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Earth from the ISS: time lapse video
Watch this amazing time-lapse video of Earth shot from the low-Earth orbit of the International Space Station. Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.
Posted in Class Topics, Science News
Tagged astronomy, Earth, international space station, ISS
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Crazy storm on Saturn!
NASA’s Cassini probe is currently orbiting Saturn and taking close-up pictures. You can clearly see Saturn’s rings and stripes. About a year ago, on December 5th 2010, a tiny storm was noticed. By January, it had encircled the entire planet. … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, atmosphere, cassini, NASA, saturn, storms, weather
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A planet is born!
With new telescope technology, we are discovering more and more planets in other star systems. It’s hard to find inner planets because they are so close to their stars that they are blocked by their star’s powerful light. But by … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, extrasolar planets, planetesimal, planets, star systems
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The world’s lightest material?
Scientists have invented a way of manufacturing hollow tubes of metal using nanotechnology. The tubes have walls a thousand times thinner than a human hair. The material is so lightweight, it can be placed on top of a dandelion without … Continue reading
A shadow on the sky!
Since I just posted about an amazing photo of a volcano, I thought I’d post these cool pictures of Mt. Ranier casting a shadow up on the sky! It only happens when the sun rises farther to the south as … Continue reading
Amazing photo of a volcano
This amazing photo of the Puyehue-Cortón Caulle volcano eruption was one of Natural Geographic’s favorite photos last month. Notice how lightning is attracted to the plume of ash and smoke. Very cool.
Was human life on Earth almost destroyed by a comet 130 years ago?
Mexican astronomer José Bonilla noticed hundreds of fuzzy objects passing in front of the sun in August 1883. At the time, Bonilla had no idea what he was looking at. All he knew was that over a period of about … Continue reading
Could online gamers cure AIDS?
Video-game players have solved a molecular puzzle that stumped scientists for years, and those scientists say the accomplishment could point the way to crowdsourced cures for AIDS and other diseases. One of the problems with studying tiny proteins is that … Continue reading
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Tagged AIDS, citizen science, computers, crowdsourcing, gaming, medicine, news, online, research, virus
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Jupiter's missing belt
The major dark band in Jupiter’s southern hemisphere has disappeared! Amateur astronomers noticed that it was fading a few months ago, but since then Jupiter has been behind the Sun, invisible from Earth. When it reemerged, the band was almost … Continue reading
Space Shuttle Atlantis's final mission
The picture above is an amazing photo showing the space shuttle Atlantis about to dock with the International Space Station on its final mission. They passed in front of the sun for a half-second and a photographer in Spain was … Continue reading