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Illuminated Eye On January 17, 2015, European Space Agency
Illuminated Eye On January 17, 2015, European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti tweeted these spectacular photograph of lightning illumin...

Six Minutes of Earth Watch Earth roll by from the perspective
Six Minutes of Earth Watch Earth roll by from the perspective of European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst in this six-minute time-lapse video....

December Puzzler Answer Congratulations to Dan Mahr, Lee Saper,
December Puzzler Answer Congratulations to Dan Mahr, Lee Saper, and Edwin Clatworthy for being some of the first readers to correctly identify the lo...

It’s official — our holiday lights are so bright we can see
It’s official — our holiday lights are so bright we can see them from space. Thanks to the VIIRS instrument on the Suomi NPP satellite, a joint mi...

Thunderous Gamma Rays Each day, thunderstorms around the world
Thunderous Gamma Rays Each day, thunderstorms around the world produce about a thousand quick bursts of gamma rays, some of the highest-energy light ...

Slow-Moving Hagupit Soaks Philippines NASA astronaut Terry
Slow-Moving Hagupit Soaks Philippines NASA astronaut Terry Virts tweeted several photographs (seen below) of typhoon Hagupit as the storm struck the ...

Cloud Gazing with @AstroSamantha When Italian astronaut
Cloud Gazing with @AstroSamantha When Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti arrived on the International Space Station in November, she couldnt h...

Year In The Life Of Earths Carbon Dioxide In this simulation of
Year In The Life Of Earths Carbon Dioxide In this simulation of the global atmosphere, higher concentrations of carbon dioxide are shown in red and o...

Sea Ice: Thickness and Volume Matter It’s not just the
Sea Ice: Thickness and Volume Matter It’s not just the surface area of sea ice covering the Arctic that matters — the thickness and overall volum...