Monday, November 30, 2015

“Water World” was uploaded to Flickr


Although Enceladus and Saturn's rings are largely made up of water ice, they show very different characteristics. via NASA ift.tt/1IvHEuX
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Water World was taken on November 30, 2015 at 02:05AM

Friday, November 27, 2015

“A Precocious Black Hole” was uploaded to Flickr


In July 2015, researchers announced the discovery of a black hole that grew much more quickly than its host galaxy. The discovery calls into question previous assumptions on development of galaxies. The black hole was discovered using the Hubble Space Telescope, and detected in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, by ESA's XMM-Newton and NASA's Chandra. via NASA ift.tt/1jnIyTy
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A Precocious Black Hole was taken on July 09, 2015 at 08:48AM

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

“Hubble Captures a Galactic Waltz” was uploaded to Flickr


This curious galaxy — only known by the seemingly random jumble of letters and numbers 2MASX J16270254+4328340 — has been captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope dancing the crazed dance of a galactic merger. The galaxy has merged with another galaxy leaving a fine mist, made of millions of stars, spewing from it in long trails. via NASA ift.tt/1P8Z0p1
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Hubble Captures a Galactic Waltz was taken on November 23, 2015 at 01:00AM

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

“Historic Formation Flight of NASA's WB-57s Over Houston” was uploaded to Flickr


NASA's three WB-57s fly over foggy downtown Houston, Texas during their historic formation flight over the area on Nov. 19, 2015. This photo flight was the first time that all three WB-57s have been aloft simultaneously since the early 1970s, when the U.S. Air Force had an operational squadron of WB-57s. via NASA ift.tt/1ji4Q97
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Historic Formation Flight of NASA's WB-57s Over Houston was taken on November 19, 2015 at 05:17AM

Monday, November 23, 2015

“Z57 reivews Monday Blues for Eric Litvin and z57 too” was uploaded to Flickr


Eric Litvin Uploaded "Monday Blues for Eric Litvin and z57 too" via Heath Detweiler's Dailymotion ift.tt/1N9LFdV
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Z57 reivews Monday Blues for Eric Litvin and z57 too was taken on November 23, 2015 at 05:53AM

“Springtime in the South Atlantic” was uploaded to Flickr


The springtime phytoplankton communities shown in this image were spotted between the Falkland Islands to the west and South Georgia Island to the east by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite on November 16, 2015. via NASA ift.tt/1QEaqkM
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Springtime in the South Atlantic was taken on November 23, 2015 at 04:20AM

Friday, November 20, 2015

“Northwest Australia From the Space Station's EarthKAM” was uploaded to Flickr


This image of the northwest corner of Australia was snapped by a student on Earth after remotely controlling the Sally Ride EarthKAM aboard the International Space Station. The program allows students to request photographs of specific Earth features, which are taken by a special camera mounted on the station when it passes over these features. via NASA ift.tt/1S95YrK
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Northwest Australia From the Space Station's EarthKAM was taken on November 20, 2015 at 04:05AM