A Splendor Seldom Seen A Splendor Seldom Seen

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has delivered a glorious view of Saturn, taken while the spacecraft was in Saturn's shadow. The cameras we...

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Maret 30, 2013

The Brightness of the Sun The Brightness of the Sun

The bright Sun, a portion of the International Space Station and Earth's horizon are featured in this image photographed during the STS-...

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Maret 30, 2013

Churning Out Stars Churning Out Stars

W3 is an enormous stellar nursery about 6,200 light-years away in the Perseus Arm, one of the Milky Way galaxy’s main spiral arms, which hos...

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Maret 29, 2013

Building a Lunar Base with 3D Printing Building a Lunar Base with 3D Printing

Building a base on the Moon could theoretically be made much simpler by using a 3D printer to construct it from local materials. The concept...

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Maret 27, 2013

Mammatus Clouds over Saskatchewan Mammatus Clouds over Saskatchewan

Normal cloud bottoms are flat. This is because moist warm air that rises and cools will condense into water droplets at a specific temperatu...

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Maret 25, 2013

Earth - The Water Planet Earth - The Water Planet

Viewed from space, the most striking feature of our planet is the water. In both liquid and frozen form, it covers 75% of the Earth’s surfac...

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Maret 22, 2013

Star-Forming Region S106 Star-Forming Region S106

The bipolar star-forming region, called Sharpless 2-106, looks like a soaring, celestial snow angel. The outstretched "wings" of t...

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Maret 20, 2013

The M106 Galaxy The M106 Galaxy

Working with astronomical image processors at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md., renowned astrophotographer Robert Gen...

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Maret 19, 2013

A cloud of ash above Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcano A cloud of ash above Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcano

Osorno, Los Lagos, Chile June 5, 2011 Image Credit & Copyright: Claudio Santana

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Maret 18, 2013

Comet C/2011 L4 - PANSTARRS Comet C/2011 L4 - PANSTARRS

Still looking for that comet? Comet PanSTARRS (C/2011 L4) naked-eye appearance in the northern hemisphere is described by successful comet s...

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Maret 17, 2013

Hubble Panoramic View of Orion Nebula Reveals Thousands of Stars Hubble Panoramic View of Orion Nebula Reveals Thousands of Stars

This dramatic image offers a peek inside a cavern of roiling dust and gas where thousands of stars are forming. The image, taken by the Adva...

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Maret 16, 2013

A cloud of ash above Puyehue Volcano A cloud of ash above Puyehue Volcano

Osorno, Los Lagos, Chile June 5, 2011 Image Credit & Copyright: Claudio Santana

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Maret 15, 2013

Quiet Interlude in Solar Max Quiet Interlude in Solar Max

Something unexpected is happening on the Sun. 2013 was supposed to be the year of "solar maximum," the peak of the 11-year sunspot...

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Maret 13, 2013

Ancient Mars Could Have Supported Life Ancient Mars Could Have Supported Life

An analysis of a rock sample collected by NASA's Curiosity rover shows ancient Mars could have supported living microbes. Scientists ide...

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Maret 13, 2013

NASA’s SDO Observes Earth, Lunar Transits in Same Day NASA’s SDO Observes Earth, Lunar Transits in Same Day

On March 2, 2013, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) entered its semiannual eclipse season, a period of three weeks when Earth blocks ...

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Maret 13, 2013

Aurora over Kongsberg Aurora over Kongsberg

Kongsberg, Norway December 4, 2010 Image Credit & Copyright: Odd Smedsrud

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Maret 12, 2013

Sakurajima Volcano with Lightning Sakurajima Volcano with Lightning

Why does a volcanic eruption sometimes create lightning? On this picture, the Sakurajima volcano in southern Japan was caught erupting in ea...

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Maret 11, 2013

Aurora over Langesund Aurora over Langesund

Langesund, Norway October 10, 2012 Image Credit & Copyright: Hugo Løhre

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Maret 08, 2013

Summer Lightning near Keota Summer Lightning near Keota

The Pawnee National Grasslands in Colorado is an exceptional place both to observe nature and to stargaze. Observers have a nearly unobstruc...

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Maret 07, 2013

Tornado & Lightning Tornado & Lightning

Lightning can serve as a natural sensing tool that allows scientists to understand what else could be happening in a storm Image Credit: F....

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Maret 06, 2013

The Milky Way Galaxy over Devils Tower The Milky Way Galaxy over Devils Tower

Was Devils Tower once an explosive volcano? Famous for its appearance in films such as Close Encounters, the origin of Devil's Tower in ...

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Maret 05, 2013

Eclipse over the Temple of Poseidon Eclipse over the Temple of Poseidon

What's happened to the Sun? The Moon moved to partly block the Sun for a few minutes in January 2010 as a partial solar eclipse became m...

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Maret 04, 2013

Earth's Shadow Earth's Shadow

The dark, inner shadow of planet Earth is called the umbra. Shaped like a cone extending into space, the umbra has a circular cross section ...

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Maret 03, 2013

Shooting a Laser at the Galactic Centre Shooting a Laser at the Galactic Centre

The sky above Paranal on 21 July 2007. Two 8.2-m telescopes of ESO's VLT are seen against the wonderful backdrop of the myriad of stars ...

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Maret 02, 2013

Sunrise over Cape Sounion Sunrise over Cape Sounion

The Sun is a moving target. Its annual motion through planet Earth's sky tracks north and south, from solstice to solstice, as the seaso...

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Maret 02, 2013
 
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