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Showing posts with label universe pictures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label universe pictures. Show all posts
Monday, October 3, 2011

How Common are Terrestrial, Habitable Planets Around Sun-Like Stars?

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How Common are Terrestrial, Habitable Planets Around Sun-Like Stars? : Artist concept of the Kepler telescope in orbit. Image Credit: NAS...

Sunny Side Up: New Image of the Fried Egg Nebula Reveals a Rare Yellow Hypergiant Star

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Sunny Side Up: New Image of the Fried Egg Nebula Reveals a Rare Yellow Hypergiant Star : An image from the Very Large Telescope of IRAS 1...

What’s That Very Bright Star – Is it the Planet Jupiter?

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What’s That Very Bright Star – Is it the Planet Jupiter? : Jupiter Credit: John Talbot Have you seen a very bright star rising in the ...

ALMA Opens Her Eyes — With Stunning Results

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ALMA Opens Her Eyes — With Stunning Results : ALMA's first light: a view of the Antennae Galaxies. Credit: ESO There’s a new teles...

Astrophoto: The Great Orion Nebula by Arturo Montesinos

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Astrophoto: The Great Orion Nebula by Arturo Montesinos : The Great Orion Nebula. Credit: Arturo Montesinos Arturo Montesinos capture...

Astrophoto: Trifid Nebula by Jeanette Dunphy

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Astrophoto: Trifid Nebula by Jeanette Dunphy : Trifid Nebula. Credit: Jeanette Dunphy Jeanette Dunphy of Queensland, Australia captur...

Red Alert! Space Station Aurora

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Red Alert! Space Station Aurora : Astronauts had this view of the aurora on September 26, 2011. Credit: NASA We’ve had some great view...

Bending The Rules – Exploring Gravitational Redshift

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Bending The Rules – Exploring Gravitational Redshift : Researchers have analyzed measurements of the light from galaxies in approximately...

New Research Finds Venus’ Winds, They Are A-Changin’

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New Research Finds Venus’ Winds, They Are A-Changin’ : Image of Venus in ultraviolet light by ESA's Venus Express. (ESA/MPS/DLR/IDA)...

Where In The Universe Challenge #152

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Where In The Universe Challenge #152 : Here’s a new image for the Where In The Universe Challenge, to test your visual knowledge of the c...

Human Mission to an Asteroid: Getting There With the New Space Launch System

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Human Mission to an Asteroid: Getting There With the New Space Launch System : The new SLS on the launchpad. Credit: NASA With NASA’s ...

Astrophoto: Galactic Center by Drew Medlin

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Astrophoto: Galactic Center by Drew Medlin : Galactic Center. Credit: Drew Medlin Drew Medlin captured this photo of the Galactic Cen...

China Blasts First Space Lab Tiangong 1 to Orbit

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China Blasts First Space Lab Tiangong 1 to Orbit : A Long March-2FT1 carrier rocket loaded with Tiangong-1 unmanned space lab module blas...

“Extreme” Solar Wind Blasts Mercury’s Poles

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“Extreme” Solar Wind Blasts Mercury’s Poles : Planet Mercury as seen from the MESSENGER spacecraft in 2008. Image Credit: NASA Accordi...

Fires in the Sky, Fires on the Ground

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Fires in the Sky, Fires on the Ground : The aurora australis seen from the ISS on September 17, 2011. Credit: NASA. With all of the a...

Astrophoto: Aurora over the Cabin by Jason Ahrns

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Astrophoto: Aurora over the Cabin by Jason Ahrns : Aurora over the Cabin. Credit: Jason Ahrns Jason Ahrns captured this incredible sh...

Astrophoto: Venus Setting by Rick Ellis

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Astrophoto: Venus Setting by Rick Ellis : Venus Setting. Credit: Rick Ellis Rick Ellis of Toronto, Canada came up with this multiple-...

Astrophoto: Moon Halo by Earl Matenga

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Astrophoto: Moon Halo by Earl Matenga : Moon Halo. Credit: Earl Matenga After Niki Giada’s photo of the Sun’s halo , here we are agai...

SpaceX: Next Dragon to Launch No-Earlier-Than Dec. 19

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SpaceX: Next Dragon to Launch No-Earlier-Than Dec. 19 : SpaceX has announced that it will work to launch the next Falcon 9 rocket from Ca...

Astrophoto: The Hidden Galaxy by Don Scott

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Astrophoto: The Hidden Galaxy by Don Scott : The Hidden Galaxy. Credit: Don Scott It’s one of the challenging subjects for astrophoto...