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The International Space Station (Photo: NASA)

Close Call for ISS; Threat to Polar Bears; Binary System Cannibal

July 18, 2015

ISS Crewmembers Back to Work after Close Call with Space Junk Fear that a floating piece of space junk could impact the ISS sent astronauts the station’s crew scrambling onto a docked Soyuz TMA-16M spacecraft on Friday (07/17). Luckily, the debris passed the station harmlessly, and the crew was back at work. Houston’s Mission Control […]

Science Images of the Month – December, 2014

December 31, 2014

Massive Tsunami Debris Highlights Problem of Trashed Oceans

July 27, 2012

About a year after the  Japanese earthquake and tsunami, debris from the disaster drifted across the Pacific Ocean, washing up on beaches in the western United States and Canada. At first, it consisted mostly of  small and lightweight materials like pieces of Styrofoam or soccer balls.  After a while, the wayward debris began to get […]

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