Folks at the NASA GSFC Scientific Visualization Studio created this amazing animation showing our view of the Moon over the entire year of 2012 with time resolution of *one hour*! The tipping, tilting, and rocking are due to the Moon’s elliptical orbit coupled with its tilt. [Via OW]
Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked by a reader of TIME magazine, “What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?” This is his answer. [Via]
Those are absolutely brilliant… too bad there’s still a few feet of snow outside! [Via]
According to Paul Gilding, independent writer, activist, and adviser on the sustainable economy, there are four words that will define this century: The Earth is Full. Do you agree? Is it a crazy idea that we will someday expand onto further planets? As geeks I feel we’re the people who should believe in that dream […]
The world is definitely catching on at how sexy us geeks are. Science is the future; we’re the ones who are going to build the robot that’s going to kick your robot’s ass. It’s time for the spotlight to swivel over to the scientists who are changing the world, and are going to change the […]
Why do we explore? Simply put, it is part of who we are, and it is something we have done throughout our history. In NASA’s new video, “We Are the Explorers,” we take a look at that tradition of reaching for things just beyond our grasp and how it is helping us lay the foundation […]
Hey, today is February 29th! As it happens every 4 years, February has an extra day this year. But do you know why? Here’s a video explaining the concept of the Leap Year for those of you who need a little reminder. [CGP Grey]
Creating the Board of Awesomeness was a labor of love for the Labs team, but we were blown away by how much you loved it as well. So well that it went everywhere — and eventually needed to be rebuilt. Well, the labs team hates to waste an opportunity to make anything better, so we […]
Photo Credit: Jason Major Scientists and geeks all over the world salivate at the thought of extra-terrestrial life. Within our solar system, Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, provided the most likely candidate since it has stable bodies of surface liquid. Unfortunately, our tremendous efforts to find out if there may be Titanites that we […]
By R. S. Guest Blogger Share It’s safe to say that we now live in a geek’s world. One only has to look at the way gadgets and the Internet dominate every aspect of modern existence. Geeks are essential to the normal functioning of billions of lives daily. Without them, civilization as we know it […]