Enter NASA’s “Cassini Scientist for a Day” Essay Contest
NASA has announced “Cassini Scientist for a Day” – An essay contest for students in grades 5-12. Click here to see the flyer. You have an opportunity to be a scientist for a day by telling NASA which...
View ArticleNASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day
NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day is exactly what it sounds like: NASA uploads a picture of the cosmos every single day and they are amazing. “Each day a different image or photograph of our...
View ArticleThe Strangest Things Ever Shot Into Space
Deli meat, golf clubs, and money are just a few of the random objects astronauts have carried with them into orbit. The Scientific American Space Lab YouTube channel gives us the deets on their top...
View ArticleNASA’s High Def Earth Viewing Cam
Live streaming video by Ustream We’re nuts for live cams, but this takes ‘em to a whole new level (230 miles from Earth’s surface, roughly). Thanks to NASA’s new High Definition Earth Viewing...
View ArticleA Little About — The Moons of Mars
The Kurzgesagt YouTube channel recently posted this cool video about the moons of Mars: The Martian moon Phobos passes in front of Deimos, as viewed by the Curiosity rover. Phobos is the larger of the...
View ArticleHow Bones Change in Microgravity
A Russian space agency rescue team helps Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata to get off the capsule of the Russian Soyuz. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, Pool) Three astronauts who had spent six months aboard...
View ArticleNew Crew Floats Into the Space Station
A new crew has made it safely to the International Space Station and it’s a reminder to us that one doesn’t simply stroll into the ISS, your float into it! It’s also heartwarming to see that at the...
View ArticleKhan Academy & NASA Announce Collaboration
We were pretty excited this week to hear that NASA and Khan Academy have joined forces. This new section of Khan Academy contains a series of tutorials on astronomy and space exploration developed in...
View ArticleNASA’s Earth Day ‘Global Selfie’ Mosaic
On Earth Day this year, NASA asked people all around the world a simple question – “Where are you on Earth Right Now?” From NASA: We asked people to answer the question on social media, with a selfie....
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