For thousands of years, mankind has marveled at the majesty, even worshiped, the moon. That all ends tomorrow morning, when NASA puts the smackdown on Luna and stars blowin’ some shit up.
Of course, we’re not actually blowing up the moon, per se. I hope. The LCross Project’s mission is to find out if there is water [...]
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BTW, We’re Blowing Up the Moon Tomorrow
Newly Discovered “Dark Flow” Sucking Universe Away
At this very moment, large patches of the universe are moving at high speeds towards a specific point in space, and scientists are not entirely certain why.
A team of NASA researchers made the discovery while comparing current X-ray emission patterns of star gases to the radiation imprints left behind by the Big Bang. Whole clusters [...]
What is this White Stuff Buried on Mars?
The robotic shovel aboard the Phoenix Mars Lander has discovered some white material just below the surface of the Red Planet. NASA scientists aren’t exactly sure what it is — Ice? Salt? A buried spaceship?
It’s been three weeks since Phoenix touched ground on Mars’ north pole with the mission of finding clues as to whether or [...]
Picture of the Week: Sunset on Mars
As part of their Image of the Day series, NASA posted this beautiful image of a sunset on Mars sent by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit…
On May 19, 2005, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this stunning view as the Sun sank below the rim of Gusev crater on Mars. This Panoramic Camera mosaic was taken [...]
When Galaxies Collide!
Yowsers. Head on collisions don’t come much bigger than this – This is a picture of Arp 148, which shows a smaller, elongated galaxy blasting right throught the middle of a larger one.
A series of 59 new images of colliding galaxies has been released from the several terabytes of archived raw images from the NASA/ESA Hubble [...]
