Behold the Blazing Splendour of the Sunflower Galaxy
Astronomers call Messier 63 the Sunflower Galaxy, because they say its spiral shape resembles the spiral of seeds at the centre of a sunflower. Read More >>
Astronomers call Messier 63 the Sunflower Galaxy, because they say its spiral shape resembles the spiral of seeds at the centre of a sunflower. Read More >>
I’d assumed the chevron stood for aeronautics, and once I heard it represented a certain constellation. But the truth is more interesting.
NASA just released the graphics standards manual behind the iconic “worm” logo as a PDF.
NASA has just published a whole set of images taken on Saturday in the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, where Lockheed Martin engineers welded together the first two segments of the Orion crew module, in preparation for Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1). See More >>
By the end of the century, billions of dollars of NASA assets could be underwater.
In this picture, you can see the silhouette of the ISS as it passed across the face of Sun on Sunday September 6th. Moving at about 5 miles per second, the image actually shows five frames that were captured during the transit, stitched together as a composite.
Science fiction becoming science fact.
The logo is a beloved symbol of the space agency even decades after it was retired. Now, thanks to Pentagram, you can relive the glory days of design and America’s space agency on your coffee table.
Astronomers say this view of the Andromeda Galaxy is probably similar to what the Milky Way Galaxy would look like from outside, and it was captured by a very small telescope. Read More >>
While the loss of polar sea ice is troubling, the hidden sublimation of Greenland’s ice is of greater concern.
Life on Mars may sound glamorous, but in reality it’s going to mean a lot of time crammed in a small bubble with a few other humans. This could end very badly.
How far does £111 million go in Silicon Valley? A group of more than 160 companies, schools, and government agencies are going to find out.
A newly released video depicts the seas surface height change over 22 years, and its predictions are somewhat disturbing. If you live near the coast, you might want to look away now. See more >>
It’s all due to a dispute reaching back to the 80s over best water filtration practices.
The round, bright, yellow objects near the center of this Hubble image are part of a massive galaxy cluster. If you look closely, several blue galaxies seem to form a wide circle around the cluster, and they all look strangely similar. That’s because they’re actually reflections of the same galaxy. Read More >
EXCLUSIVE: Could this asteroid destroy Earth in just SIX weeks? According to NASA, the answer is “absolutely not, you imbeciles.”
