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march 2011 by amy
"The Cassini spacecraft views Saturn with a selection of its moons in varying sizes.
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is in the center of the image. Titan is 5,150 kilometers, or 3,200 miles, across. The smaller moon Enceladus (504 kilometers, or 313 miles across) is on the far right, appearing just below the rings. The tiny moon Pandora (81 kilometers, or 50 miles across) is barely detectable as a speck on the far left, beyond the thin F ring. To enhance visibility, Pandora has been brightened by a factor of two relative to the rest of the image."
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Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is in the center of the image. Titan is 5,150 kilometers, or 3,200 miles, across. The smaller moon Enceladus (504 kilometers, or 313 miles across) is on the far right, appearing just below the rings. The tiny moon Pandora (81 kilometers, or 50 miles across) is barely detectable as a speck on the far left, beyond the thin F ring. To enhance visibility, Pandora has been brightened by a factor of two relative to the rest of the image."
march 2011 by amy
Cosmic Rebirth - US News and World Report
november 2010 by amy
Most cosmologists trace the birth of the universe to the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago. But a new analysis of the relic radiation generated by that explosive event suggests the universe got its start eons earlier and has cycled through myriad episodes of birth and death, with the Big Bang merely the most recent in a series of starting guns.
astronomy
physics
november 2010 by amy
'the world's longest exposure'
october 2010 by amy
"WORLDS LONGEST EXPOSURE
Six months. That’s right. This dream-like picture shows each phase of the sun over Bristol’s Clifton Suspension Bridge taken during half a year.
The image was captured on a pin-hole camera made from an empty drinks can with a 0.25mm aperture and a single sheet of photographic paper.
Photographer Justin Quinnell strapped the camera to a telephone pole overlooking the Gorge, where it was left between December 19, 2007 and June 21, 2008—the Winter and Summer solstices. (That’s a 15,552,000 second exposure.)"
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astronomy
Six months. That’s right. This dream-like picture shows each phase of the sun over Bristol’s Clifton Suspension Bridge taken during half a year.
The image was captured on a pin-hole camera made from an empty drinks can with a 0.25mm aperture and a single sheet of photographic paper.
Photographer Justin Quinnell strapped the camera to a telephone pole overlooking the Gorge, where it was left between December 19, 2007 and June 21, 2008—the Winter and Summer solstices. (That’s a 15,552,000 second exposure.)"
october 2010 by amy
New Aurora Webcam Captures Spectacular Videos, Images | Wired Science | Wired.com
september 2010 by amy
New aurora webcam captures spectacular displays from the Canadian tundra [video gallery]
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astronomy
images
photography
from twitter_favs
september 2010 by amy
Image Display
august 2010 by amy
On August 1, almost the entire Earth-facing side of the sun erupted in a tumult of activity. There was a C3-class solar flare, a solar tsunami, multiple filaments of magnetism lifting off the stellar surface, large-scale shaking of the solar corona, radio bursts, a coronal mass ejection and more. This extreme ultraviolet snapshot from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) shows the sun's northern hemisphere in mid-eruption. Different colors in the image represent different gas temperatures.
astronomy
images
from delicious
august 2010 by amy
BBC News - Herschel space telescope pierces giant star bubble
may 2010 by amy
The unique capabilities of Herschel - it works in the far-infrared and sub-millimetre range (55 to 672 microns) - mean it can see physical processes that are beyond the vision of other telescopes.<br />
Hubble, for example, which senses visible and near-infrared light, is blind to the details in this picture.
