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Science Art: Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturn’s Enceladus, by Cassini.
Click to embiggen vastly This is Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons that might harbor life. That nearly geometric blue pattern on its surface is called […]
Science Art: 3D movie taken by the Terrain Camera (TC) of KAGUYA (SELENE) during its maneuvered falling to the Moon.), Japanese Space Agency JAXA.
(Larger version here.) This is the Japanese lunar probe Kayuga (Selene) crashing into the Moon. More specifically, this is a 3D rendering of data sent […]
Science Art: Sunrise Over Saturn and its Rings, W00018160.jpg, 2006
Click to embiggen slightly On September 15, 2006, the Cassini Space Probe had its historic rendezvous with Saturn, giving us – five days later – […]
Oops. Uh, sorry, Martians.
“Oops,” of course, is a word that means science is going about its job correctly, because by discovering mistakes we learn what works and what […]
Paul Calle’s Apollo sketches
In 1969, NASA artist Paul Calle followed the Apollo astronauts as they prepared to climb into a capsule and ride a rocket to the moon. […]
Science Art: S125-E-007900 (Canary Islands Vortices), STS-125 Shuttle Mission Imagery
Click to embiggen vastly June marks the official beginning of hurricane season. Here’s where they start from, whirling spirals off the coast of North Africa. […]
Their Spock probably has a beard, too.
Have you ever really looked at the logo for China’s space agency? Seem familiar? Yes, you have seen it before.
Spirit in the sand.
The Mars Rover Spirit could use a couple two-by-fours, the LA Times reports, because its wheels are spinning in place… a very faraway place: Over […]
Science Art: Mars & Beyond, directed by Ward Kimball, 1957
What might life on Mars be like? That’s the question Disney was asking TV viewers in 1957. This has to be seen to be believed…. […]
RIP, Eilene Galloway.
You should know who she is. She made NASA.
The satellite feels.
BBC News reports on a new kind of observational satellite overhead. It’s not looking down at us – it’s feeling our weight: As Goce “bumps” […]
Moon Flowers.
Peggy Lee, Santana and Hugh Lofting all predicted, in their own ways, what MSNBC’s Cosmic Log is reporting as news… about Paragon Space Development Corp’s […]
The view from there.
Item 1: The Telegraph reports on a group of teenagers who used a <$100 camera and a balloon to take some great pictures of space: […]
Google Mars gets better.
Discover’s Bad Astronomy blog highlights some keen new ways to look at the Red Planet: One is an overlay that shows old historical maps, like […]