Six Planets from Yosemite
The five naked-eye planets, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, have been seen since ancient times to wander […]
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Ramp-Up in Antarctic Ice Loss Speeds Sea Level Rise
Ice losses from Antarctica have tripled since 2012, increasing global sea levels by 0.12 inch (3 millimeters) in […]
Red Cloudbow over Delaware
What kind of rainbow is this? In this case, no rain was involved — what is pictured is […]
NASA to Hold Media Teleconference on Martian Dust Storm, Mars ...
NASA will host a media teleconference at 1:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, June 13, to discuss a massive Martian […]
NASA Flies Large Unmanned Aircraft in Public Airspace Without Chase ...
NASA’s remotely-piloted Ikhana aircraft, based at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, successfully flew its […]
Star Size Comparison 2
How big is our Sun compared to other stars? In dramatic and popular videos featured on YouTube, the […]
First Astronaut of 2013 Class to Fly to Space Available ...
NASA astronaut Nick Hague, along with his crewmate Alexey Ovchinin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, will discuss […]
The Cats Eye Nebula from Hubble
To some, it may look like a cat’s eye. The alluring Cat’s Eye nebula, however, lies three thousand […]
Countryside Mars and Milky Way
Mars shines brightly now in planet Earth’s sky. Seen with a yellowish hue it rises over the hills […]
Fermi Science Playoffs
NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into orbit on June 11th, 2008. Its instruments detect gamma-rays — […]