How astronomers discovered signs of a massive, two-million-year-old “burp” at the Milky Way’s core
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Running in Space!
While in space, NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg demonstrates how to run on a treadmill
Window on Infinity: Pictures from Space
From nebulas to the northern lights, our roundup of cosmic views from August 2013.
The Kepler Space Telescope May Be Dead, But Its Planet-Hunting Mission Continues
NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has scouted out thousands of potential new planets. A malfunction may have halted space operations, but new discoveries will keep flowing from the project’s ocean of data
Star Wars: Images of the Perseid Meteor Shower
Every summer about this time of year, the Earth passes through the orbital path of the Swift-Tuttle comet, creating one of the most reliable and spectacular star shows of the year: the Perseid meteor shower.
National Parks on the Moon? It’s an Excellent Idea
Forty-four years after the first moon walk, a bill before Congress would protect the Apollo landing sites as historical parks — and remind us of what we once were
How Green Is My Valley? New Satellite Imagery Shows Changes in Earth’s Vegetation
Satellite imagery reveals a green, breathing planet — but one under threat from human activity
NASA’s Proposed Asteroid Capture Mission Animation
The best two things you can say about this video NASA just posted of its proposed asteroid capture mission is that it’s insanely cool to watch and it will cost you only 4 minutes and 42 seconds of your life. The worst you can say is that it will cost taxpayers billions of dollars in development costs before it is ultimately discarded as …
Revealed: The Awesome Explanation for the Moon’s Extra Gravity
Hint: it involves lemon meringue pie!
What It’s Like to Go to Mars
Pro tip: watch out for radiation