Why Do We Explore? Simply Put, It Is Part Of Who We Are, And It Is Something We Have Done Throughout

NASA's Langley Research Center released video of multiple aircraft going through crash tests, which they examine to improve safety measures.

Take a picture of a bear, they said. It'll be fun, they said. "Man vs. Beast 🐻 ------~ People are idiots〽️"

'Star Trek: Discovery' Casts 'Walking Dead' Actress as Star: Exclusive

Huge news, Star Trek fans: The first new Trek series in a decade has found its star.

Sonequa Martin-Green, well known to genre fans for her role on AMC’s mega-hit The Walking Dead, has been cast as the lead of Star Trek: Discovery.

The casting ends meticulous search to find the ideal actress to anchor the eagerly anticipated new CBS All Access drama. Martin-Green will play a lieutenant commander on the Discovery. 

Martin-Green represents the first African-American woman to lead the cast of a Trek ensemble, fulfilling a years-long goal by the project’s original showrunner Bryan Fuller. The series will also have the TV franchise’s first openly gay character, a lieutenant played by Anthony Rapp.

Views of Pluto Through the Years

July 15, 2015.

Credit: NASA’s Website

Fireworks overlooking the St Lawrence River near Old Town Quebec City, Canada #travel #canada #lifepart2 #fireworks

The dark area is our Moon’s shadow on Earth during a solar eclipse. SpaceVine by NASA Astronaut Don Pettit.

April 2, 2015.

Credit: NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman’s Vine Account

Barnard’s Star seen moving against the cosmic background.

Although it appears otherwise when looking up at the night sky, every object in the cosmos is actually moving. As a result of the Big Bang and gravity, stars are whizzing through space at astounding speeds - in fact, our own sun is orbiting the center of the Milky Way galaxy. But this motion through the heavens is not easily visible due to the sheer distances away most stars are from us. However, Barnard’s star is an exception. Located just six light years from Earth, Barnard’s star is actually moving closer to our own star system and will pass within four light years roughly 8,000 years from now. Due to its motion towards us and location in the sky, Barnard’s star has the highest apparent motion of any star in the sky, moving at roughly 10.3 arcseconds per year. Over the course of an average human life, about 72 years, the star will have moved roughly half the diameter of the full moon across the night sky. 

The gifset above was taken by astronomer Rick Johnson, who imaged the star once a year for nine years. In them, Barnard’s Star moved about 92.7 arcseconds in the sky. Barnard’s star is one of the few stars where we can observe this apparent motion. To capture any others, we’d have to be taking repetitive pictures for centuries.

The shadow of a Solar Eclipse seen from space. The next big Solar Eclipse is on 8/21/17!

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