Looking Inside of Meteorites: Fascinating Photography by Jeff Barton
Photographer Jeff Barton, United States, makes these extraterrestrial images using this setup to photograph thin sections of meteorite on microscopy slides. For more information...
View ArticleGrand Swirls in NGC 1566: Amazing New Image by NASA
This new Hubble image shows NGC 1566, a beautiful galaxy located approximately 40 million light-years away in the constellation of Dorado (The Dolphinfish). NGC 1566 is an intermediate spiral galaxy,...
View ArticleMercury: The Highs and Lows of Goethe by NASA
The width of this image view is about 250 kilometers (150 miles). Topographic information from the Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) is used to colorize a image mosaic of Goethe basin, located in...
View ArticleFree Flying: An Epic Moment in Space Exploration by NASA
Mission Specialist Bruce McCandless II is seen further away from the confines and safety of his ship than any astronaut had ever been. This space first was made possible by the Manned Manuevering Unit...
View ArticleThe Far Side of the Moon: Incredible Image by NASA
Because the moon is tidally locked, meaning the same side always faces Earth, it was not until 1959 that the farside was first imaged by the Soviet Luna 3 spacecraft. And what a surprise — unlike the...
View ArticleThe Iconic ‘Pillars of Creation’ by NASA
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image, taken in near-infrared light, transforms the pillars into eerie, wispy silhouettes, which are seen against a background of myriad stars. The near-infrared light...
View ArticleSnowflakes: The Extraordinary Micro Photographs of Winter Snow Crystals by...
Photographer and scientist Wilson Bentley (1865 – 1931) took more than five thousand micrographs of falling winter snow crystals outdoors at his home in Jericho, Vermont. His passion began in his...
View ArticleHubble Helps Find Smallest Known Galaxy Containing a Supermassive Black Hole
Astronomers using data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and ground observation have found an unlikely object in an improbable place — a monster black hole lurking inside one of the tiniest galaxies...
View ArticlePluto: Spectacular New Image from NASA, July 2015
Pluto nearly fills the frame in this image from the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) aboard NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, taken on July 13, 2015, when the spacecraft was 476,000 miles...
View ArticleRoad Closed: Lava Flow, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, by Jim Babson
© All Rights Reserved, Jim Babson, San Francisco, California, United States, and used here with his permission
View ArticlePluto: Stunning Nightside Image Reveals Pluto’s Hazy Skies, NASA, 2015
In this image taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft around midnight EDT on July 15, 2015, Pluto’s atmosphere rings its silhouette like a luminous halo. This global portrait of the atmosphere was...
View ArticleEarth from Space: Yukon Delta by NASA
Countless lakes, sloughs, and ponds are scattered throughout this scene of the Yukon Delta in southwest Alaska. One of the largest river deltas in the world, it is protected as part of the Yukon...
View ArticleManhattan Bridge, Under Construction: Historical Photograph by Eugene de...
Eugene de Salignac (1861 – 1943) made this photograph of the Manhattan Bridge on February 11, 1909. The bridge was still under construction, showing the suspenders and saddles, as seen from the roof...
View ArticleEarth from Space: Star Dunes in Algeria by NASA
This image was acquired by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite on October 27, 2012. It was made from a combination of near-infrared...
View ArticleEarth from Space: Monterrey, Mexico, by NASA
In northeastern Mexico’s Nuevo Leon state, the Sierra Madre Oriental (Eastern Sierra Madres) cluster in densely packed rows of arcing ridgelines. Just to the southwest of the city of Monterrey, these...
View ArticleCálculo: Extraordinary Geometrical, Fibonacci, and Logarithmic Drawings by...
Venezuelan artist and mathematician Rafael Araujo creates these brilliant architectural drawings by hand at a drawing … Continue reading →
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Earth and Venus Orbit Dance
View ArticleAmazing New Maps of Jupiter, Photography by NASA
According to NASA, new imagery from the Hubble Space Telescope is revealing details never before seen on Jupiter. Hubble’s new Jupiter maps were used to create this Ultra HD image, and others. These...
View ArticleMoon Map by NASA
NASA created this Moon map for October 12, 2013 at 12:00 UT. Labeled features include maria, craters, a mountain range, a scarp, a rille, and four Apollo landing sites. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space...
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