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Strange Lights are not UFO's Just Atmospheric Red Sprites 27 Aug 2013 | 06:48 am
Is it a bird, is it a plane, is it a UFO? Strange lights in the sky are being closely watched by atmospheric scientists. Dubbed red sprites by researchers, these dancing fairies-of-the-clouds are som...
A New View of Orion 27 Aug 2013 | 06:31 am
This new view of the Orion A star-formation cloud from ESA's Herschel space observatory shows the turbulent region of space that hugs the famous Orion Nebula. The nebula lies about 1500 light years f...
Inspiring Creative Thinking About Space Settlements 26 Aug 2013 | 11:42 pm
The Elysium film has reignited interest in the concept of human settlers living off the surface of our planet inside enormous space stations and extensive colonies. Film director Neill Blomkamp's Ely...
NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 23 August 2013 26 Aug 2013 | 09:21 pm
Post Russia Extravehicular Activity (EVA) 35 Status: Following yesterdays 5 hour and 58 minute EVA, the ISS Crew went to sleep an hour later than usual. Today the entire crew woke up an hour late and...
Rim Fire in California 26 Aug 2013 | 07:34 pm
The Rim Fire began in California on August 17, 2013. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. This fire is treacherous and has tripled in size in the last few days to now over 106,000 acres...
Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia 26 Aug 2013 | 06:09 pm
The Great Sandy Strait is an estuary that separates the mainland coastline of the state of Queensland, Australia, from neighboring Fraser Island. The mainland side of the Strait includes the city of ...
This Week @NASA: New Explorers, New Roadmap 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
A big week for NASA's newest astronaut candidates ... chosen from more 6-thousand applicants, the group of eight arrived at Johnson Space Center to begin training for future missions and were introduc...
NASA Remembers Neil Armstrong 26 Aug 2013 | 08:25 am
One year after his death, NASA is remembering Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on another world. As part of the tribute, Grammy-nominated artist Eric Brace, with some vid...
After 10 Years of Service NOAA Retires GOES-12 Satellite 24 Aug 2013 | 08:48 pm
GOES-12 has seen it all, from Hurricane Katrina that hit the Gulf Coast in 2005, to the Christmas blizzard that crippled the Central United States in 2009. It even traveled south of the equator to pro...
An Asteroid and the Orion Nebula 23 Aug 2013 | 09:48 pm
This image shows the potentially hazardous near-Earth object 1998 KN3 (top-upper-left yellow-green dot) as it zips past a cloud of dense gas and dust near the Orion nebula. NEOWISE, the asteroid-hunt...
