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See EPIC Views of Rotating Earth Daily from NASA’s New DSCOVR Observatory Website
At long last, beautiful new high resolution views of the rotating Earth can be seen daily by everyone at a…
Why Was September’s Lunar Eclipse So Dark?
First off, a huge thank you to everyone who made and sent their Danjon scale estimate of the totally-eclipsed Moon's brightness to…
US Braces for Cat 4 Hurricane as ‘Joaquin’ Barrels to East Coast and ULA Readies 100th Launch on Oct. 2: Watch Live
https://youtu.be/gtDL3eparOk Video caption: This animation of images captured from September 29 to October 1, 2015 from NOAA's GOES-East satellite shows…
Firefly Astronomy
Light makes life, and sometimes, life returns the favor. There’s nothing more magical than watching fireflies flit across a starlit…
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Space Weather Storm Monitoring Satellite Blasts off for Deep Space on SpaceX Rocket
After a 17 year long wait, a new American mission to monitor intense solar storms and warn of impeding space…
Amazing Pictures of the Underside of an Iceberg
In December 2014, designer and musician Alex Cornell traveled to Antarctica. While he saw many unique views of the Antarctic…
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NASA Launches Revolutionary Earth Science Satellite Measuring Soil Moisture Cycle
NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory, on a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket, is seen after the mobile…
Holiday Lights So Bright You Can See ’em from Space
Call it holiday light creep. A NASA satellite has been tracking the spread of Christmas lighting from 512 miles up…
Low On Fuel, Rainfall Satellite Slowly Spirals To Its Death In 2016
After 17 years of faithful service, the end is in sight for the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). The joint…
Earth’s Ozone Under Attack Despite Banning Destructive Compound: Study
Some bad news in the fight to protect Earth's ozone -- one of the banned compounds that attacks this protective…