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From Night to Day to Night Again

Description: This video was taken by the crew of Expedition 34 on board the International Space Station. The sequence of shots was taken on January 3, 2013 from 11:43:46 to 15:49:31 GMT, on a pass fro… more →

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From Night to Day to Night Again

jtintle wrote 3 months ago: Description: This video was taken by the crew of Expedition 34 on board the International Space Stat … more →

Tags: NASA, Earth, Johnson Space Center, International Space Station, Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth

CosmoQuest: Taking Citizen Science to the Next Level

jtintle wrote 1 year ago: This is a great step forward for science. Here is the Google Plus post where I found out about this … more →

Tags: Planets, NASA, new horizons, Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite(LCROSS), Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), cosmoquest, Citizen Science, Open Science, google plus

The Seven Sisters

jtintle wrote 1 year ago: Description: In astronomy, the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters (Messier object 45 or M45), is an open sta … more →

Tags: Deep Space, alcarreño, Las siete hermanas, M45, Maia Nebula, Messier object 45, Ocentejo (Guadalajara)-Spain, Open Star Cluster, Pleiades

NASA Day of Remembrance Wreath Laying Ceremony

jtintle wrote 1 year ago: Description: NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, NASA personnel, and others, participate in a wreath … more →

Tags: Planets, NASA, Earth, Bill Ingalls, charles bolden, NASA's Day of Remembrance, Arlington National Cemetery

NGC 4449: Star Stream for a Dwarf Galaxy

jtintle wrote 1 year ago: Image Credit & Copyright: R Jay Gabany (Blackbird Obs.), Insert: Subaru/Suprime-Cam (NAOJ), Coll … more →

Tags: Deep Space, Blackbird Observatory, canes venatici, Dark Matter, David Martinez-Delgado, Dwarf Galaxy, Hunting Dogs constellation, IAC, MPIA

First Fire Images from VIIRS

jtintle wrote 1 year ago: Southern California acquired January 19, 2012 Description: Like a baby learning to walk, the Visible … more →

Tags: Planets, NASA, California, Earth, Aqua, Holli Riebeek, NOAA, Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satel

The Eye of Issyk Kul

jtintle wrote 1 year ago: Description: Kyrgyzstan is wedged in the mountainous wrinkles between Kazakhstan and China, created … more →

Tags: Planets, Don Pettit, Earth, International Space Station, Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan, NASA

PIA15283: Dunes in Noachis Terra Region of Mars

jtintle wrote 1 year ago: Description: This enhanced-color image shows sand dunes trapped in an impact crater in Noachis Terra … more →

Tags: Planets, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, JPL-Caltech, Mars, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), NASA, Noachis Terra, University of Arizona

Barred Spiral Galaxy Swirls in the Night Sky — 1 comment

jtintle wrote 1 year ago: Description: This image shows the swirling shape of galaxy NGC 2217, in the constellation of Canis M … more →

Tags: Deep Space, constellation Canis Major, European Southern Observatory (ESO), NGC 2217, spiral galaxy, The Great Dog

PIA15260: Herschel Sees Through Ghostly Pillars — 1 comment

jtintle wrote 1 year ago:   Description: This Herschel image of the Eagle nebula shows the self-emission of the intensely cold … more →

Tags: Deep Space, Eagle Nebula, Epic, esa, ESA/PACS & SPIRE Consortium, F. Boulanger, F. Motte, Herschel Space Observatory, HOBYS Key Programme Consortium

PIA13954: NASA Spacecraft Images Some of Earth's Newest "Real Estate" — 1 comment

jtintle wrote 1 year ago: Description: In December 2011, a new volcanic island began forming in the Red Sea, accompanied by la … more →

Tags: Planets, Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Rad, ASTER, Earth, ERSDAC, GSFC, JAROS, METI, NASA

PIA15282: Opportunity's Eighth Anniversary View From 'Greeley Haven' (False Color) — 1 comment

jtintle wrote 1 year ago: Description: This mosaic of images taken in mid-January 2012 shows the windswept vista northward (le … more →

Tags: Planets, NASA, JPL-Caltech, Mars, Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, Arizona State University, Cornell University, Endeavour Crater, Cape York

The Blending of Art and Science — 1 comment

jtintle wrote 1 year ago: Additional Info: Date acquired: October 06, 2008 Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 131772995 Image I … more →

Tags: Planets, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Debussy crater, Hokusai crater, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Kuiper Crater, MDIS, mecury, Messenger

Montes Alpes and Montes Caucasus — 1 comment

jtintle wrote 1 year ago: Descriptions: Montes Alpes is a mountain range in the northern part of the Moon‘s near side. I … more →

Tags: Planets, Montes Alpes, Montes Caucasus, Moon, Sergi Torrents Gonzalez, SERGIT

A southern summer bloom

jtintle wrote 1 year ago: Credits: ESA Explanation: In this Envisat image, acquired on 2 December 2011, a phytoplankton bloom … more →

Tags: Planets, esa, Earth, Envisat, South Atlantic Ocean, Phytoplankton Bloom, Falkland Islands, alge

Saturn's Iapetus: Painted Moon

jtintle wrote 1 year ago: Image Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA Explanation: What has happened to Saturn … more →

Tags: Planets, NASA, esa, JPL, APoD, Cassini, Saturn, Moon, Iapetus

A Dwarf Galaxy's Star Bar and Dusty Wing — 1 comment

jtintle wrote 1 year ago: Image Credit ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI Explanation: This new image shows the Small Magellanic Cloud … more →

Tags: Deep Space, esa, Herschel Space Observatory, JPL, Milky Way Galaxy, NASA, Small Magellanic Cloud, Spitzer Space Telescope, STScI

The Case of the Missing Supernova Companion — 1 comment

jtintle wrote 1 year ago: Image Credit:  X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Hughes et al., Optical: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team (STScI / … more →

Tags: Deep Space, APoD, Chandra X-ray Observatory, CXC, esa, Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA), Hubble Space Telescope, J. Hughes, NASA

VISTA’s look at the Helix Nebula — 1 comment

jtintle wrote 1 year ago: Explanation: ESO’s Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) has captured th … more →

Tags: Deep Space, ESO, Helix Nebula, J. Emerson, NGC 7293, Planetary nebula, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Vista


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