My bulge is embarrassing
Fun fact: If you measure from the center of the planet, Mt. Everest is not the tallest thing on Earth.
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Joe Ditzel
Joe Ditzel Has Some Problems
Space and Exploration
Pluto’s Broken Heart: A Celestial Body’s Response to Demotion
Once upon a time, in the cold, distant reaches of our solar system, floated a proud little planet named Pluto.
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What I hear when Neil deGrasse Tyson explains how rockets take off
At the heart of this celestial ballet is the ‘Principle of Compulsive Dynamic Discombobulation.’ First, we must understand that rockets
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Bad news: a comet is heading straight for us
Bad news: The Devil’s Comet is heading straight towards us and is scheduled to arrive on April 24. Not only
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Photo Op: Alien waves hi from Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon
I was playing around with the awesome iPhone camera, pointing it as stars and such, when I saw this alien
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The great cosmic junkyard
In the grand, silent expanse of the cosmos, amidst the twinkling stars and majestic planets, floats an achievement of human
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Mars! Mars! Mars!
Mars, Mars, Mars! Why Mars? Why not Venus? Brian Cox says the problem is the surface temperature is around 800
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It fell from they sky and we ran like the dickens
Factoid: The oldest rocks on Earth are not from Earth. They fell from the sky. The oldest water, however is
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What’s Pluto been up to since his demotion to dwarf planet?: The Pluto interview
Interviewer: Ladies, gentlemen, and celestial bodies of all sizes, welcome to “Cosmic Conversations.” I’m your host, Sarl Cagan, and today,
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What your favorite planet says about you: A guide to your personality
The Solar System, our cosmic neighborhood, where each planet is like that weird uncle or quirky aunt at family reunions.
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Last fun fact of the year
Final fun fact of the year: Over the years, six Apollo mission astronauts have left 96 bags of human waste
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BREAKING: Amazon announces first Martian delivery
Amazon announced new delivery service to Mars with the first delivery of spare parts to the NASA Mars Exploration Rover.
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Crystal clear image of Uranus from the James Webb Telescope. (Sorry.)
Space adventure. This is a crystal clear image of Uranus from the James Webb Telescope. (Sorry.)
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The last time we were all together
Fun fact: The last date we humans were all together on Earth was October 31, 2000. Since then, at least
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Rockstarion constellation
Rockstarion constellation. Southern skies. SQ2 quadrant. Visible between 45°N – 90°S.
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