Astronomy
Where Did the Word Asteroid Really Come From?
It wasn't until the 1850's that the word was accepted by scientists. Today, we use the word all the time. We just credit the wrong guy for its invention
This Baby Rogue Planet Is Wandering the Universe All by Itself
This planet, six times bigger than Jupiter, is sailing through space just 80 light-years away
This Is Mars in Extremely High Resolution
French designer Xavier Barral pored over 30,000 images taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's HiRISE camera, selecting the most appealing for his book
5 Smithsonian Scientific Research Projects Shut Down by the Shutdown
The federal government shutdown has affected astronomy, paleontology fieldwork and research into animal behavior at the Smithsonian
NASA Found Propene, the Chemical Used to Make Your Tupperware, on One of Saturn’s Moons
This new discovery fills in a gap in that chemical line-up, though experts suspect that many more molecular surprises await
Former Grateful Dead Drummer Mickey Hart Composes Music from the Sounds of the Universe
Hart teams up with a Nobel Prize-winning cosmologist to translate light and electromagnetic waves into octaves humans can hear
Get Paid $18,000 to Stay in Bed for Two Months, For Science
If your skill is staying in bed for extremely extended periods of time, well the perfect job for you has just opened up
Europe’s Space Agency Is Going to Harpoon a Comet And Ride It Into the Sun
A three billion mile hunt will climax soon when Rosetta, quite literally, harpoons a comet
NASA’s Captured the Intricate Beauty of the Dark Side of the Moon in One Short Video
Watch this time lapse trip all the way around the Moon
Here’s What We Thought Earth Would Look Like from Space
Before we actually went to space, we had some ideas about what Earth might look like
Yes, Astronauts Are Afraid to Go to Space
Actual astronauts never seem afraid to piece the atmosphere and plunge into the icy depths beyond our planet, but they are
These Beautiful 16th Century Watercolors Illustrate the History of Comets And Meteors
Today, studying comets and meteors involves billions of dollars worth of equipment and teams from all over the world
Hey, Eastern Seaboard! Look Up, You’re About to See a Rocket Launch
A new orbiter is going to the Moon, and it's launching from Virginia
The Star Tau Boo Flips Its Magnetic Field, Too
Scientists watched the magnetic field of a star 51 light years away flip back and forth
The Moon Had Water Since the Day It Was Born
The Moon was birthed from the Earth—a blob of molten rock sent spiraling off into space in the aftermath of a massive collision 4.5 billion years ago
Luca Parmitano Shared Exactly How It Feels to Start Drowning in Space
During a spacewalk, the Italian astronaut's helmet filled with water
This Astronomer Recreated Starry Night with Hubble Space Photos
Alex Parker used the top 100 images from the Hubble Space telescope to create his rendition of Starry Night
HUGE News From the Zoo: Three New Elephants Are Moving In
Three female Asian elephants will come to the National Zoo from the Calgary Zoo in spring of 2014
Cosmic Portraits Created From Hubble Space Telescope Images
Sergio Albiac generates images of people by collecting their head shots and replacing pixels with snippets from pictures of stars and galaxies
These 1,397 Asteroids Are Pretty Darn Close to Earth, But NASA’s Not Worried
Nearly every potential impact event in the next century qualifies as having "no likely consequences"
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