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1 March 2013
Colors of Mercury
Image Credit: NASA / JHU Applied Physics Lab / Carnegie Inst. Washington
The colors of the solar system's innermost planet are enhanced in this tantalizing vi... |
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14 October 2012
The Hubble Extreme Deep Field
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, G. Illingworth, D. Magee, and P. Oesch (UCSC), R. Bouwens (Leiden Obs.), and the XDF Team
What did the first galaxies look... |
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19 December 2012
NGC 5189: An Unusually Complex Planetary Nebula
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Why is this nebula so complex? When a star like our Sun is dying, it w... |
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Society & SociologyE-Mail Scams
1 Posts • 2816 Views Psychology Forum |
One thing i hate is when peopel forward you those e-mails that say tings like
Bill Gates Is Giving Away His Fortune!!!
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I'm The Prince Of Nigeria Give Me Your Bank Account Number So I... |
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Alternative Beliefsreal or just a myth?
57 Posts • 18468 Views Religion Forum |
Had it been faked, I think the Russians would have pointed it out to us.
"Also, the thrust required to land the shuttle on the moon was a very high amount (sorry but i dont know the exact valu... |
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22 December 2012
Saturn at Night
Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Space Science Institute, Cassini Imaging Team
Splendors seldom seen are revealed in this glorious picture from Saturn's sha... |
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FuturologyWhat do you think the Future will be like?
43 Posts • 16640 Views Science & Technology Forum |
Theory: I submit that you are simply wrong. Knowing that you would not believe me, I have included some links to some very reputable web sites for your consideration:
http://hubbl esite.org/hubble_d... |
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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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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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13 March 2013
NGC 6751: The Glowing Eye Nebula
Image Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive, ESA, NASA; Processing - Donald Waid
Planetary nebulae can look simple, round, and planet-like in small telesco... |
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18 January 2013
Stickney Crater
Image Credit: HiRISE, MRO, LPL (U. Arizona), NASA
Stickney Crater, the largest crater on the martian moon Phobos, is named for Chloe Angeline Stickney Hall, mathe... |
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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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palindromes
28 Posts • 7633 Views Jokes & Games |
Is it sold loot? No, I suffered loss. A man is god; Amen! I came nice Tahiti (sic).
It's ale for a ban if for a fast – is role to help mash turnip? Use zoo? No - grasp order – use no zoos. Wart... |
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25 March 2013
Planck Maps the Microwave Background
Image Credit: European Space Agency, Planck Collaboration
What is our universe made of? To help find out, ESA launched the Planck satellite to... |
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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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20 February 2013
Saturn's Hexagon and Rings
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Why would clouds form a hexagon on Saturn? Nobody is sure. Originally discovered during th... |
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21 January 2013
Huygens: Titan Descent Movie
Credit: ESA/NASA/JPL/U. Arizona; Music: Beethoven's Piano Concerto #4; YouTube Upload: djxatlanta,
What would it look like to land on Saturn... |
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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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216 Posts • 85157 Views Science & Technology Forum |
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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15 March 2013
CME, Comet and Planet Earth
Image Credit: NRL / SECCHI / STEREO / NASA
Processing - Karl Battams (NRL and @SungrazerComets)
After appearing in a popular photo opportunity with a y... |
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8 September 2012
Cosmic Rays at Voyager 1
Credit: Voyager Project, NASA
Launched on a grand tour of the outer planets in 1977, by good fortune the twin Voyager spacecraft were also headed in the... |
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27 November 2012
Bright Jupiter in Taurus
Image Credit & Copyright: Tunç Tezel (TWAN)
That bright star you've recently noticed rising just after sunset isn't a star at all. It... |
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1 February 2013
Atlas V Launches TDRS-K
Image Credit & Copyright: Ben Cooper (Launch Photography)
Beyond a fertile field of satellite communication antennas at Kennedy Space Center, an Atlas... |
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7 December 2012
Earth at Night
Image Credit : NASA, NOAA NGDC, Suomi-NPP, Earth Observatory,
Data and Processing: Chris Elvidge and Robert Simmon
This remarkably complete view of Earth at nigh... |
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5 December 2012
Plasma Jets from Radio Galaxy Hercules A
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Baum & C. O'Dea (RIT), R. Perley and W. Cotton (NRAO/AUI/NSF),
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