The little grey ball is Dione, the third largest Saturn moon. The large brown sphere with the ethereal haze is Titan, the largest. On the background, that’s Saturn and its rings. Never an astronomy picture looked so painterly to me. More »
Designer Chris Abbas collected a ton of Cassini photography from the Saturn mission and made this video. It is at times simultaneously eerie and awe-inspiring. This is not your father’s NASA highlight reel. More »
After all the horror we are seeing these days, after the continuous bad news, I think it’s time for some spirit-cleansing beauty. Something to remind us that humans and nature can sometimes produce awe-inspiring things. More »
newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/U5VfYDYL3rA&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":332.5,"ratio":0.615,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} );In November, the Cassini probe got very, very close to Hyperion, one of Saturns many moons. These 61 frames comprise a fly-by movie of the moon. Defrost the thing and add some sour cream and it’s good enough to eat! More »
NASA is holding a press conference on Thursday “to discuss an astrobiology finding”. Are they going to announce that they’ve found evidence of extraterrestrial life? More »
