Ebb and Flow, two NASA space probes, have been orbiting the Moon and measuring its gravity field for the last year. Now that their fuel is depleted, NASA will orchestrate their death, a plunge into the lunar surface.
Book Mountain, a ziggurat of bookshelves that spirals upward underneath a pyramidal glass enclosure. Unfolded, the construction consists of 480 meters of terraces with a bookshelf surface area of 9,300 square meters.
Book Mountain, a ziggurat of bookshelves that spirals upward underneath a pyramidal glass enclosure. Unfolded, the construction consists of 480 meters of terraces with a bookshelf surface area of 9,300 square meters.
Book Mountain, a ziggurat of bookshelves that spirals upward underneath a pyramidal glass enclosure. Unfolded, the construction consists of 480 meters of terraces with a bookshelf surface area of 9,300 square meters.
I start climbing, scaling the Cornucopia on my hands and feet. The pure gold surface has been designed to resemble the woven horn that we fill at harvest, so there are little ridges and seams to get a decent hold on.
NASA's Mars rover has made it's first major discovery, and it's one for the ages. Water once coursed over the now bone-dry surface, a finding based on the presence of rounded pebbles and gravel near the rover's landing site.
US astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the Moon, has died at age 82. He was commander of Apollo 11. More than 500 million TV viewers around the world watched its touchdown on the lunar surface.
Chicago's largest-ever public art installation, Color Jam, was unveiled in the heart of the city's Loop -- covering various surfaces of the intersection of State and Adams with multihued, geometric shapes.
Long strands of bull kelp ripple beneath the surface of churning coastal waters draw fuel from the sun and, perhaps, point out a better way for humanity to capture and use energy.
Cloud-to-ground lightning bolts are a common phenomenon—about 100 strike Earth’s surface every single second. Each bolt can contain up to one billion volts of electricity.
Snake the Planet uses projection mapping techniques to project the classic game on to any available surface. Windows, signs and even people become pixelated obstacles in the game.
Snake the Planet uses projection mapping techniques to project the classic game on to any available surface. Windows, signs and even people become pixelated obstacles in the game.
Frilled sharks usually live in the deep sea, but apparently they occasionally rise to the surface purely to remind us that terror may await in the briny depths.
Latte art is a style of pouring steamed milk into a shot of espresso creating a pattern or design on the surface. It can also be embellished by “drawing” in the top layer of foam.
Latte art is a style of pouring steamed milk into a shot of espresso creating a pattern or design on the surface. It can also be embellished by “drawing” in the top layer of foam.
Infrared images taken by NASA satellites have peered below the earth's surface to reveal what are suspected to be pyramids under the ancient city of Tanis.
Infrared images taken by NASA satellites have peered below the earth's surface to reveal what are suspected to be pyramids under the ancient city of Tanis.
Fingerprints left on insulating surfaces carry a static charge that decays over time and can be measured, providing clues as to when a crime was committed.
Fingerprints left on insulating surfaces carry a static charge that decays over time and can be measured, providing clues as to when a crime was committed.
The MESSENGER spacecraft has delivered the first pictures ever taken from orbit around the planet Mercury, and NASA expects thousands more as it probes the surface.
Scientists will attempt to extract pristine samples from the earth's mantle in an ambitious new drilling project. Convection in this layer is key to shaping the surface above.
Mercenary Frank Martin, who specializes moving goods of all kinds, surfaces again this time in Miami, Florida when he's implicated in the kidnapping of the young son of a powerful USA official.
The Cuban Solenodon has venomous saliva. It is a nocturnal burrower, living underground, and thus is very rarely seen. They move with an unsteady gait on the surface.
Cats of all sizes, from tabbies to tigers, drink by moving the tip of their tongue onto the surface of the water, then drawing it up rapidly so that a little jet of liquid flies into their mouth.