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Spectacular Earth Timelapse Video: Christmas Gift from Alexander Gerst’s 2014 ISS Voyage
http://youtu.be/lNwWOul4i9Y Video Caption: Watch the Earth roll by through the perspective of German astronaut Alexander Gerst in this 4K six-minute…
Station Astronauts Send Christmas Greetings from the International Space Station
ISS astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore, NASA, Samantha Cristoforetti, ESA and Terry Virts, NASA send Christmas 2014 greetings from the space…
Solved: The Mystery of Earth’s Theta Aurora
The mystery of the northern lights – aurora - spans time beyond history and to cultures of both the southern…
A Stunning Look at the Cliffs of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Images from space don't get more dramatic than this. Image processing wizard Stuart Atkinson zoomed in on one of the…
Rosetta’s Instruments Direct Scientists to Look Elsewhere for the Source of Earth’s Water
Where did all of our water come from? What might seem like a simple question has challenged and intrigued planetary…
The “Potsdam Gravity Potato” Shows Variations in Earth’s Gravity
People tend to think of gravity here on Earth as a uniform and consistent thing. Stand anywhere on the globe,…
Amazingly Detailed New Maps of Asteroid Vesta
Vesta is one of the largest asteroids in the Solar System. Comprising 9% of the mass in the Asteroid Belt,…
Alone and Confused, Philae Breaks our Hearts
I was twelve years old when Columbia disintegrated. Space exploration was not even a particular interest of mine at the time,…
Music to Celebrate the Rosetta Mission
We report on the Rosetta mission to share the news and follow the progress of the precarious-perched Philae. But sometimes it takes…
Concerns over ESA’s Data Release Policy Amidst Rosetta Comet Landing
This week, history was made as the Rosetta mission's Philae lander touched down on the surface of 67P/Churnyumov-Gerasimenko. Days before…