From here on earth the night sky seems like a distant flat surface painted with countless glowing specks of light. The reality, as we know, is that...
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With the Space Shuttles flying into storage aboard their 272 piggybacks, it’s surprising to see a new dawn in space exploration, and not from...
Astronomy, Big Kids, Little Kids
Ten Amazing Photos by André Kuipers on the International Space Station
André Kuipers is a European Space Agency astronaut from The Netherlands who has spent a lot of time on the International Space Station. He is the...
Great little video tutorial for making a pin-hole solar ecliplse viewer for the eclipse on Sunday. Read more at the link below. How to Make a Solar...
Every planet in our solar system is known for something. Mars is The Red Planet, Jupiter is the Giant Planet and Earth is The Planet with Twitter. I...
Artist Rubbishmonkey has created a surreal set of art prints that feature animals, in humanoid form, in space suits. They are completely ridiculous...
Ever wonder what the land looks like when it’s covered with snow? The video above shows the snow coverage over North America over several...
From Wires Magazine: Ten years ago on March 1, the European Space Agency launched an 8-ton satellite called Envisat that would deliver back to Earth...
The places between one country and the next can be interesting places. Like with the border between Mexico and the United States, the border between...