Earth & Space

According to one of Steve's most recent posts Neil deGrass Tyson goes down as noting that the 2008 bank bailout was "larger than the total 50 year history of NASA'S budget." This prompted Steve to go looking at how the tax dollars of the people of the United States are prioritized. Steve came up with this table to help to show the difference between science and military spending.

The image above is an official image taken of the surface of Mars by NASA. The image shows just what the surface of the thought-to-be barren planet looks like. Those concepts of the planet being barren are now being questioned by one science blogger however, who took it upon himself to zoom in to the image just about as far as he could.

According to a recent article by Space.com writer Clara Moskowitz, a meteorite that crashed in to the moon's surface on March 17 has resulted in a new hole on the moon's surface.

Hold on to your seats Stratos fans because the Felix Baumgartner Mission jacket is back in stock!

This scene would have been pretty interesting if physics had its way with Aladdin and Jasmine.

Size is really a hard concept to grasp unless you have an object of known size to compare it with. This shot of the Pacific Ocean from space illustrates just how entirely massive this body of water is. Don't make a "Yo momma so fat..." joke, Andrew. Don't do it!

Never thought you'd see humans colonize Mars in your lifetime? You still might not if you're in your 60s or older. But for us young breeds who still have a chance at a life worth living, we might actually see the colonization of Mars by our own homosapien brethren. And by see, I mean watch on TV.

It might not be rocket science, but it is physics!

At one point or another, every little boy goes through their “I want to be an astronaut when I grow up” phase. Because drinking recycled pee just sounds like great fun! It might only last for a week, but you could make it the best week of their life with the Astronaut Quilt. I’m not going to lie to you. ...

Until now, astrophysicists were having a lot of difficulty with galaxy simulations. These difficulties were a result of two things -- a lack of detailed information about galaxy formation, and the complexity of the features of a galaxy. Though this simulation doesn't entirely overcome these hurdles, it's definitely a step in the right direction.