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Monday, September 25, 2017

Mapping the nearby Universe | Hubble

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Galaxy ESO 376-16 The distances to objects in the Universe can differ enormously. The nearest star to us—Proxima Centauri—lies some 4.2 li...
Saturday, September 23, 2017

Stunning aurora | International Space Station

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On September 15, 2017, 711 photos were taken by ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli of Italy to create this timelapse of a stunning aurora. Follow ...

Saturn: Shadow Art | NASA Cassini Mission

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Assembled using RGB filtered images of Saturn taken on November 7, 2004. The Cassini mission was a cooperative project of NASA, ESA (the E...
Friday, September 22, 2017

Hurricane Maria | International Space Station

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Captured by ESA Astronaut Paolo Nespoli of Italy Credit: ESA/NASA Release Date: September 21, 2017 #NASA #ISS #Earth #Scien...

NASA ScienceCasts: Riding the Slingshot to Asteroid Bennu

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Gravity’s pull is being used to help propel a small spacecraft known as OSIRIS-REx to a near-Earth asteroid called Bennu. OSIRIS-REx Miss...
Thursday, September 21, 2017

NASA X-plane Preliminary Design Model Tests Quiet Supersonic Technology

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Image: Engineer stands with X-plane design model in wind tunnel Samantha O’Flaherty, Test Engineer for Jacobs Technology Inc., finalizes t...

Hurricane Maria Makes Landfall in Puerto Rico | NOAA

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This GOES-16 geocolor image was captured as Category 4 Hurricane Maria made landfall near Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, around 6:15 a.m. EDT on ...

Hurricane Maria | NASA-NOAA Suomi NPP Satellite

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Thermal image of Maria Sept. 20, 2017: NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite VIIRS instrument captured this thermal image on Sept. 20, 2017, a...
Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Northern Lights over Canada | International Space Station

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The spectacular aurora borealis, or the “northern lights,” over Canada is sighted from the International Space Station near the highest ...

Hurricane Maria | International Space Station

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Sept. 19, 2017: External cameras on the International Space Station captured dramatic views of Hurricane Maria as it churned through the Ca...
Monday, September 18, 2017

NTT and beyond

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Rising up to block part of the star-studded sky, the New Technology Telescope (NTT) cuts a striking and dramatic figure in this European...

Spiral Galaxy NGC 6753 | Hubble

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Despite the advances made in past decades, the process of galaxy formation remains an open question in astronomy. Various theories ha...
Friday, September 15, 2017

Cassini Spacecraft's Final Image of Saturn | NASA

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This natural color view, created using images taken with red, green and blue spectral filters, was provided by the Cassini spacecraft befo...

Ocean Moon Enceladus Setting Behind Saturn | NASA Cassini Mission

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Saturn's active, ocean-bearing moon Enceladus sinks behind the giant planet in a farewell portrait from the international Cassini sp...

Farewell to Cassini on This Week @NASA

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On Sept. 15, our Cassini spacecraft concluded its remarkable mission with a plunge into Saturn’s atmosphere. This was the last of 22 clos...

Jose, Western Atlantic Ocean | NOAA Satellite

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This full-disk GOES-16 satellite image captured early on September 15, 2017 shows Tropical Storm (now Hurricane) Jose near the Bahamas...