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Did NASA's Curiosity Draw a Member on Mars? [PHOTO]

Cole — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:50:19 +0000

Right now, I have at least two dozen jokes running through my head about the penis doodle that now exists on the surface of Mars. An image of the rover’s tracks was posted onto NASA’s own website so it seems legit. Was it an accident or a well calculated maneuver? Inside are five of my [...]

Spacecraft Named by Bozeman Students to Crash Into Moon

Associated Press — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:44:30 +0000

LOS ANGELES (AP) – NASA’s latest moon mission is about to meet its end. Twin spacecraft are poised to hit a mountain near the moon’s north pole Monday afternoon after nearly a year in orbit. NASA planned this crash to avoid striking the Apollo landing sites or any other place on the moon with special [...]

NASA's Curiosity Rover Safely Lands on Mars [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:21:18 +0000

Early Monday morning, NASA’s $2.5 billion Curiosity rover safely landed on Mars after eight months of interplanetary travel. The car-sized, one-ton rover now begins a two-year mission of exploration and discovery as it roams the surface of the red planet.

New Planet Kepler 22b May Prove We're Not Alone in the Universe [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:37:51 +0000

Monday marks the day when astronomers made a startling announcement: after years of searching, they’ve discovered an Earth-like planet outside the solar system that may very well be habitable. The new planet Kepler 22b circles a star about 600 light years away — close by astronomical standards — and has a size and distance from [...]

Shrinking Funds Shut Down Alien Search Institute

96.7 Kiss FM — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:31:13 +0000

Since 2007, astronomers at the SETI Institute in Northern California have been scanning the great beyond for signs of alien life.

However, due to a decrease in the funding the institute receives from NASA and other government sources, the institute will have to shut down the powerful bank of 42 radio dishes that it uses to target unexplored planets.

NASA Captures Massive Solar Flare On Camera (VID)

96.7 Kiss FM — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:24:43 +0000

It’s an amazing sight — and something you’ll never see it on this planet. A 90-minute storm on the surface of the Sun was captured on video by NASA last week. The video of the massive “solar tendril” was taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, a small satellite orbiting the Sun to gather data on [...]