While in space, NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg demonstrates how to run on a treadmill
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Window on Infinity: Pictures from Space
From nebulas to the northern lights, our roundup of cosmic views from August 2013.
10 Years of Weather in 3 Minutes
NOAA retires the GOES-12 satellite, which has monitored weather along the U.S. East Coast for more than a decade. Here’s everything GOES saw—sped up.
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.
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
Window on Infinity: Pictures from Space
From a hurricane on Saturn to the Horsehead Nebula and a whole moon rising over New York City’s skyline, our roundup of cosmic views from April 2013.
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All Eyes on the World: A Look Back at NASA’s Best Views of Earth
On a blue-sky day, it’s easy to look up into the far-reaching atmosphere and marvel at the wonders that it holds — and not even realize that anything is staring back at you. But in reality, fleets of satellites and aerospace …