Tag: space

November 21, 2016 at 12:35 pm

12 Highlights from the Supermoon Space Launch

12 Highlights from the Supermoon Space Launch

The historic Expedition 50 marks notable firsts for the French as well as Female astronauts

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October 27, 2016 at 1:25 pm

Picture of the Day: Jupiterrise

Picture of the Day: Jupiterrise

It’s like a ‘moonrise’, only Jupiter-sized 🙂

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September 28, 2016 at 11:19 am

SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System

SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System

“The reason I am personally accruing assets is to fund this. I really have no other purpose than to make life interplanetary” – Elon Musk

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August 26, 2016 at 4:30 pm

Picture of the Day: NASA Earth Marbles

Picture of the Day: NASA Earth Marbles

Since 1972, NASA’s iconic “Blue Marbles” have inspired and captured our collective imaginations

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August 11, 2016 at 3:32 pm

A One Year Timelapse of Earth From a Million Miles Away

A One Year Timelapse of Earth From a Million Miles Away

Every 2 hours, NASA’s EPIC camera takes a photo of Earth from the same spot in space, about a million miles away

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August 9, 2016 at 7:26 pm

Digital Camera Zooms In On the Moon

Digital Camera Zooms In On the Moon

The 83x (2000mm equivalent) optical zoom on the Nikon Coolpix P900 digital camera is bananas

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July 15, 2016 at 2:30 pm

Temperatures of the Universe: From Absolute Zero to ‘Absolute Hot’ [Infographic]

Temperatures of the Universe: From Absolute Zero to 'Absolute Hot' [Infographic]

BBC Future explores the temperatures of the Universe from Absolute zero (–273.15°C/ –459.67°F) to ‘Absolute hot’ (Planck temperature)

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June 30, 2016 at 1:54 pm

Auroras Larger Than Earth Spotted Over Jupiter

Auroras Larger Than Earth Spotted Over Jupiter

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed giant, vivid auroras on the poles of the Solar System’s largest planet

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June 20, 2016 at 11:05 am

Picture of the Day: Frosted Sand Dunes on Mars

Picture of the Day: Frosted Sand Dunes on Mars

Sand dunes cover much of this terrain, which has large boulders lying on flat areas between the dunes. It is late winter in the southern hemisphere of Mars, and these dunes are just getting enough sunlight to start defrosting their seasonal cover of carbon dioxide. Spots form where pressurized carbon dioxide gas escapes to the surface

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June 3, 2016 at 1:14 pm

This First-Person View of a Rocket Launch to Space is Incredible

This First-Person View of a Rocket Launch to Space is Incredible

“And I think it’s gonna be a long long time…”

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