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more about #moon berkan: How about Google? more » jecorp: this decade isn't over for another year, yes? more » sghtxb001: That guy who got a Nobel prize thinks the center of the earth is several million degrees, several hundred times the temperature at the surface of the ... more » Ninety-9: 18 shots? Wouldn't this be "Moon, in HDR?" more » Kaiser-Machead: Didn't Ted Turner promise this like, years ago? more » Curves: Ah, Luna, you are so beautiful, no wonder princes and poets have worshipped, tracked, feared and adored you since Adam. more » the-hq: mocked up as 1920x1200 wallpaper: [yfrog.com] more » Manly_McBeeferton: Definitely downloaded. Don't think I've ever seen the moon in any color other than plain gray. more » MarcusMaximus: Does it have a strange romantic meeting with an unknown woman on top of a tower? more » :negated:: Why bother, there'll probably be an app for that by 2020... more » elvisml2: I can't believe that simulator is running on an altair! more » hmphargh: If you continue to post XKCD on Gizmodo, I will stop reading Gizmodo. I already read them on xkcd's site, then I see them plastered all over Digg. I h... more » Bokusatsu_Tenshi: whoop #carlsagan more » jetRink: For everyone compulsively hovering the cursor over the image: Title Text: They laugh now, but within 10 years the city's entire criminal class will h... more » OCEntertainment: xkcd: Consistently relevant to Gizmodo's interests. #carlsagan more » PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. #carlsagan more » sixpack99: Didn't we land on the moon a while back? How did we miss "significant" amounts of water? I'm just wondering how accessible it is. #wateronmoon more » Lassus: FUCKING. AWESOME. #wateronmoon more » chauncy that billups: Somewhere, Bill Stone is having an orgasm. [www.ted.com] Start @ 11: 00 more » moonphrogg: I'm just waiting for the whales to show up. #wateronmoon more » -
#decadeinreview
Ten Science Stories That Changed Our Decade
There is no doubt that science has become more like science fiction in the past decade, with amazing innovations and discoveries that increased our understanding of the universe. We list ten of the biggest science stories from the past decade. More » -
#imagecache
The Moon, In Technicolor
This recently released NASA photo shows the Moon colorized—a combination of 18 individual shots taken by Galileo through a green filter, augmenting the true gray color to resemble moldy cheese . Download it wallpaper-sized at NASA. [NASA] -
#nasa
NASA's New Altair Lunar Lander Simulation In Action
The Constellation program may be in trouble, but that doesn't mean NASA's boffins are sitting around playing Asteroids, and flying rocket models. They are still planning to get back to the Moon, and they built a cool simulator for it: More » -
#comics
Wait a Second, I Have Carl Sagan Powers, Too!
Comic strip xkcd's take on what would happen if you were bitten by a radioactive Carl Sagan , I mean, Mr. X, is spot freggin' on. [xkcd] -
#science
NASA Finds Water on the Moon
In a press conference going on now, NASA has said they've found "a significant amount" of water on the moon. More » -
#moonlanding
New Apollo 17 Landing Photo Clearly Shows Lander, Flag
It's blurrier than old MySpace snapshots, but it's there as expected. The Apollo Lunar Modules and the US flag left behind at the Apollo 17 landing site has been caught in a close-up image by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. More » -
#space
Newly Discovered Hole On Moon Leads To Network Of Tubes
Images have revealed a hole on the Moon's surface that is at least 260 feet deep and may lead to an underground tunnel more than 1,200 feet wide which is part of an entire network of such winding tubes. More » -
#space
Panel to Obama: Tell NASA to Skip the Moon and Head to Mars
An independent commission has advised the White House to have NASA ditch plans to go back to the moon, setting its sights on Mars and beyond instead. I can get behind these suggestions. More » -
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#space
NASA Moon Bombing Mission May Have Worked Out After All
So that anticlimactic moon bombing NASA attempted the other day may have kicked up a little dust, instead of absolutely nothing as once feared. More » -
#imagecache
This Is Not Your Ordinary Family Photo
This is the Duke family. The father, Charles Moss Duke, Jr. born October 3, 1935. The mom, Dorothy Meade Claiborne. The two sons, Charles and Thomas. They are probably in their garden, sitting on a bench. They look so happy. More » -
#space
Robotic Lunar Lander is Part of NASA's Next-Gen Space Exploration Plans
This amazing shot comes from recent tests at the Marshall Space Flight Center, where the robotic lunar test bed is helping NASA develop a new generation of multi-use landers to explore the moon, Mars and asteroids. More » -
#space
China Completes 3D Map of the Moon, Gets a Bit Nearer to Red Moon Dream
China claims that they have completed the "world's highest-resolution 3D map of the moon," which will serve Chinese astronauts to reach the Moon in 2020. Of course, one thing is claiming that, the other is being reality. More » -
#space
Official: There's Water on the Moon
After some accidents, many pictures, and a video here and there, it's official: THERE'S WATER ON THE MOON! New observations from three different spacecraft give us "unambiguous evidence" of this now fact. [SPACE] More » -
#communications
Fastest Data Connection In Space Comes Out of a 13-Inch Tube Orbiting the Moon
Right now, data is arriving across 238,800 miles at 100MBps (as in megabytes per second, not megabits), dwarfing every home internet connections out there. That's a total of 461GB of data transmitted per day, thanks to this device. More » -
#apollo11
Initially, They Were Going to the Moon Using Big Ladders
In a way, I guess that they did use ladders to go to the Moon. Not to actually get there, sure, but to solve the equations that made every part of the trip possible. In this case, the landings. More » -
#apollo11
Look! There's a Person On The Moon
Exactly 40 years ago now—at 10:56pm EDT, July 20, 1969—Neil Armstrong began his descent to the Moon's surface, slowly sliding down the Eagle's ladder. It was the pinnacle of the greatest human adventure in history. More » -
#questionoftheday
Should We Skip The Moon And Head For Mars?
Speaking at a Washington lecture over the weekend, Apollo 11 crewmembers Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins expressed concern about NASA focusing too much on past accomplishments. That is to say, they believe we should focus our efforts on Mars. More » -
#apollo11
The Apollo 11 Moon Landing Liveblog
Apollo 11 Mission Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin are now on course to the surface of the Moon, after undocking from Columbia. I'm certainly not the great Walter Cronkite, but I'm liveblogging the historic event here.
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#space
"You Want Me to Walk On the Freakin' Moon Wearing What?!"
These shots of gear from the first Apollo moon mission show just how far we have—and haven't—come in the 40 years since man first walked on the moon. More » -
#apollo11
First New Images of the Apollo Landing Sites in 40 Years
At last! NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has sent photos of the Apollo lunar landing sites, the first images ever since the Apollo missions. I will say it once again, one last time: Moon landing conspiracy theorists, SHUT. THE. FUCK. UP.
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