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The Earth's layers, showing the Inner and Outer Core, the Mantle, and Crust. Credit: discovermagazine.com

What is the Temperature of the Earth’s Crust?

16 Sep , 2016 by

As Earth’s outermost layer, the temperature of its crust varies considerably, depending on where it is measured from and various other factors.
Volcano Vesuvius. Image credit: Pastorius

What is the Difference Between Active and Dormant Volcanoes?

16 Sep , 2016 by

Whether a volcano is active or dormant is complicated, as these geological features can have very long lifespans that go far beyond human reckoning.

Weekly Space Hangout – Sept 16, 2016: Universe Sandbox

16 Sep , 2016 by Video

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guests: This week’s guests will be the Universe Sandbox Developers Dan Dixon (Project Lead & Creator) and Jenn Seiler (Astrophysicist & Developer). Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (MorganRehnberg.com / @MorganRehnberg) Dave Dickinson (www.astroguyz.com / @astroguyz) Kimberly Cartier ( KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier ) Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Nicole Gugliucci (cosmoquest.org / […]

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Mars as seen from Earth on June 13, 2016. Credit and copyright: Damian Peach.

Incredible Images of Mars from Earth

16 Sep , 2016 by

What did you do during your summer this year? Award-winning astrophotographer Damian Peach spent much of his 2016 summer capturing incredibly clear images of Mars during opposition, when the Red Planet was closest to Earth. Peach has now compiled a wonderful “rotating planet” movie of images taken between June 4th – 18th, 2016, showing amazing […]
Comet 332P breakup. Credit: NASA, ESA, and D. Jewitt (UCLA)

Hubble Captures The Sharpest Image Of A Disintegrating Comet Ever

16 Sep , 2016 by

Comets crack up regularly, but rarely do we get a front row seat to watch one disintegrate before our eyes. Thanks to Hubble, we have the sharpest photos of this catastrophic event yet.
Dramatic hillside view showing sloping buttes and layered outcrops within of the Murray Buttes region on lower Mount Sharp from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover. This photo mosaic is stitched and cropped from Mastcam camera raw images taken on Sol 1454, Sept. 8, 2016, with added artificial sky. Credit: NASA/JPL/MSSS/Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/Marco Di Lorenzo

Spectacular Panoramas from Curiosity Reveal Layered Martian Rock Formations Like America’s Desert Southwest

15 Sep , 2016 by

The most stunning panoramic vistas likely ever snapped by NASA’s Curiosity rover reveal spectacularly layered Martian rock formations in such exquisite detail that they look and feel just like America’s desert Southwest landscapes. They were just captured a week ago and look like a scene straight out of the hugely popular science fiction movie ‘The Martian’ – only they are real !!

Artist's drawing a black hole (Cygnus X-1) as it pulls matter from a blue star beside it. Credits: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss

Have We Really Just Seen The Birth Of A Black Hole?

15 Sep , 2016 by

According to a recent study by a team from Ohio State University, astronomers may have witnessed the formation of a black hole for the first time
The edge of space. Credit: NASA

How High is Space?

15 Sep , 2016 by Video

Where our atmosphere ends and space begins has been the subject of debate for some time. But thanks to decades of exploration, we have a working definition.

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Credit: Alan Dyer / AmazingSky.com

The Lowdown on September’s Harvest Moon

15 Sep , 2016 by

Friday night will feature a big orange Harvest Moon rising in the eastern sky at sunset. You don’t want to miss it.

SpaceX is renovating Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center for launches of the Falcon Heavy and human rated Falcon 9. Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com

SpaceX Hopes for Falcon 9 Return to Flight in November; Shotwell

15 Sep , 2016 by

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL – Less than two weeks after a still mysterious launch pad explosion utterly destroyed a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket during testing on Sept. 1, the bold and seemingly undaunted firm is already setting its sights on a ‘Return to Flight’ launch as early as November of this year, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said Tuesday.

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