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Explore Mars with Stargazing Live 22 Apr 2013 | 02:01 pm
With the help of Stargazing Live, 69,962 citizen scientists are exploring the surface of Mars like never before. And you can too! http://planetfour.org/
Chile Inaugurates World’s Most Powerful Space Telescope 26 Mar 2013 | 04:32 am
After two decades of construction, the world’s largest and most powerful radio telescope has begun operating… Voice of America: Chile Inaugurates World’s Most Powerful Space Telescope
Is there life on Mars? Why the question still eludes us after years of discovery 26 Mar 2013 | 04:29 am
Is there life on Mars or did it previously support life?” Short answer, we still don’t know… theverge.com: Is there life on Mars? Why the question still eludes us after years of discovery NASA is sl...
Monarch Butterfly Population Falls To Record Low, Mexican Scientists Say 26 Mar 2013 | 04:22 am
NPR reports: Monarch butterflies that once covered 50 square acres of forest during their summer layover in central Mexico now occupy fewer than 3 acres, according to the latest census.
Cape Cod Storm Damage Seen From Space 12 Mar 2013 | 10:20 pm
NASA’s Earth Observatory has an interesting view of a sand dune breach and swirling sediment off the coast. Be sure to check out the slider to compare the before and after images. http://earthobse...
With NASA Bake Sale, Planetary Fundraisers Go Old School 9 Jun 2012 | 04:03 am
As someone who’s been known to enjoy her cupcakes with a side of science, I was excited to find out about the National Planetary Exploration Car Wash & Bake Sale, coming to a town near you on Saturday...
Boulder planetary scientists to shine shoes Saturday to highlight budget cuts 9 Jun 2012 | 04:01 am
Some of Boulder’s biggest brains will be on the Pearl Street Mall this weekend — shining shoes. Local gurus of the cosmos will join their astro-brethren across the country on Saturday for the “Planet...
Einstein was right, neutrino researchers admit 9 Jun 2012 | 03:59 am
A team of scientists who last year suggested neutrinos could travel faster than light have conceded that Einstein was right and the sub-atomic particles are – like everything else – bound by the unive...
Saturn moon spouts plasma unlike any seen before 9 Jun 2012 | 03:56 am
A NEW form of matter surrounds Saturn – a plasma put there by Enceladus, the planet’s tiny moon. “It’s a type of charged particle that has never been observed before,” says Tom Hill of Rice Universit...
ONLY TWO COSMIC DOOMSDAYS ARE CERTAIN 9 Jun 2012 | 03:50 am
The sardonic proverb “nothing is certain but death and taxes,” can now be recast for the cosmos. Last week’s announcement of the inevitable collision of the Andromeda galaxy with the Milky Way is one...
