‘Science!’ Archives
Geeky Space Picture of The Day: Two-Headed Hurricane
NASA’s Terra Earth-observing satellite snapped this image of two major hurricanes in the western Atlantic ocean. The northern storm is Danielle, and the southern one is Earl. You can also read NASA’s Terra page about this image to learn more.
Know Your Meme Tackles Antoine Dodson
You can run and tell that, homeboy.
Geeky Space Picture Of The Day: Holy Crap, That’s A Planet!
This my friends is the first direct photograph ever taken of an exoplanet. An exoplanet, for those of you in Rio Linda is a planet outside of our solar system. It's about 8 times the mass of Jupiter, and it's orbiting the star 1RSX J160929.1-210524... since it has some historical significance now, they should probably come up with a new name for [...]
Geeky Space Picture Of The Day: Southern Lights
Now that @Atsro_Soichi is back on Terra firma, you might be asking yourself "Where can I get awesome behind the scenes pictures from the International Space Station?" I'm glad you asked, dear reader. U.S. Astronaut Douglas "Wheels" Wheelock will be tweeting during his stay at the orbital outpost. You can follow him @Astro_Wheels. Today he has [...]
Geeky Space Picture Of The Day: Farewell Atlantis
If you're not following @Astro_Soichi, you're really missing out. Soichi Noguchi is a JAXA astronaut who has been tweeting from the International Space Station since his arrival up there a couple of months ago. In this particular picture we're looking at an aurora on the left-hand side, the bright light is the Moon and obviously the Space Shuttle [...]
How Big Is The International Space Station?
Later this afternoon Atlantis will blast off for it's final flight. The space shuttle will be delivering parts to the International Space Station. Now that the ISS is nearly complete, it's worth thinking about just how big it is. (Plus, remember that it's whipping around the Earth at 17,500 MPH!) Lifeslittlemysteries.com provides us with this [...]
Geeky Space Picture Of The Day: Aurora and Chicago
Aurora Borealis, not Aurora, IL. Soichi Noguchi tweeted this photo from the International Space Station. You can see Chicago right next to the dark area that is Lake Michigan. Just to the north is Milwaukee, and there's a smaller blob of lights just to the south of Chicago that I can only assume is Indianapolis.
