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Why Do Ships Leave Contrails?

Posted 03.01.2012

From Russell McLendon and Mother Nature Network: It's common to see airplane "contrails," or condensation trails, stretched across the sky. They lo...

WATCH: Incredible Footage Of Sea, Land And Desert Shot From International Space Station

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 12.27.2011

NASA recently released some mesmerizing footage of the Earth from afar. Captured by the crew members of Expedition 29 aboard the International Spa...

NASA IMAGES: 32 Inches Of Snow Cover Driest Place On Earth

The Huffington Post | Steven Hoffer | Posted 09.21.2011

Extreme weather is in the air. The following satellite photo shows South America's Atacama Desert region -- known as one of the driest places on Ea...

PHOTOS: NASA Demystifies Bizarre X-Shaped Intruder

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

In January, NASA scientists spotted a mysterious X-shaped object hurtling through the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. They believed the object...

Mimas Moon PHOTOS: NASA Spacecraft Sees 'Pac-Man' On Saturn Moon

Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured the highest-resolution-to-date temperature map and images of Mimas, one of Saturn's moons. The portrait of t...

Mars VIDEO: New Animations With NASA HiRISE Images Fly Over Martian Landscape

Posted 05.25.2011

Doug Ellison, founder of UnmannedSpaceflight.com, has created two striking videos of the martian landscape, comprised of data captured by NASA's HiRIS...

Star Pictures: NASA's Most Extraordinary Images EVER (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

These extraordinary images are literally out of this world. Galaxies and supernovae, protostellar jets and pulsars: these pictures of stars from the ...

Amazing New NASA Images From Hubble Telescope (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Check out these newly released photos from the refurbished Hubble Telescope. They are not to be believed! Be sure to pick your favorite space shot. ...