... or does today's Aurora Borealis photo over on Space Weather dot com look like something Georgia O'Keeffe might have painted, while on acid?

Also, a brand new comet has been spotted, big but still way out there. It's too soon to say whether it'll be fiery or just fizzle. But ...

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That probe that aims to orbit and study the comet? Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko? Now, there's an app for that.

iPhone and iPad users can take control of a virtual Rosetta and guide the probe's investigation of the virtual space rock -- even "piloting" the "lander" -- in the best space marketing venture [since freeze-dried ice cream] ever. No ( Read more... )