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Light Pillars Over Alaska
“What’s happening behind those houses? Pictured here are not auroras but nearby light pillars, a nearby phenomenon that can appear as a distant one. In most places on Earth, a lucky viewer can see a Sun-pillar, a column of light … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Allisha Libby, APOD, Astronomy Picture of the Day, Fairbanks, Fort Wainwright, ice crystals, light, light pillar, photography, Sun
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Comet 67P From Spacecraft Rosetta
“Spacecraft Rosetta continues to circle and map Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Crossing the inner Solar System for ten years to reach the vicinity of the comet in 2014, the robotic spacecraft continues to image the unusual double-lobed comet nucleus. The featured image, taken … Continue reading
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Tagged 67P, APOD, Astronomy Picture of the Day, Churyumov-Gerasimenko, comet, ESA, Rosetta, Rosetta spacecraft
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Periodic Table – Where Your Elements Came From
“The hydrogen in your body, present in every molecule of water, came from the Big Bang. There are no other appreciable sources of hydrogen in the universe. The carbon in your body was made by nuclear fusion in the interior … Continue reading
Wright Mons In Colour
“Informally named Wright Mons, a broad mountain about 150 kilometers across and 4 kilometers high with a wide, deep summit depression is featured in this inset image captured during the New Horizons flyby of Pluto in July 2015. Of course, … Continue reading
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Tagged APOD, Astronomy Picture of the Day, colour, New Horizons, Pluto, volcano, Wright Mons
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Earthset From The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
“On the Moon, the Earth never rises — or sets. If you were to sit on the surface of the Moon, you would see the Earth just hang in the sky. This is because the Moon always keeps the same … Continue reading
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Tagged APOD, astronauts, Astronomy Picture of the Day, Earth, Earthrise, Earthset, LRO, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Moon, Pale Blue Dot, space
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Falcon 9 First Stage Landing
“The booster has landed. Spaceflight took a step toward the less expensive last week when the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket set down on a landing pad not far from its Florida launch. Previously, most rocket stages remained … Continue reading
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Tagged APOD, Astronomy Picture of the Day, BBC, Blue Origin, Elon Musk, Falcon 9, International Space Station, ISS, NASA, rocket, SpaceX
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Pluto: From Mountains To Plains
“What do the sharpest views ever of Pluto show? As the robotic New Horizons spacecraft moves into the outer Solar System, it is now sending back some of the highest resolution images from its historic encounter with Pluto in July. … Continue reading
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Tagged al-Idrisi Montes, APOD, Astronomy Picture of the Day, heart, Johns Hopkins U. APL, mountainous highlands, NASA, New Horizons, Pluto, scales, skin, solar system, Sputnik Planum, SwRI
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