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Three next-generation dark matter experiments get a green light
Next generation, in this case, is defined as experiments that will be at least 10 times as sensitive as the current crop of dark matter detectors.
July 16, 2014
NASA re-enacted Apollo 11 launch on 45th anniversary today
What if we'd had Twitter on July 16, 1969, the day Apollo 11 launched carrying the first humans to the moon? NASA did a live-tweet reenactment today as if we had.
July 16, 2014
Geologic map of planet Mars
USGS released this cool geologic map of Mars this week, which was prepared for NASA. What to see first? Notice impact craters, in yellow.
July 16, 2014
Astronaut’s Vine of auroras from space
Auroras are awesome to see from here on Earth. Check out the view from space! Vine posted by ISS astronaut Reid Wiseman.
July 16, 2014
Draco the Dragon on July evenings
Two of the brightest stars here are Eltanin and Rastaban. Dragon's eyes! Rrrrr! And Thuban is just ... well, awesome.
July 16, 2014
Rosetta spacecraft’s comet has a double nucleus!
More complex shape for 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko restricts potential sites for November 11 landing. "Wow, wow, wow! I can't wait to get closer!"
July 15, 2014
Video: What New Horizons might see when it reaches Pluto next July
"Because Pluto has never been visited up-close by a spacecraft from Earth, everything we see will be a first," said NASA's Adriana Ocampo.
July 15, 2014
Discern a supermoon’s large size with the eye? An observer says yes
There's a supermoon this weekend, and many will tell you that you can't discern its extra large size with just your eye. Daniel Fischer in Königswinter, Germany says that's not true.
July 12, 2014
Dark skies of Utah timelapse
You'll love this spectacular timelapse of the summer night sky over Utah.
July 11, 2014
Spiral bridge of young star clusters links colliding galaxies
This Hubble Space Telescope image shows a chain of star clusters resembling a corkscrew-shaped string of pearls winding around the cores of the galaxies.
July 10, 2014
