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You Are Here: A Primer Story

Wednesday August 24, 2016

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Cosmic Mind

Monday August 22, 2016

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ESA Releases Interactive Guide to the Moon

Friday April 22, 2016

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If The Moon Was Replaced By Other Planets

Tuesday April 19, 2016

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PASSAGE TO MARS

Friday April 1, 2016

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From Pluto to the Sun

Monday July 13, 2015

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The Most Astounding Fact – Neil deGrasse Tyson

Monday March 2, 2015

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Video: Wanderers — a short film by Erik Wernquist

Monday December 8, 2014

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Unique Rosetta Movie from ESA

Tuesday October 28, 2014

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An All-Female Mission to Mars?

Tuesday October 21, 2014

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Laniakea: Our home supercluster

Wednesday September 17, 2014

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This stunning infographic shows our 25 active space missions

Wednesday February 26, 2014

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Radio Lab’s Dinopocalypse

Friday February 14, 2014

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The World Outside My Window – Time Lapse of Earth from the ISS

Wednesday December 4, 2013

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Maestro Massimiliano Pezzotti’s Improvisational Flute Solo

Thursday July 18, 2013

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Video: Overview Effect

Friday April 12, 2013

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How Far is it to Mars?

Thursday April 4, 2013

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Lunar DOUBLE Rainbow!

Wednesday February 27, 2013

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Chris Hadfield and Barenaked Ladies: I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing)

Wednesday February 20, 2013

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We Are Made of Stardust

Monday February 4, 2013

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Video: Tour of the Space Station

Friday January 11, 2013

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Video: Solar Ballet on the Sun

Monday January 7, 2013

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The Overview Effect

Wednesday January 2, 2013

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From the Earth to the Solar System (FETTSS)

Friday December 21, 2012

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ISS Startrails

Monday October 22, 2012

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The Biological Advantage of Being Awestruck

Tuesday October 16, 2012

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Video: From Earth to the Moon

Tuesday October 16, 2012

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How long ago was it?

Thursday September 20, 2012

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How Fast Light Travels

Thursday September 13, 2012

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Supporting Evidence

Thursday September 6, 2012

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Everything is Energy

Thursday September 6, 2012

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You Have a Body

Thursday September 6, 2012

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Science is True

Thursday September 6, 2012

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We Are All Connected

Thursday September 6, 2012

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Finding “Water on the Moon”: LCROSS Song

Monday July 30, 2012

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Moments of Awe Can Change Perceptions

Thursday July 26, 2012

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ISS Video: Earthlapse

Thursday July 12, 2012

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United We Dance!

Wednesday July 11, 2012

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All Shuttle Launches

Tuesday July 10, 2012

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Test Your Knowledge of Space!

Wednesday June 13, 2012

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Moon Quiz

Wednesday April 25, 2012

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Venus approaching the Pleiades on March 31st, photographed by astronomy professor Jimmy Westlake of Stagecoach, Colorado.

The second planet from the sun passes directly in front of the Pleiades star cluster. It's a rare sunset conjunction that's easy to find with the unaided eye, but best seen through binoculars or a small telescope.

The action begins on Monday evening, April 2nd, when Venus enters the outskirts of the little dipper-shaped asterism. Look west at sunset for Venus--it's the brightest thing around--then scan the area using binoculars. The conjunction will be immediately clear. The best evening to look is Tuesday, April 3rd, when the brilliant planet glides just south of the dipper's bowl. Venus exits by the handle on Wednesday, April 4th. Venus passes through the Pleiades in this way about once every 8 years.

To say this is a mixture of dissimilar things would be an understatement.

The Pleiades are elusive. You rarely find them on purpose. They're best seen out of the corner of your eye, a pretty little surprise that pops out of the night sky when you're staring elsewhere.

Venus is just the opposite. Dazzling, bright enough to cast faint shadows, it beams down from the heavens and grabs you when you're not even looking.

The Pleiades, also known as the "Seven Sisters," are a cluster of young stars. They formed barely 100 million years ago during the age of dinosaurs on Earth from a collapsing cloud of interstellar gas. The biggest and brightest members are blue-white and about five times wider than our own sun.

Because of their distance, about 400 light years away, the Pleiades are near the limit of naked-eye visibility. When Venus joins them in conjunction, it will look like a supernova has gone off inside the cluster. Venus's thick clouds reflect so much sunlight, the planet outshines every thing in the night sky except the Moon. Strangely, though, the Pleiades do not look puny in comparison, just delicately beautiful.

Look west just after sunset, and see for yourself.

Source: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/02apr_venuspleiades/

Wednesday April 4, 2012

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Prepare & Inspire

Wednesday March 21, 2012

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The Most Astounding Fact (Neil DeGrasse Tyson)

Monday March 5, 2012

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The Scale of the Universe 2

Thursday March 1, 2012

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Your Weight on Other Worlds

Friday January 20, 2012

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Inspiration Full Circle

Tuesday December 13, 2011

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Earth: Time Lapse View from Space

Monday November 21, 2011

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Moon Landing!

Monday October 17, 2011

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Rocket Test

Monday October 17, 2011

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Gooooo Giants!

Thursday September 29, 2011

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Inspirational Heroes

Monday September 19, 2011

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GRAIL Launch

Wednesday September 14, 2011

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3D flyover of Tycho Crater

Thursday August 25, 2011

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Earth – The Pale Blue Dot

Thursday August 25, 2011

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The Known Universe

Thursday August 25, 2011

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Sunrise at Tycho

Monday July 11, 2011

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We Are All Connected

Tuesday June 7, 2011

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A Glorious Dawn

Tuesday June 7, 2011

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Cassini Mission

Tuesday June 7, 2011

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We Originated in the Belly of a Star

“Consider that you can see less than 1% of the electromagnetic spectrum and hear less than 1% of the acoustic spectrum. As you read this, you are traveling at 220 km/sec across the galaxy. 90% of the cells in your body carry their own microbial DNA and are not “you.” The atoms in your body are 99.9999999999999999% empty space and none of them are the ones you were born with, but they all originated in the belly of a star. Human beings have 46 chromosomes, 2 less than the common potato. The existence of the rainbow depends on the conical photoreceptors in your eyes; to animals without cones, the rainbow does not exist. So you don’t just look at a rainbow, you create it. This is pretty amazing, especially considering that all the beautiful colors you see represent less than 1% of the electromagnetic spectrum.” –Sergio Toporek

Friday April 22, 2011

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