Infrared Camera Sees Through Stardust to the Edge of the Universe
A look at what the Spitzer Space Telescope has captured since its 2003 launch — including the edge of the universe, the Milky Way’s “mountains of creation” and the Sombrero Galaxy.
The Mega Millions Lottery: to Play or Not to Play?
PHOTO: Tammy Redlen and Sierra Luchien walk into Bluebird liquor store in Hawthorne, Calif., after waiting in line for nearly three hours to purchase their Mega Millions ticket. Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images.
A 40-million-year-old piece of fossilized wood from Chiloe Island in southern South America, slide signed by Charles Darwin.
In April, a paleobotanist discovered a ‘treasure trove’ of fossils collected by Darwin, John Henslow, John Hooker and others in their teams, in a poorly lit storeroom.
(Photo courtesy British Geological Society)
Boing Boing, Wordpress, The Consumerist, In Other News, others, join Wikipedia, Google and Craigslist in SOPA protest.
(Background with Ben Huh and Rick Cotton)
On Jan. 12, 2010, a magnitude-7 earthquake rocked Haiti, killing some 223,000 people and leaving 1.5 million homeless.
- - Photos of Haiti now.
- - About 500,000 Haitians still live in tent cities.
- - A survivor of rape in a tent camp tells her story.
- - U.N. said Wednesday the cholera outbreak in Haiti is “one of the largest epidemics of the disease in modern history to affect a single country.”
(Haitians wash clothes in a stream on Jan. 8, 2011; Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Scientists used color data obtained by the Dawn spacecraft to show the asteroid Vesta’s southern hemisphere in color.
Vesta is the second-most massive object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Sam Jewler of Occupy DC stands with a copy of The Occupied Washington Times.
Follow along with a ‘guided tour’ of Occupy DC’s ‘Roving Kabaret’, including photos of the day, historical tidbits, maps and recordings of those who took part.
The Daily Frame: A ballet dancer performs during Tuesday’s opening night of “Tamara” by Russian composer Mily Balakirev at the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in Minsk, Belarus.
A satellite designed to study the Earth’s weather and climate launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket early Friday.
(Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
A monk sits atop a sandbag-fortified flood gate at Khlong Rapi Pat in Khlong Luang on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand.
Thailand’s worst flooding in decades is encroaching on Bangkok.
