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The Psychedelic Moon Maps of the 1970s

Ella Morton August 24, 2015
disasters

100 Wonders: The Tunguska Event

Dylan Thuras August 18, 2015
space exploration

Fleeting Wonders: Watch Astronauts Taste Space Lettuce For The First Time

Cara Giaimo August 10, 2015
space exploration

FOUND: Aurorae 1 Million Times Brighter Than Any on Earth

Sarah Laskow July 30, 2015
space exploration

Why Russian Astronauts Pee on a Bus Tire Before Launching Into Space, and Other Pre-Flight Rituals

Ella Morton July 29, 2015
science

The Complete Guide to Escaping Earth's Gravitational Pull

Eric Grundhauser July 24, 2015
space exploration

FOUND: Pluto's Icy Plains

Sarah Laskow July 20, 2015
space exploration

Paparazzi Pictures of Pluto: How Planetary Fly-Bys Work

Jeremy Berke July 14, 2015
space exploration

Hidden Wonders of the Digital World: EVE Online

Eric Grundhauser July 10, 2015
space exploration

Hey NASA, Where Are the Records for Thousands of Space Shuttle Tiles? This Man Wants to Know

Cara Giaimo July 8, 2015
The Grave of Miss Baker
Huntsville, Alabama

The Grave of Miss Baker

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.
space exploration

The Greatest Show of the Summer is the Sun

Sarah Laskow June 29, 2015
space exploration

FOUND: A 3-Mile-Tall Pyramid Mountain, in Space

Sarah Laskow June 24, 2015
The park
Warren, Ohio

Neil Armstrong First Flight Memorial

The site of Neil Armstrong's first flight is marked by a full on replica of the moon landers.
space exploration

FOUND: A Jupiter-Sized Exoplanet, Discovered by a Teenager

Sarah Laskow June 11, 2015
Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
La Palma, Spain

Roque de los Muchachos Observatory

This mountaintop observatory is home to one of the world's largest reflective telescopes.
space exploration

The Large Plasma Tubes Above the Earth's Atmosphere

George Dvorsky June 5, 2015
space exploration

50 Years Ago, the First American Walked in Space, And He Didn't Want to Stop

Cara Giaimo June 3, 2015