The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars. – Carl Sagan Feast your eyes and ears on this lovely short sci-fi film, narrated with the words of Carl Sagan: We let you explore other worlds remotely using robotic spacecraft here at CosmoQuest. But I suspect […]
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Ambition.
The European Space Agency released a short film this week called “Ambition” starring Aiden Gillen (of Game of Thrones fame) and Aisling Franciosi and touching on the Rosetta landing coming up November 12. It. Is. Spectacular. Turn up the volume and full screen this bad boy. If you ever doubted this power of art and science […]
Moon as Art Winner
You voted, and the results are in. The most beautiful image from the Moon is of the central peak of Tycho! The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter team selected the 24 most beautiful images from the mission and let you vote on the best of the top 5. That winner will become toe cover of the Moon […]
Earthrise, Revisited
The Earth rise picture from the Apollo 8 mission is an iconic image in humanity’s history. For the first time, a small group of humans saw the Earth as just a small, blue marble, rising above the desolate landscape of the Moon. For the first time, humanity itself saw how tiny and precious it was. […]
Happy Pi Day
YOU’RE WELCOME FOR THE EARWORM! Go find a fun way to celebrate the number pi today.
Flash on the Moon
The Moon gets banged up. A LOT. The craters of the Moon are an invaluable tool in determining the geologic history of the Moon. Not all craters are ancient as impacts are happening today. Astronomers in Spain detected a bright flash on the Moon in September 2013 and have published their findings (may be paywalled) in […]
New Video Tutorials
We have some brand new tutorial videos up and ready for your use at the CosmoQuest citizen science pages. These videos will automatically appear for any new user of our citizen science tools. However, that doesn’t mean that they won’t be helpful for all our veteran users as well. Here are all the current tutorials […]