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A Moon redwood in Sacramento, California, standing tall in 2014.
nasa

Whatever Happened to All the Moon Trees?

Sprouted from seeds that traveled to space in 1971, many haven't fared so well back on Earth.
Jessica Leigh Hester February 1, 2019
The surface of Bennu, up close.
space exploration

A New, Up-Close Look at an Old, Near-Earth Asteroid

The spacecraft OSIRIS-REx gives us a startlingly clear view of space rock that probably won't hit us.
Evan Nicole Brown January 29, 2019
<em>Apollo 15</em> astronaut David Scott sampled the lunar surface in 1971.
insects

Humanity Has Managed to Change Places We've Barely Even Visited

From the Mariana Trench to the Moon, we don't have to be in a place very much to muck it up.
Jessica Leigh Hester January 4, 2019
nazis

What Does This Alien Minor Planet Look Like?

A peanut? Or maybe a bowling pin?
Jessica Leigh Hester January 3, 2019
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Chicago, Illinois

Cosmic Ray Detectors

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.
Whoa, what's up with that?
meteorites

What the Heck Was That Squiggle in the Sky?

No, it's not a chemtrail. Or space junk. Or aliens.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 20, 2018
These boots were made for training, maybe.
science

For Sale: A Boot That Almost Went to the Moon

If it hadn't been somehow considered unacceptable.
Matthew Taub December 12, 2018
The "meteor" stone on display.
Pocahontas, Arkansas

Pocahontas 'Meteorite'

Despite what scientists think, the town still says this is an extraterrestrial rock.
Gosse Bluff.
Namatjira, Australia

Gosse Bluff

A spectacular impact crater in the rugged heart of Central Australia.
Apep appears to be watching us.
astronomy

See the Newly Found, Explosive Star System Named for an Egyptian Snake God

Apep has the right conditions for the biggest known explosion in the universe.
Matthew Taub November 19, 2018
A map of the topography, showing the crater.
meteorites

A Massive Meteorite Crater Has Been Hiding Under Greenland's Ice

It ranks in the top 25 largest impact craters ever discovered.
Sarah Laskow November 15, 2018
A strong solar flare from 2012.
science

The Sun Set Off 4,000 Sea Mines During the Vietnam War

Only now do scientists fully understand just how strong a 1972 solar storm was.
Sarah Laskow November 14, 2018
Exterior view of a double cylinder colony.
art

Looking Back on NASA's Vivid 1970s Visions of Space Living

Feast your peepers on these artistic interpretations of a colonized cosmos.
Evan Nicole Brown November 13, 2018
European Southern Observatories in Chile.
science

Where on Earth Can You Put a Giant Telescope?

Why astronomers keep putting them in the same places.
Sarah Laskow May 25, 2023
Munich, Germany

Fraunhofer Refractor at the Deutsches Museum

The telescope that discovered Neptune.
Inside the observatory.
Munich, Germany

Volkssternwarte München

A delightful but little-known public observatory and planetarium in Munich.
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Scottish Dark Sky Observatory.
East Ayrshire, Scotland

Scottish Dark Sky Observatory

This observatory within Europe's first dark sky park offers stunning views of the night sky.
Grissom Rocket Monument.
Mitchell, Indiana

Virgil I. Gus Grissom Rocket Monument

This memorial to the Mercury Seven astronaut stands at the site of his former elementary school.