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How Does Water Act In Space? [VIDEO]

Brian Scott — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:26:39 +0000

The experiment on surface tension in space using a wet washcloth is pretty cool no matter who you are.

Hear the First Song Ever Recorded On the International Space Station

Tom Blunt — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 22:23:58 +0000

Even scientists have soul! Take a listen to ‘Jewel in the Night,’ by Colonel Chris Hadfield. Here’s the link for your listening pleasure. It so happens that several of the astronauts on the International Space Station are musicians, which means that the future could be full of similar transmissions from space. Even stranger: singer Sarah [...]

National Geographic Plans to Transmit Tweets into Space

Don Deane — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:00:43 +0000

As a way to promote its show ‘Chasing UFOs’ and potentially impress aliens with our highly-advanced Twitter technology, the National Geographic Channel will broadcast tweets into the deepest recesses of space this coming August. The event will also celebrate the 35th anniversary of the “Wow!” signal, an unexplained narrowband radio signal detected by SETI in [...]

Time-lapse Footage of Earth, Seen from Space [VIDEO]

Gailen Sprague — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:22:07 +0000

It’s rare that I watch something and at the end of it play it again and again! This is one of those videos…completely and totally AWESOME!! Enjoy Many wonders are visible when flying over the Earth at night. A compilation of such visual spectacles was captured recently from the International Space Station (ISS) and set [...]

13 Surprising Ways Earth Is Just Like Newly-Discovered Planet Kepler 22b

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:14:21 +0000

We may not be alone. That’s the message from NASA, which says a new planet by the dorm room-sounding name of Kepler 22b has been discovered.Kepler 22b is reportedly a lot like Earth in that it orbits around a single star and may have water on its surface, indicating it may be the first planet with life on it ever discovered.

But did you know there are other similarities between the two? Here are some other features of Kepler 22b that are eerily similar to Earth:

What Did 9/11 Look Like From Space? [PICTURE]

Dylan Schenker — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:16:18 +0000

The Twin Towers were enormous buildings and the attacks of 9/11 were of such magnitude that people were able to see the skyline change from neighboring states and camera-equipped satellites were even able to capture the aftermath from space. This photo was taken by an enhanced thematic mapper camera on NASA’s Landsat 8 on at [...]

Massive Explosion on the Sun Caught on Video

Jordan Breindel — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:30:14 +0000

For most of us down here on earth, June 7th was a fairly typical day. If you happened to be on the sun, on the other hand, you would have been treated to one of the most massive solar explosions man has ever seen. It may not look all that big in the video — the footage was captured on an ultraviolet camera by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory — but remember, this is the sun we’re looking at here. It’s more than 100 times larger than the Earth.