Every spring, as the regular TV season winds down, the major networks?unwilling to let us forget they exist?start teasing us with all the new shows they?ll be bombarding us with in the new fall season. Technically, the upfronts are meant to convince advertisers to buy in, but since serious TV addict…

May 17, 2014: Near-Collision Warps Galaxies Photos by European Space Agency Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Kathy van Pelt

This image from NASA/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows galaxy NGC 4485 in the constellation of Canes Venatici (The Hunting Dogs). The galaxy is irregular in shap…

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May 17, 2014: Near-Collision Warps Galaxies Photos by European Space Agency Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Kathy van Pelt

This image from NASA/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows galaxy NGC 4485 in the constellation of Canes Venatici (The Hunting Dogs). The galaxy is irregular in shap…

52 volcanoes across the Aleutian arc in Alaska, color coded for their activity status (see post for color key), seen on May 16, 2014 by Aqua/MODIS. Click here to see a larger version of this shot. Image: NASA Earth Observatory / Rob Simmon.

It?s not everyday you can see 52 potentially active volca…