scientist who studies the sun and a season-opener with the Smithsonian Chamber Music Society.
October 04, 2012 |
By Leah Binkovitz
This Is What Happens When a Black Hole Eats a Black Hole
A super-computer simulation calculates what happens when two black holes merge
October 03, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
Scientists Identify the Edge of a Massive Black Hole for the First Time
New data from another galaxy's black hole allows researchers to study the "event horizon" beyond which no matter can escape
October 02, 2012 |
By Leah Binkovitz
Curiosity Nails It: Mars Used to Have Flowing Water
Scientists report what they suggest is the best evidence yet that water flowed on Mars
September 27, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
It’s Now Legal for Early American Astronauts to Sell Their Space Toothbrushes
A new law lays out the details of who owns souvenirs from the early space era
September 27, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
Carved From Meteorite, This Thousand-Year-Old Statue Was Taken From Tibet by the Nazi SS
Crafted from a meteorite fragment, Nazis may have taken this early Tibetan relic because it displayed a swastika
September 27, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
If We Had Followed This Plan, We’d Be Living on Mars By Now
If you think Curiosity is exciting, imagine where we could have been if someone had put these guys in charge
September 25, 2012 |
By Rose Eveleth
Top 5 “Science Done Right” Moments in Movies
Directors take note: scientist and author David Kirby commends the accuracy in these popular films
September 21, 2012 |
By Megan Gambino
Top 5 “Science Done Wrong” Moments in Movies
From asteroids to cloning, author and scientist David Kirby weighs in
September 19, 2012 |
By Megan Gambino
A Solar Eclipse, As Seen From the Surface of Mars
Advances in space exploration has changed the way we see eclipses
September 18, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
Mysterious Spheres on Mars Are ‘Crunchy on the Outside’ And ‘Softer in the Middle’
Opportunity had found an unusual rock formation on Mars
September 17, 2012 |
By Mary Beth Griggs
International Space Station Cameras Will Bring Earth to You, Live, 24/7
Two HD video cameras will stream free live video back from space
September 17, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
50 Years Ago, JFK Sent Us to the Moon
President Kennedy bolstered American support for his mission to the Moon with a speech at Rice University 50 years ago today
September 12, 2012 |
By Colin Schultz
