Friday, September 14, 2012
Earth, seen in 1990 as a “pale blue dot” from Voyager 1, about 3.7 billion miles away. Listen to the Boston Public Radio interview with a Voyager scientist: http://ow.ly/dIZ7F

Earth, seen in 1990 as a “pale blue dot” from Voyager 1, about 3.7 billion miles away. Listen to the Boston Public Radio interview with a Voyager scientist: http://ow.ly/dIZ7F

Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Hurricane Isaac as seen from space. (Video.)

Hurricane Isaac as seen from space. (Video.)

Tuesday, July 24, 2012
I love the John Glenn model … I may call NASA in 25 years or so, and see if they’d like to send me to Mars. Sally Ride on WGBH’s Greater Boston in 2002. Watch the interview.
Friday, April 20, 2012
A “space tornado” nebula. Part of a series of newly released images from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. (Story.)

A “space tornado” nebula. Part of a series of newly released images from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. (Story.)

Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Where science becomes art: ocean wind currents look like a Van Gogh. (Story.)

Where science becomes art: ocean wind currents look like a Van Gogh. (Story.)