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All the Water on Planet Earth
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Tue May 15, 2012 11:55 pm GMT
How much of planet Earth is made of water?
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Virtual Flight Over Asteroid Vesta
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Tue May 15, 2012 11:55 pm GMT
What would it be like to fly over the asteroid Vesta?
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Spiral Galaxy NGC 1672 from Hubble
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Tue May 15, 2012 11:55 pm GMT
Many spiral galaxies have bars across their centers.
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The Hydra Cluster of Galaxies
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Tue May 15, 2012 11:55 pm GMT
Two stars within our own Milky Way galaxy anchor the foreground
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Green Flash and Super Moon
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Tue May 15, 2012 11:55 pm GMT
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Star Formation in the Tarantula Nebula
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Tue May 15, 2012 11:55 pm GMT
The largest, most violent star forming region known in the whole
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Opportunity's Traverse Map From Sol 2951
NASA Image of the Day - Tue May 15, 2012 10:00 pm GMT
After spending 19 weeks working in one place while solar power was too low for driving during the Martian winter, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is on the move again. The winter worksite was on the north slope of an outcrop called Greeley Haven. The rover used its rear hazard-avoidance camera after nearly completing the May 8 drive, capturing this view looking back at the Greeley Haven. Since landing in the Meridiani region of Mars on Jan. 25, 2004, Universal Time and EST (Jan. 24, PST), Opportunity has driven 21.4 miles (34.4 kilometers). This image is of Opportunity's traverse map from Sol 2951 and shows the entirety of the rover's travels to this point. A sol is a Martian day. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell/University of Arizona
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JPL Invites all Earthlings to Annual Open House
JPL News - Tue May 15, 2012 01:05 pm GMT
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., invites the public to its annual Open House on Saturday, June 9, and Sunday, June 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Shuttle Enterprise Over New York
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Mon May 14, 2012 10:55 pm GMT
What's that in the background?
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Expedition 31 Prepares for Launch
NASA Image of the Day - Mon May 14, 2012 10:00 pm GMT
The Soyuz rocket is seen in the monitor of a video camera moments before Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka and flight engineers Joseph Acaba and Sergei Revin arrived to board the rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for their flight to join their crew mates already aboard the International Space Station. The craft successfully launched at 11:01 p.m. EDT, Monday, May 14, 2012. The trio will dock to the station’s Poisk Mini-Research Module at 12:38 a.m. Thursday, bringing Expedition 31 to its full six-member complement. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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Expedition 31 Trio Blasts Off for International Space Station
NASA Breaking News - Mon May 14, 2012 10:00 pm GMT
The Soyuz spacecraft launched at 10:01 p.m. CDT.
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Overfed Black Holes Shut Down Galactic Star-Making
NASA Breaking News - Sun May 13, 2012 10:00 pm GMT
The Herschel Space Observatory has shown galaxies with the most powerful, active black holes at their cores produce fewer stars than galaxies with less active black holes.
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NASA Modifies Launch Service Contract To Add Falcon 9 Rocket
NASA Breaking News - Sun May 13, 2012 10:00 pm GMT
NASA has announced a modification of its NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract with Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, Calif., to add an additional configuration of the Falcon 9 rocket to its fleet.
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Cygnus-X
NASA Image of the Day - Sun May 13, 2012 10:00 pm GMT
Best known as a swan winging its way across the night, the constellation Cygnus is easily seen in the northern hemisphere's summertime sky. This new view of the Cygnus-X star-forming region by the Herschel Telescope highlights chaotic networks of dust and gas that point to sites of massive star formation. This image combines far-infrared data acquired at 70 micron (corresponding to the blue channel); 160 micron (corresponding to the green channel); and 250 micron (corresponding to the red channel). The observations were made on May 24, 2010, and Dec. 18, 2010. Herschel is a European Space Agency cornerstone mission, with science instruments provided by consortia of European institutes and with important participation by NASA. Image Credit: ESA/PACS/SPIRE/Martin Hennemann & Frederique Motte, Laboratoire AIM Paris-Saclay, CEA/Irfu -- CNRS/INSU -- Univ. Paris Diderot, France
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