Posts Tagged ‘nasa’
Incredible Images of our Amazing Star: 5 Years & 2,600 Terabytes
By Ben | science, spaceNASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is celebrating its fifth year of continuously observing the Sun. [&hellip
Animation: Pollution is never a local issue
By Ben | environment, maps, science, weather[Researchers] found that pollution from China affects cloud development in the North Pacific and strengthens [&hellip
Saturn is Beautiful.
By Ben | photography, science, spaceHoly Saturn, Batman! In perhaps one of the most beauteous pictures ever, this image was [&hellip
The Pale Blue Dot: The 2013 Cassini Edition
By Ben | photography, spaceOn July 19, 2013, NASA's Cassini spacecraft took images "using the red, green, and blue [&hellip
Wringing out Water from a Washcloth in Zero G
By Ben | science, space[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8TssbmY-GM] My initial thoughts on what would happen were pretty wrong- though once I [&hellip
The NorthEastern United States at Night
By Ben | photography, spaceby ISS Expedition 30, NASA via
Sitting Ringside with Rhea
By Ben | spaceTaken by the Cassini spacecraft in April 2011, the Saturnian moon Rhea sits on [&hellip
Spacebat: A Tribute
By Ben | animals, inspirational, internet culture, space[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gZgdlYGNJs&version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0] by Diego Camarotta, via
Exoplanets Are As Plentiful As Weeds
By Ben | infographics, science, space"NASA's Kepler mission has already found more than 100 planets, along with strong hints of [&hellip
Mars Curiosity takes its Profile Pic
By Ben | science, spaceThis is totally Curiosity's version of the duck face. APOD: 2013 February 22 - Curiosity [&hellip
Why the World Didn't End Yesterday
By Ben | scienceby NASA on YouTube
Neil Armstrong narrowly avoids death. Returns quietly to his desk to do paperwork.
By Ben | amazing tales, history, sciencefrom the Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine via Boing Boing "In his Armstrong biography First [&hellip
Keep Calm & Land on Mars
By Ben | pop culture, science, spacevia blog.makezine.org
Evolution of the Moon
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NASA Releases Updated Video Showing Temperatures Since 1880
By Ben | Uncategorizedvia ecogeek.org "Red in the video represents temperatures higher than the average during the 1950 [&hellip
Seeing Equinoxes and Solstices from Space
By Ben | Uncategorizedvia earthobservatory.nasa.gov Even more impressive: The animation. seasons_msg_2010-11_med.mov Watch on Posterous  
Shuttle leaves space station for last time
By Ben | Uncategorizedvia boingboing.net
NASA - The Frontier Is Everywhere
By Ben | Uncategorizedvia youtube.com Worth all 192 seconds. From the video's description: " got frustrated with NASA [&hellip