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W5RAn best-of-wknd: Sea Ice Patterns (by NASA)

W5RAn best-of-wknd: Sea Ice Patterns (by NASA)

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Sea Ice Patterns (by NASA)

Sea Ice Patterns (by NASA)

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30 Doradus and the . . .

30 Doradus and the . . .

and The Growing Tarantula Within: A large region of star formation about 160,000 light years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud. About 2,400 massive stars in ...

 

W5RAn best-of-wknd: Rub’ al Khali

W5RAn best-of-wknd: Rub’ al Khali

Do I ever get tired of the Earth from space? No, I do not. Thanks, Big Picture. - ethan hein link

 

Rub’ al Khali

Rub’ al Khali

Do I ever get tired of the Earth from space? No, I do not. Thanks, Big Picture. - ethan hein link

 

Apollo 17 Lunarscape: A Magnificent Desolation

Apollo 17 Lunarscape: A Magnificent Desolation

Maker: NASA Title: Apollo 17 Lunarscape: A Magnificent Desolation Date: December 1, 1972 Medium: color print, chromogenic development (Ektacolor) process Dimensions: Image: 26.5 x 34.2 cm . Overall: 27.6 ...

 

Massive Black Hole

Massive Black Hole

Implicated in Stellar Destruction - An elliptical galaxy in the Fornax cluster that contains an ultraluminous X-ray source. Description: X-rays from Chandra and optical spectra from ...

 

1962 … testing lunar EVA suit

1962 … testing lunar EVA suit

feature credit:  x-ray delta one image link

 

melba ray, human computer

melba ray, human computer

NASA Melba Roy headed a group of NASA mathematicians, known as "computers," who tracked early Echo satellites in Earth orbit. Roy's computations helped produce ...

 

Apollo 17 onboard photo of area near the Valley of Tourus-Littrow on the lunar surface.

Apollo 17 onboard photo of area near the Valley of Tourus-Littrow on the lunar surface.

Digital Accession Number: 1992:0007:0004.0001 Maker: NASA Title: Apollo 17 onboard photo of area near the Valley of Tourus-Littrow on the lunar surface. Date: December 14, 1972 Medium: color print, ...