NASA: No, There Isn't a Deadly Asteroid Heading Right For Us
EXCLUSIVE: Could this asteroid destroy Earth in just SIX weeks? According to NASA, the answer is “absolutely not, you imbeciles.”
EXCLUSIVE: Could this asteroid destroy Earth in just SIX weeks? According to NASA, the answer is “absolutely not, you imbeciles.”
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NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, or MODIS, records what’s happening on the surface of the Earth every day or two. This week that meant spying on a thick layer of smoke produced by a California wildfire. Read More >>
The saga of "The Worm" logo illustrates how humans naturally resist change — especially when it comes to design.
Forgive this spiral galaxy if it looks a little messy. It’s the survivor of a galactic collision that bent and twisted the galaxy’s original shape, according to astronomers. Read more >>
The nebula is the remnants of a supernova seen in 1054, but scientists are puzzled as to why it's expanding faster than expected.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab is working on many important pieces of technology, but perhaps none are more significant than the gecko-inspired tech that could one day be better than gaffer tape. Read more >>
UAV flights are tightly controlled Stateside, but Google managed to skirt the rules with this one weird old trick.
No one is sure so NASA is determined to find out.
Elon Musk's private space-faring venture is starting to properly take shape.
Filters aren’t just for Instagram anymore: the Cassini orbiter snapped this wide-angle shot of Saturn using an infrared filter to help scientists get a better look at clouds in the gas giant’s atmosphere. Read more >>
These are the galaxies of Hickson Compact Group 87, about 400 million light years from Earth, as seen from the mountains of Chile. Just as the planets of our solar system orbit the Sun, and all the stars in our galaxy orbit the galaxy’s centre, the galaxies of groups like HCG 87 orbit a common centre of gravity – creating a kind of cosmic, balletic dance. Read more >>
This gorgeous filtered image is a 6,000-year-old snapshot of a slowly dying star. Read More >>
Most of us will never set foot on Mars, but thanks to NASA’s unceasing public outreach campaign, we can all imagine what that’d be like.
On Monday, a batch of red romaine lettuce will be harvested from the Veggie plant growth system on the ISS orbiting laboratory. Cosmically delicious.
Curious about how life got started on Earth 3.8 billion years ago? Why not recreate ancient hydrothermal vents in the lab, and see if they produce enough juice to power a lightbulb
