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-bain- — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 16:21:33 -0400

n-a-s-a: Hoag’s Object: A Strange Ring Galaxy Credit: R. Lucas...

-bain- — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:47:49 -0400

n-a-s-a:

Hoag’s Object: A Strange Ring Galaxy

Credit: R. Lucas (STScI/AURA), Hubble Heritage Team, NASA

bouncingdodecahedrons: “We humans long to be connected with our...

-bain- — Mon, 28 May 2012 06:05:50 -0400

bouncingdodecahedrons:

“We humans long to be connected with our origins, so we create rituals. Science is another way to express this longing. It also connects us with our origins, and it too has its rituals and its commandments. Its only sacred truth is that there are no sacred truths. All assumptions must be critically examined. Arguments from authority are worthless. Whatever is inconsistent with the facts, no matter how fond of it we are, must be discarded or revised. Science is not perfect, it’s often misused, it’s only a tool, but it’s the best tool we have. Self-correcting, ever-changing, applicable to everything. With this tool we vanquish the impossible. With the methods of science we have begun to explore the cosmos.” - Carl Sagan

sagansense: Jupiter’s Clouds from Cassini Credit: Cassini...

-bain- — Mon, 28 May 2012 05:45:12 -0400

sagansense:

Jupiter’s Clouds from Cassini

Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, Cassini Project, NASA

Explanation: Gas giant Jupiter is the solar system’s largest world with about 320 times the mass of planet Earth. Famous for its Great Red Spot, Jupiter is also known for its regular, equatorial cloud bands, visible in very modest sized telescopes. The dark belts and light-colored zones of Jupiter’s cloud bands are organized by planet girdling winds which reach speeds of up to 500 kilometers per hour. On toward the Jovian poles though, the cloud structures become more mottled and convoluted until, as in this Cassini spacecraft mosaic of Jupiter, the planet’s polar region begins to look something like a brain! This striking equator-to-pole change in cloud patterns is not presently understood but may be due in part to the effect of Jupiter’s rapid rotation or to convection vortices generated at high latitudes by the massive planet’s internal heat loss. The Cassini spacecraft captured this dramatically detailed view of Jupiter in 2000 December during its turn of the millennium flyby enroute to Saturn.

Io and Jupiter

-bain- — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:09:22 -0400

Io and Jupiter

Mark C. Lee testing the ‘Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue...

-bain- — Mon, 21 May 2012 06:22:37 -0400

Mark C. Lee testing the ‘Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER) system’, 130 nautical miles above earth.

Saturns F ring disrupted by the sheperd moon Prometheus.

-bain- — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:37:16 -0400

Saturns F ring disrupted by the sheperd moon Prometheus.

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-bain- — Tue, 15 May 2012 07:29:20 -0400

fuckyeahspaceexploration: Timeline #10 1965: Ed H. White...

-bain- — Tue, 15 May 2012 07:25:55 -0400

fuckyeahspaceexploration:

Timeline #10

1965: Ed H. White conducted the first extra-vehicular activity by an American (The Russians had already done that a few months ago, when it was cool.) Upon reentering the spacecraft, he said “This is the saddest moment of my life.”

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

-bain- — Sun, 13 May 2012 07:50:46 -0400

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

Venus and the Pleiades

-bain- — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:10:04 -0400

Venus and the Pleiades

scipsy: Cygnus-X an extremely active region of massive-star...

-bain- — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:18:21 -0400

scipsy:

Cygnus-X an extremely active region of massive-star birth 4500 light-years from Earth.

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-bain- — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:49:31 -0400

n-a-s-a: Mirach’s Ghost Credit & Copyright: Anthony...

-bain- — Tue, 08 May 2012 12:23:00 -0400

n-a-s-a:

Mirach’s Ghost

Credit & Copyright: Anthony Ayiomamitis (TWAN)

Dione and the rings of Saturn

-bain- — Mon, 07 May 2012 08:50:00 -0400

Dione and the rings of Saturn

Raw images from the Cassini and Voyager missions put together...

-bain- — Mon, 07 May 2012 08:44:56 -0400

Raw images from the Cassini and Voyager missions put together make this amazing video. The Cinematic Orchestra soundtrack doesn’t hurt at all either.

Supermoon taken through the eyepiece of my 8” dobsonian...

-bain- — Sun, 06 May 2012 12:30:34 -0400

Supermoon taken through the eyepiece of my 8” dobsonian last night.