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2 October 2012
An Ancient Stream Bank on Mars
Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS
Fresh evidence of an ancient stream has been found on Mars. The robotic rover Curiosity has run across unusual... |
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13 September 2012
Cocoon Nebula Wide Field
Image Credit & Copyright: Fabian Neyer
In this crowded starfield covering over 2 degrees within the high flying constellation Cygnus, the eye is dr... |
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16 September 2012
Saturn: Bright Tethys and Ancient Rings
Image Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA
How old are Saturn's rings? No one is quite sure. One possibility is that t... |
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27 October 2012
A Halo for NGC 6164
Image Credit & Copyright: Don Goldman
Beautiful emission nebula NGC 6164 was created by a rare, hot, luminous O-type star, some 40 times as massive as the... |
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6 October 2012
At the Heart of Orion
Credit: Image Data - Hubble Legacy Archive, Processing - Robert Gendler
Near the center of this sharp cosmic portrait, at the heart of the Orion Nebula, are... |
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27 September 2012
Stars and Dust Across Corona Australis
Image Credit & Copyright: Marco Lorenzi (Glittering Lights)
Cosmic dust clouds sprawl across a rich field of stars in this sweeping t... |
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2 December 2012
The Gegenschein Over Chile
Image Credit & Copyright: Yuri Beletsky (ESO)
Is the night sky darkest in the direction opposite the Sun? No. In fact, a rarely discernable faint g... |
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12 October 2012
Pan-STARRS and Nebulae
Image Credit: PS1 Science Consortium
Processing: Nigel Metcalfe, Peter Draper (Durham Univ.), Gene Magnier (IfA Hawaii)
A single field from the world'... |
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24 November 2012
NGC 1365: Majestic Spiral with Supernova
Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh
Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 is truly a majestic island universe some 200,000 light-years acr... |
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22 November 2012
Night of the Long Leonid
Image Credit & Copyright: Stéphane Vetter (Nuits sacrees)
A cosmic grain of sand left the long and colorful trail across this all-sky view. Its g... |
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9 October 2012
Simeis 147: Supernova Remnant
Image Credit & Copyright: Rogelio Bernal Andreo (Deep Sky Colors)
It's easy to get lost following the intricate filaments in this detailed m... |
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26 October 2012
Reflection Nebula vdB1
Image Credit & Copyright: Adam Block, Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter, University of Arizona
Every book has a first page and every catalog a first entry. And so t... |
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19 October 2012
Merging NGC 2623
Image Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive, ESA, NASA; Processing - Martin Pugh
NGC 2623 is really two galaxies that are becoming one. Seen to be in the final stages of... |
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The Pain Project
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The Pain Project is an international, interdisciplinary research project focused on relations amongst pain, perception, and emotion, as well as pain in non-human anima... |
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13 December 2012
Apollo 17: A Stereo View from Lunar Orbit
Image Credit: Gene Cernan, Apollo 17, NASA; Anaglyph by Patrick Vantuyne
Get out your red/blue glasses and check out this awesome stere... |
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28 September 2012
Stars in a Dusty Sky
Image Credit & Copyright: John Davis
Bright star Markab anchors this dusty skyscape. At the top right corner of the frame, Markab itself marks a corner... |
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26 December 2012
Makemake of the Outer Solar System
Illustration Credit: European Southern Observatory
Makemake is one of the largest objects known in the outer Solar System. Pronounced MAH-kay... |
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13 October 2012
Galaxies, Stars, and Dust
Image Credit & Copyright: Ignacio de la Cueva Torregrosa (Capturandoeluniverso, A.A.E.)
Spiky stars and spooky shapes abound in this deep cosmic sky... |
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30 October 2012
Planetary Nebula PK 164 +31.1
Image Credit & Copyright: Descubre Foundation, CAHA, OAUV, DSA, Vicent Peris (OAUV), Jack Harvey (SSRO), PixInsight
Is this what will become of... |
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10 December 2012
Time-Lapse: A Total Solar Eclipse
Video Credit & Copyright: Colin Legg
Have you ever experienced a total eclipse of the Sun? The above time-lapse movie depicts such an eclip... |
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29 December 2012
Zeta Oph: Runaway Star
Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Spitzer Space Telescope
Like a ship plowing through cosmic seas, runaway star Zeta Ophiuchi produces the arcing interstel... |
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ElectionsOfficial Launch of Ron Paul 2012 Campaign
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Ron Paul Blasts GOP Establishment In Dramatic First Campaign Video
Debt ceiling struggle takes centre stage in Congressman's blockbuster trailer
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StoriesHis Name was Henry
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His Name was Henry
a short story by Wolf Larsen
His name was Henry. He was walking down the street to the bus stop. Henry had just finished a long day at work and now he was free. Free!
Henry... |
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15 September 2012
Ring Nebula Drawn
Drawing Credit & Copyright: Frédéric Burgeot
A planetary nebula with a simple symmetry familiar to telescopic sky gazers, the Ring Nebula (M57) is s... |
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1 December 2012
Northern Mercury
Credit: NASA / JHU Applied Physics Lab / Carnegie Inst. Washington
Innermost planet Mercury would probably not be a good location for an interplanetary winter ol... |
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