NASA’s Curiosity Has Been On Mars For More Than 7 Years And Here Are Its 30 Best Photos
For us, mere mortals, Mars is a no man’s land where survival seems like a distant dream. After all, no man has ever walked on...
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The Unsung 3rd Member of the Apollo 11 Crew Reflects on the 50th Anniversary
On July 21st, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to ever set foot on the moon. The third member of the...
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Artist Stitches 50,000 Photos Into One Incredible Composite of the Moon
Photographer Andrew McCarthy has created one of the most beautiful images of the moon you will ever see. Stitched and stacked from nearly 50,000 images of...
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A tiny satellite says goodbye to Mars with gorgeous new photo
Parting is such sweet sorrow. A farewell photo taken by a tiny satellite shows its final view of Mars as it flew by the red...
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A 19-mile-long crack has opened up on the vulnerable Antarctic coast. What’s next?
Over a matter of days in late September, Stef Lhermitte watched via satellite as a new, massive crack formed along the edge of Antarctica’s Pine...
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Putting the Pillars of Creation Into Perspective
Pillars of Creation is one of the most famous photographs ever taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. In this amended version by reddit user TopalthePilot we get an appreciation...
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Big test coming up for tiny satellites trailing Mars lander
A pair of tiny experimental satellites trailing NASA’s InSight spacecraft all the way to Mars face their biggest test yet. Their mission: Broadcast immediate news,...
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Holding Pieces of the Moon and Mars on Earth
Sarah Hörst, an Assistant Prof of Planetary Science at Johns Hopkins University, recently got to hold a piece of the Moon and Mars in her...
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Cosmic Collision Forges Galactic Ring
How could a galaxy become shaped like a ring? The rim of the blue galaxy pictured on the right is an immense ring-like structure 150,000 light years in diameter...
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Impossibly detailed views of Earth from space at night and day
Nothing makes me feel more connected to the rest of the human race than seeing the Earth from space at night. National borders vanish, and...
