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A map of the topography, showing the crater.
meteorites

A Massive Meteorite Crater Has Been Hiding Under Greenland's Ice

It ranks in the top 25 largest impact craters ever discovered.
Sarah Laskow November 15, 2018
A strong solar flare from 2012.
science

The Sun Set Off 4,000 Sea Mines During the Vietnam War

Only now do scientists fully understand just how strong a 1972 solar storm was.
Sarah Laskow November 14, 2018
Exterior view of a double cylinder colony.
art

Looking Back on NASA's Vivid 1970s Visions of Space Living

Feast your peepers on these artistic interpretations of a colonized cosmos.
Evan Nicole Brown November 13, 2018
European Southern Observatories in Chile.
science

Where on Earth Can You Put a Giant Telescope?

Why astronomers keep putting them in the same places.
Sarah Laskow May 25, 2023
Munich, Germany

Fraunhofer Refractor at the Deutsches Museum

The telescope that discovered Neptune.
Inside the observatory.
Munich, Germany

Volkssternwarte München

A delightful but little-known public observatory and planetarium in Munich.
Permanently Closed
Scottish Dark Sky Observatory.
East Ayrshire, Scotland

Scottish Dark Sky Observatory

This observatory within Europe's first dark sky park offers stunning views of the night sky.
Grissom Rocket Monument.
Mitchell, Indiana

Virgil I. Gus Grissom Rocket Monument

This memorial to the Mercury Seven astronaut stands at the site of his former elementary school.
The built-in magnifying glass is sure to come in handy.
meteorites

For Sale: Very, Very Tiny Pieces of the Moon

These samples of lunar soil are very expensive, too.
Jessica Leigh Hester October 31, 2018
A small amount of cremated remains are on board New Horizons, which hurtled past Pluto and toward the edge of our solar system.
death

The Grave Farthest From Earth Is on a Spacecraft Headed Out of Our Solar System

Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto, and then hitched a ride toward it.
Jessica Leigh Hester September 6, 2022
Eugene Shoemaker looking over a lunar lander model of his own making.
science

Eugene Shoemaker Is Still the Only Man Buried on the Moon

For now, anyway.
Eric Grundhauser June 28, 2022
What do you call a moon's moon?
news

What Do You Call a Moon's Moon?

The inexplicable delight of moon-moons, sub-islands, and other recursive places.
Sarah Laskow October 10, 2018
Owen Garriott working on Skylab.
news

Watch Astronauts From the 1970s Geek Out With Gyroscopes

Why are these devices so important to spacecraft?
Sarah Laskow October 9, 2018
U.S. planes dropping bombs during a 1943 training exercise above New Mexico.
military history

In World War II, Bombs Sent Shockwaves All the Way Up Into the Atmosphere

Devastation on the ground affected the sky, too.
Jessica Leigh Hester September 26, 2018
space exploration

One Family's Hidden Museum of Retro-Future Artifacts

Meet the Kleemans and their vast collection of space-age toys and ephemera.
Lizzie Philip September 25, 2018
Video • AO Docs

One Family's Private Museum of Retro-Future Artifacts

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A simulated perspective of Ahuna Mons, based on images taken from Dawn in 2016, at an altitude of 240 miles.
volcanoes

Instead of Hot Lava, These Cosmic Volcanoes Spew Ice

The dwarf planet Ceres is studded with cryovolcanoes.
Jessica Leigh Hester September 17, 2018
Do you see your favorite constellation?
maps

Behold, a Massive Knit Map of the Cosmos

Three colors of yarn, seven panels, and all 88 constellations.
Jessica Leigh Hester September 11, 2018