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Super Bowl Cities Seen From Space
[/caption] If you live in or are from the US, you probably know that today is Super Bowl Sunday. Whatever…
NASA’s Blue Marble…Side B.
[/caption] In response to last week's incredibly popular "Blue Marble" image, NASA and NOAA have released a companion version, this…
Astronomy Cast – Episode 247: The Ages of Things
This is going to be one of the "how we know what we know" kind of shows. How do scientist…
Our Picks of Best Space and Astronomy Images from 2011
[/caption] 2011 was a picturesque year! The year brought us new discoveries, a new supernova, the end of an era…
Fires in the Sky, Fires on the Ground
[/caption] With all of the activity that's been occurring on the Sun recently, the aurorae have been exceptionally bright…
Comet Elenin: Just Passing By
[/caption] It starts out innocently enough: a small speck against a field of background stars, barely noticeable in the image…
Bringing the Solar System Down to Earth
As a part of NASA's ongoing Year of the Solar System – which is actually a single Martian year long, or…
Message in a Wobble: Black Holes Send Memos in Light
[/caption] Imagine a spinning black hole so colossal and so powerful that it kicks photons, the basic units of light,…
Apollo 12 anniversary celebrated at Martian Crater as Opportunity blazes ahead
[/caption] NASA recently celebrated the anniversary of the historic Apollo 12 lunar landing mission with another history making craft -…
Star Cluster
[/caption] There are few things in astronomy more awe inspiring and spellbinding than the birth of a star. Even though…