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astrophysics
photography
imaging
from delicious
Hubble, for example, which senses visible and near-infrared light, is blind to the details in this picture.
may 2010 by amy
Moon may contain billions of tonnes of water | COSMOS magazine
april 2010 by amy
Moon may contain billions of tonnes of water in icesheets 3 metres thick. #science #Moon #astronomy #space #NASA #news
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april 2010 by amy
Obama lays out bold and visionary revised space policy | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine
april 2010 by amy
Obama's plans for NASA get a thumbs-up from one of my favorite blogs, Bad Astronomy.
politics
astronomy
usa
from twitter_favs
april 2010 by amy
Earth, observed - The Big Picture - Boston.com
january 2010 by amy
some of NASA's Earth Observatory photos
photography
science
nature
astronomy
january 2010 by amy
Milky Way's dark matter 'turned on its side' - space - 06 January 2010 - New Scientist
january 2010 by amy
Milky way's dark matter is a beach ball that's lost its air http://bit.ly/8A2Oum Leaves relativity's doubters deflated
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@newscientist
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january 2010 by amy
Martian landscapes - The Big Picture - Boston.com
november 2009 by amy
RT @jamesoreilly: Ahoy Mars lovers! RT @Bill_Romanos Martian Landscapes, some mind-boggling, from The Big Picture http://bit.ly/2Hm80t
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@timoreilly
photography
astronomy
cool
from twitter
november 2009 by amy
Experience: I revolutionised astronomy | Life and style | The Guardian
july 2009 by amy
I had, it transpired, discovered the first four examples of an unimagined kind of star – bizarre astral bodies that transmitted radio beams as they spun, which swept through space like the ray of a lighthouse. We called them pulsars.
The paper detailing the discovery was published, and the press descended. It was clear they didn't know how to handle a young woman scientist. Photographers would say, "Could you undo some buttons on your jacket, please?" Journalists asked how many boyfriends I had.
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The paper detailing the discovery was published, and the press descended. It was clear they didn't know how to handle a young woman scientist. Photographers would say, "Could you undo some buttons on your jacket, please?" Journalists asked how many boyfriends I had.
july 2009 by amy
Abstruse Goose » Electromagnetic Leak
july 2009 by amy
What the aliens are watching now.
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july 2009 by amy
Launch dates | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine
may 2009 by amy
Planck may very well have the resolution needed to see that. Do you understand the implications? We may be on the verge of determining if the origin of the Universe was a singular event, or if it was due to some other mechanism.
astronomy
may 2009 by amy
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march 2009 by amy
Three years ago, the astronomy community voted to downsize the solar system by revoking Pluto's planetary status. Now the land of Lincoln is fighting back
astronomy
amusements
march 2009 by amy
The Associated Press: Phew! Asteroid's passing was a cosmic near-miss
march 2009 by amy
An asteroid about the size of one that leveled more than 800 square miles of forest in Siberia a century ago just buzzed the Earth. The asteroid named 2009 DD45 was about 48,800 miles from Earth when it zipped past early Monday, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory reported.
ack
astronomy
march 2009 by amy
SPACE.com -- Huge Newfound Part of Milky Way Rotates Backward
december 2007 by amy
Our Milky Way Galaxy has two distinct parts in its outer reaches that rotate in opposite directions, astronomers announced today.
astronomy
news
science
december 2007 by amy
Who will see the total lunar eclipse of August 27-28? » Radio Shows | Earth & Sky
august 2007 by amy
Austin, Texas resides in the Central Time Zone. Subtracting 5 hours from Universal Time places the total phase of the eclipse at 4:52 to 6:22 a.m. CDT.
astronomy
august 2007 by amy
The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
july 2007 by amy
The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth hosts the best and most complete online collection of astronaut photographs of the Earth.
photography
astronomy
july 2007 by amy
Window of Possibility | Orion magazine
july 2007 by amy
Why the Hubble Ultra Deep Field is the most incredible photograph ever taken
astronomy
july 2007 by amy
Biggest stellar explosion detected - International Herald Tribune
may 2007 by amy
In a cascade of superlatives that belies the traditional cerebral reserve of their profession, astronomers reported Monday that they had seen the brightest and most powerful stellar explosion ever recorded.
astronomy
news
may 2007 by amy
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | 'Up to half' of Mars may have ice
may 2007 by amy
Scientists in the US say that initial data from a new way of scanning Mars has shown up to half of the Red Planet's surface may contain ice.
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astronomy
may 2007 by amy
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