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Posts by
Deborah Byrd
Where does our sense of time come from?
Our sense of time is mutable, stemming at least in part from our ongoing experience of the external world.
February 28, 2013
The rain slowed. The fog rolled in.
A beautifully composed photo from a friend in south Georgia.
February 28, 2013
Want to help name a faraway planet? Read this.
Uwingu is accepting recommendations for names of planets orbiting distant stars. All names will go into a database for final selection by astronomers and others.
February 27, 2013
What exploded over Russia? Watch two videos with new answers
Two videos present the latest results - as of February 26, 2013 - on the meteor that exploded over Russia on February 15.
February 27, 2013
February full moon aka the Snow Moon
The February 25, 2013 full moon over the Bothnian Sea between Finland and Sweden.
February 26, 2013
Last night’s moonrise over Tehachapi
The full moon is February 25, 2013 as seen from much of the world. But the moon looks full for a day or so on either side of full.
February 25, 2013
Animated GIFs of deep space objects in 3D
These animated images - created via artificial volumetric models - help convey the idea of what these space objects must really be like.
February 24, 2013
Self-portrait of Curiosity rover on Mars
Self-portrait of the Mars Curiosity rover on a flat, rocky perch in the Yellowknife Bay region of Mars' Gale Crater.
February 24, 2013
Video: Watch coronal rain fall on sun’s surface
Beautiful NASA video showing fiery looping "rain" on the sun - the solar phenomenon known as coronal rain.
February 21, 2013
Slow sunrise sweeping across moon’s near side
In this sequence of images from February 17, 2013, you can notice the line of sunrise moving on the moon's face. It's subtle ...
February 20, 2013
