Dec 18, 2010

Cosmic Spiral, Eclipsed Sun, More

Cosmic Spiral, Eclipsed Sun, More

 

The pictures, taken between March 2000 and August 2009, come together to reveal colorful details in the star-forming galaxy, which lies 68 million light-years away. 

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The pictures, taken between March 2000 and August 2009, come together to reveal colorful details in the star-forming galaxy, which lies 68 million light-years away. The galaxy's dusty arms are lined with young star clusters (blue) and glowing hydrogen clouds (pink) where new stars are being born

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Emerging from the darkness like a deep-sea jellyfish (pictures), the planetary nebula NGC 6210 shows off its oddball structure in a new picture from the Hubble Space Telescope. The nebula sits about 6.

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The dark disk of the moon partially eclipses the sun in a new picture, released October 7 by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. The orbiting telescope captured the lunar transit as the craft

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The mirror coating and support teams for Gemini South in Chile stand reflected in the telescope's newly recoated primary mirror on October 8. The mirror's new coating was part of planned maint.

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The tiny, three-mile-wide (four-kilometer-wide) moon Pallene hangs in front of mighty Saturn in a raw picture from NASA's Cassini orbiter taken October 16. The picture is among dozens Cassini coll.

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Slated to launch November 1, Discovery and the STS-133 crew will carry supplies, spare parts, and the humanoid robot Robonaut 2 to the International Space State

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