This spiral galaxy is named M101, but those who live there probably have a better name for it (after all, we call our galaxy the Milky Way). The lovely picture is a composite of images taken by the Hubble, Spitzer, Chand...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/05/30/rainbow-pinwheel-galaxy/Not only is this ring gorgeous, it also features a lovely rendition of the planets. Better still, it actually is made from meteorite, gold and gemstones! This would be an ultimate wedding ring for any astronomer....
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/05/24/now-thats-a-spacy-ring/(YouTube link) NASA goes cosmic in this demonst... ...It was produced by the media team at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center to show on a very high-resolution s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/05/02/pursuit-of-light/What are the 10 weirdest things... ...are the 10 weirdest things ever sent into space , you ask? Ranker has the list ... and c... ...Salmonella In September 2006, a space shuttle blasted off from NASA’s... ...blasted off from NASA’s Kennedy *strong...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/04/26/salmonella-in-space/(YouTube link) Mark your calendar, because you don't want to miss a chance to see the moon showing off its glory! NASA ScienceCasts tell us why. You might want to get your camera ready, too. Now, this says that scientis...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/04/19/the-super-moon-of-may-2012/(YouTube link) A ship of cats and their trusty robot explore the final frontier. Then an enemy appears! There's also a making-of video in case you are interested, from Dastoli Digital. Link -via The Daily What Geek...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/04/17/cats-in-space-2/Maybe we should have kept Pluto! A star 127 light-years away shows evidence of having a record (as far as we know) nine planets revolving around it. The star is designated as HD 10180, in the southern constellation Hydru...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/04/11/distant-star-may-have-nine-planets/A chocolate-filled chocolate Millennium Falcon... ...can eat all you want because you weigh nothing in space . Link Via Geeks Are Sexy
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/04/03/the-perfect-compliment-to-your-wookie-cookie/(YouTube link) Astronaut/scientist Don Pettit c... ...the microgravity environment of the International Space Station to demonstrate physics on video. Here, he...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/03/10/water-drops-orbiting-a-knitting-needle/Astronomers are keeping an eye on a moving body ca... ...on a collision course with Earth. This region of space is called a “keyhole”, and in this case, shou...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/03/07/an-asteroid-to-watch/