Space Exploration

Tonight– January 2, 2018– we reach Earth’s closest indicate the sun for this whole year at 11:35 p.m. CST (central U.S.). It’ll be the morning of January 3 for Europe and Africa … later in the day January 3 for the remainder of the world (January 3 at 5:35 UTC; …

Jupiter is a very different planet than Earth, but scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center think they’ve unraveled a mystery on the solar system’s largest planet that could affect how we understand the weather patterns here. For decades, scientists have puzzled over an atmospheric jet stream on Jupiter called …

A team of Japanese planetary researchers led by Osaka University’s Professor Kentaro Terada has discovered that the solar wind and Earth’s magnetic field can transport high-energy ions of biogenic oxygen from the atmosphere of our planet to the lunar surface. This image shows how the solar wind transports ions of …

Giant storms in Saturn’s northern hemisphere can disturb atmospheric patterns at the ringed giant’s equator, according to new research published in the journal Nature Astronomy. Saturn’s Great Northern Storm churning through the atmosphere in the planet’s northern hemisphere overtakes itself as it encircles the planet in this true-color view from …

The upcoming encounter of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft with 2014 MU69 will be an important and rare opportunity for close-up study of a Kuiper Belt object. The New Horizons team was already excited to learn earlier this year that 2014 MU69 might be either peanut-shaped or even a binary. Now …

A few years ago, the Voyager probe crossed into interstellar space after decades traveling in our solar system. It was moving at an impressive speed after several gravitational slingshots, but a small group at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is now working on early concepts with the aim of going …

Filibaba has been serving some tasty pixels for numerous years now. We love and have currently blogged about their apps like Veggie Meals, Filibaba Meals, Filibaba Smoothies, Filibaba Egg Timer and Vegourmet. Today, the group is releasing another gorgeous app serving scrumptious vegetarian recipes called Very Veggie. The Extremely Veggie …

A healthy vegetarian meal plan complete with a printable wish list. This week’s meals concentrate on winter convenience foods! Merry Christmas Eve Eve! Okay, fine, you probably aren’t going to invest tomorrow meal prepping for the week, BUT, simply in case you’re attempting to keep your meals somewhat normal after …

© Con Poulos Lemony Roasted Asparagus Soup Chef Cassie Piuma prepares her version of the lemony Greek soup avgolemono with a broth made from asparagus trimmings. Her other non-traditional additions include roasted asparagus and oyster mushrooms. GO TO DISH © John Kernick Spicy Chickpea Soup Chickpeas are used as the …

Getty Images/Lonely World Images Oymyakon, Russia Searching for the Northern Lights in January means getting cold, so why not go for broke and see them from the world’s coldest lived in location!.?.!? This seven-day tour from Yakutsk in eastern Siberia to Oymyakon at 63 ° N consists of dog sledding …