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Watch the SpaceX Dragon connect to the International Space Station

Posted May 25, 2012 - 11:33 am

Private spacecraft connects successfully to the International Space Station.
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Watch a 30-year time-lapse of Mount St. Helens from space

Posted May 18, 2012 - 3:58 pm

Take a moment to relive the volcano eruption from 32 years ago today.
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Solar fusion described via Play-Dough

Posted May 9, 2012 - 12:41 pm

How a star evolves is explained with tiny clay balls. Lots of smushing.
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Come home from space station, sit in a comfy chair

Posted April 27, 2012 - 12:21 pm

Returning space station astronauts get a recliner and sunglasses when they arrive on Earth. All that's missing is a cold beer.
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NASA scientists ease our fears of the Sun blowing up

Posted April 24, 2012 - 4:01 pm

NASA takes some time away from launching rubber chickens (just kidding!) to answer common questions about solar flares and coronal mass ejections.
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NASA sends rubber chicken into space, because it can

Posted April 23, 2012 - 11:00 am

Boldly going where no rubber chicken has gone before...
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NASA wants your help to search for killer asteroids

Posted April 20, 2012 - 2:51 pm

NASA plans to launch a probe designed to take samples from an asteroid in near-Earth orbit, starting in 2016. To make it work NASA needs detailed observational data on the target rock and other objects it could sample or have to avoid along the way. Get our your telescopes.
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NASA celebrates two years of staring at the Sun

Posted April 20, 2012 - 10:36 am

NASA honors two years of solar observations with this cool compilation video.
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Watch the Earth rise from the Moon

Posted April 19, 2012 - 10:51 am

NASA animation shows an "Earthrise" from the surface of the Moon.
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The sun was angry yesterday, my friends

Posted April 17, 2012 - 9:53 am

Wait, so a Coronal Mass Ejection is nothing to worry about?
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How to land on Mars: Very Carefully

Posted April 13, 2012 - 1:47 pm

Flying a spaceship is relatively easy. Landing a spaceship, however, not so much.
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Science Monday: NASA telescope helps discover more dark matter images

Posted April 2, 2012 - 1:51 pm

NASA video showcases pictures of dark matter and what this means for our understanding of the cosmos.
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Watch a tornado on Mars

Posted March 20, 2012 - 1:48 pm

Someone call the Martian version of Auntie Em!
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NASA set to market headset that lets pilots (and drivers?) see through fog

Posted March 19, 2012 - 2:36 pm

Think your phone is smart because it can translate pictures of signs, overlay directions on roads you can't identify and tell you where the nearest good coffee (or Starbucks) is? NASA's version is designed to let you land a 747 with all the windows covered in spray paint.
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Watch a Space Shuttle launch from the rocket's point of view

Posted March 15, 2012 - 2:03 pm

3...2...1... liftoff! Wait! I'm strapped to this booster! Uh oh...
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Watch how the Moon was formed

Posted March 14, 2012 - 11:43 am

Two videos showcase how the moon was created, and up close views of the current state of our orbiting friend.
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NASA scientist a massive buzzkill on end-of-the-world theories

Posted March 12, 2012 - 10:58 am

Relax, people, NASA is here to tell us that the world isn't going to end this year.
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Physics in space: fun with thin film in zero gravity

Posted March 8, 2012 - 2:46 pm

Fun with physics on the International Space Station!
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Astronaut plays Angry Birds in space

Posted March 8, 2012 - 12:27 pm

It's not the Muppets, but you can still see pigs in space with this video.
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Massive solar flare may destroy us all tomorrow! [videos]

Posted March 7, 2012 - 6:29 pm

Maybe it's because all of that Mayan calendar 2012 hype is going on, but we seem to be super-sensitive about end-of-the-world stuff happening, and this time it's a solar flare that is heading our way.
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'Optimus Prime' wants humans to explore space

Posted March 2, 2012 - 11:40 am

Watch a quick history of space exploration and why we should continue to reach for the final frontier.
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Watch Las Vegas grow from space

Posted March 1, 2012 - 5:14 pm

NASA shows Las Vegas' urban growth from the '70s to the present. Hint: They built a lot of new casinos.
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NASA security is so bad they lost controls to the space station; why is no one fired?

Posted March 1, 2012 - 12:58 pm

The International Space Station is the most-obvious symbol of international, first-world cooperation on the exploration of space. It's also a potential death trap for astronauts, a kinetic weapon bomb and indication NASA's security staff and CIO should be replaced.
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NASA creates virtual Antarctica glacier rift fly-through

Posted February 29, 2012 - 12:03 pm

Watching an Antarctic glacier turn into an iceberg is actually more exciting than watching ice melt.
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NASA answers question, "Where's all the snow at?"

Posted February 2, 2012 - 4:11 pm

Today a groundhog said there would be six more weeks of winter, and yet many of us here in the U.S. are wondering, "What winter?"
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