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Science / Space

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Picture of the Week – A Newly Restored Photo of the Earth and Moon

This week’s Picture of the Week is the Earth as seen from the Moon, circa 1966.Thinking ahead, NASA sent five missions up to photograph the moon

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Seeing Stars About Overhead Projectors

The Large Magellanic Cloud, NASA

Loud and Clear Department: Intergalactic Telegrams

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The Universe Has Its Secrets; We’ve Got Science Rap

Hat tip to Bad Astronomy, who is currently on something of a lunar bender owing to Apollo 11′s 40th anniversary and an actual time-lapse, color video of the moon crossing in front of the Earth.

Fly Me to the Moon

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Space Fashion

Maybe Life Arrived from Beyond the Stars, Says Meteorite

Coming Soon to a Cineplex Far, Far Away

Bright Moon, Warm Earth?

“Tinkerbell” in Southern Skies

Absolute Zero

Why Is A Negative Number Called Absolute Zero?

Hubble Gets Tucked In

Happy Hubbledays!

Posted from Christchurch, New Zealand

Head Toward the Light

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Space Looks Cool, But What Does It Sound Like?

A Field Guide to Supernovas

The Willamette Meteorite is on view at the Natural History Museum.

Going Once…Going Twice…

Dancing With the Stars

The Red Planet

It’ll Still Be Called “The Red Planet”

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Red Rover, Red Rover

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