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Stunning NASA image captures solar eclipse caused by Earth’s shadow
On February 11th of this year, NASA launched the Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO). The spacecraft was launched with a mission to investigate the Sun over a period of five years. Through SDO’s...
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Google Doodle shows the total lunar eclipse in real time
Though it’s no Les Paul Guitar Google Doodle, Google currently has a live doodle of the 100-minute-long lunar eclipse that has already started. Those of us in the U.S. are out of luck…
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While some scientists plan to blow up an asteroid, others want one in Earth’s...
We’ve all seen Armageddon, the popular 1998 film by Michael Bay featuring Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck. The plot of the movie revolves around these blue-collar deep-core drillers sent by NASA to stop…
View Article7 billion people will roam the Earth by March 2012
Maybe Hollywood should have made all the 2012 movies end the world in March next year, as that is when 7 Billion Person Day is estimated to happen. The infamous day that the world’s…
View Article11 meter wide asteroid passing close to Earth today
It may not count as a near miss, but there’s an asteroid passing very close to Earth today. How close? 66,000km close. That may sound like a long way away, but to give…
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Explore the entire Milky Way in your browser
The Earth is quite a big place when you’re standing on it. But in the grand scheme of things our blue planet is tiny. Take Saturn for example, which is over nine times…
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Watch the SpaceX Dragon capsule return to Earth
May 22 was a milestone for SpaceX. The company successfully managed to launch the Dragon capsule attached to a Falcon 9 rocket. The days that followed were just as exciting and culminated in…
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Make sure to catch the transit of Venus today, it won’t be back until 2117
An important event is taking place today in the world of astronomy: Venus is going to making its way between the Earth and the Sun. This will make the planet visible, in front…
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The planets of our solar system viewed in the Moon’s orbit
The other planets in our solar system vary in size quite drastically, and it’s difficult to understand just how big, or small they are in relation to our own planet Earth. Sure, we…
View ArticleStudent Intern position for asteroid mining project opens
Planetary Resources is a small startup that is focusing on asteroid exploration. The company is concentrating primarily on decreasing the cost of exploring and mining near-Earth asteroids. We know from...
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The Black Marble shows all of human civilization detailed at night
Generally known as the Blue Marble, we tend to see photos of Earth during daylight — clouds overlapping bright blue oceans and stark green and brown landmasses. We don’t see the Black Marble,…
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There may be another Earth just 12 light years away
Sun (left), Tau Ceti (right) In 2012 a scientific paper predicted we wouldn’t have to wait much longer to discover an Earth-like planet. Sure enough, a year later the Kepler spacecraft found one…
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First alien Earth expected to be discovered in 2013
Lately, it seems every year we get some news from astronomers that some kind of Earth-like planet has been found. However, we still haven’t quite found a planet that is “another Earth.” Normally,…
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Apophis asteroid to pass close to Earth today
If you’re a fan of asteroids, then the name 99942 Apophis will likely mean something to you. It’s an 885-foot-wide asteroid assumed to weigh around 2,727kg 2.7 x 1010kg. When it was discovered…
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NASA earns world record for keeping Landsat 5 in orbit 28 years
The Landsat 5 satellite was launched by NASA on March 1, 1984 to act as a backup to the previous and identical satellite Landsat 4. In both cases the satellites existed to capture…
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Animated Google Doodle celebrates revolutionary astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus
There was a time when people thought that the Earth was at the center of our solar system. We know today that it isn’t, but the first man to realize and document this…
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This gorgeous video shows what Earth looked like throughout 2012
Though 2013 is well underway, NASA has recently released a rather gorgeous video documenting what our planet looked like throughout 2012. The video wasn’t made with just, for example, a camera mounted on…
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NASA lets us watch the Sun spin for 3 years in 4 minute video
Back in February 2010 NASA launched the Solar Dynamics Observatory–a 3-axis stabilized satellite and fully redundant spacecraft that will observe the Sun for five years. It has five years of additional...
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Beautiful ‘Water in the Anthropocene’ video illustrates Earth’s next epoch
It’s not easy to visualize the global impact of modern man on our Earth. Fortunately, there’s this great video to fill in whatever gaps you may have. It’s impossible to argue with the…
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Justin Bieber set to leave Earth aboard Virgin Galactic flight
If you’re a fan of Justin Bieber you may be a bit concerned to hear he’s leaving Earth, for the rest of us who at first thought he might be returning home, the…
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