The Death Star? Not Quite. It’s the Massive Impact Scar on Saturn’s Moon, Mimas
On Feb. 13, 2010, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will be returning the highest-resolution images yet of Saturn’s battered moon Mimas. Mimas eye-ball-like crater is the scar...
Is Jupiter Undergoing Massive Climate Change? A Weekend Feature
The Hubble Space Telescope and Keck Observatory images may support the idea that Jupiter is in the midst of violent global climate change. This...
The Haiti Response: Is the Human Species Hardwired to be Compassionate? (A Weekend Feature)
The world’s incredible outpouring of help to thhe people of Haiti raises the queestion: are we evolving to become more compassionate...
Are Big Brains Predictors of Success?
 A new study conducted at the University of Illinois has found that nearly a quarter of the variability in achievement seen among men and women...
Image of the Day: Zooming in on the Cat’s Paw Nebula (VIDEO)
Few objects in the sky have been as well named as the Cat’s Paw Nebula, a glowing gas cloud resembling the gigantic pawprint of a celestial cat out on an...

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