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Marvel's 'Rocket and Groot' Space Station Mission Patch Debuts | Video
SPACE.com - 23 Jul 2016 14:48
The 'Guardians of the Galaxy' characters have been integrated into an International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory (Managed by CASIS) patch in partnership with Marvel's Custom Solutions Group.
How Fast Is Earth Moving?
SPACE.com - 23 Jul 2016 18:20
Earth moves at a fantastic rate of speed on its axis, around the sun and across the universe.
'Star Trek' Art at SDCC 2016 Celebrates 50 Years of Strange New Worlds
SPACE.com - 23 Jul 2016 17:00
"Star Trek" is taking art into a whole new frontier at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con.
The Science of Star Trek
SpaceRef - 23 Jul 2016 05:16
Is Star Trek really a science show, or just a lot of "gee, whiz" nonsensical sci-fi?...
Marvel's Rocket Raccoon and Groot Star on Space Station Mission Patch
SPACE.com - 23 Jul 2016 18:17
Rocket Raccoon and Groot are launching to the International Space Station. The Marvel Comics characters star on the mission patch representing all of the payloads launching in 2016 to the U.S. National Laboratory on the ...
'Star Trek' Makeup by M-A-C Beams Into San Diego Comic-Con
SPACE.com - 23 Jul 2016 17:00
M-A-C its new "Star Trek" line of cosmetics to San Diego Comic-Con this week (complete with their own transporter pad) to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic science fiction franchise.
NASA --Milky Way Harbors a Replica Solar System "From the Dawn of Time" with Earth-Like Planets
The Daily Galaxy - 23 Jul 2016 15:37
"There are far-reaching implications for this discovery," said Tiago Campante, from the University of Birmingham's School of Physics and Astronomy, who led the research. "We now know that Earth-sized planets have formed ...
Two Nearby Potentially Habitable Planets Are Rocky Worlds
Universe Today - 23 Jul 2016 20:11
When Hubble first observed the atmospheric conditions of an extrasolar planet in 2000, it opened up that entire field of study. Now, Hubble has conducted the first preliminary study of the atmospheres of Earth-sized, rel...
Baikonur, Kazakhstan As Seen From Orbit
SpaceRef - 23 Jul 2016 05:20
When flying over the semi-desert grasslands of Kazakhstan, crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) usually follow the long line of the Syr Darya (river) to find the spaceport from which they launch....