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... 2015 July 7 . The Milky Way from a Malibu Sea Cave . Image Credit Copyright : Jack Fusco . ... The featured image was taken by a photographer who professes a passion for locating sea caves, and who found this spectacular grotto in Leo Carrillo State Park near Malibu , California , USA . After some planning , he timed this single shot image through the 10-meter high cave entrance to show the Milky Way far in the distance. ... Follow APOD on: Facebook , Google Plus , or Twitter . ...

... More accurately, the Earth is rising. ... The Magnificent Tail of Comet McNaught . ... Comet McNaught, the Great Comet of 2007, has grown a long and filamentary tail. ... The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared . ... SOHO: Comet McNaught Movie . ... McNaught s Matinee . ... The Sun Earth Connection Coronal and Heliospheric Investigation (SECCHI) instrument onboard the Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO) satellite had just opened up on January 11 when it snapped the above image of Comet McNaught...

... 2000 July 1 . Ultraviolet Earth from the Moon . ... Far UV Camera , Apollo 16 , NASA . Explanation: Here's a switch: the above picture is of the Earth taken from a lunar observatory! This false color picture shows how the Earth glows in ultraviolet (UV) light. UV light is so blue humans can't see it. ... The part of the Earth facing the Sun reflects much UV light, but perhaps more interesting is the side facing away from the Sun. ... Tomorrow's picture: July GRB . ... About APOD | ...

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... Armagh Planetarium . ... Universe . ... Posted on August 30, 2013 | ... Continue Reading.. ... 1 Comment тАЬMars is red, Earth is Blue, WeтАЩve discovered lots of new worlds, And one of them is blue too!тАЭ So IтАЩm not a poet and I definitely know it! ... The Universe [ ] . ... Posted on July 31, 2013 | ... Hello, IтАЩm Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the PlanetariumтАЩs official blog. Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration. ...

... This photograph shows a little-known cloud of cosmic gas and dust (known as a nebula) called Gum 15. This picture was snapped using a large telescope based in one of the most extreme environments on Earth; a very dry and very remote region of Chile called the Atacama Desert. ... Although all that makes the Atacama Desert sound uninviting it is the ideal location for a telescope. ... The higher a telescope is based, the less atmosphere it has to look through to see the stars. ...

... On the morning of Thursday, 26 February, amid the Gal pagos Islands, the Sun will fade from view. Not the culmination of ancient prophecy, but none less mystical, Earth's small Moon will be executing a slow slide past the enormous Sun. ... And anyone living in southern North America, Central America, northern South America, or on islands and cruise ships in the Caribbean Sea will, weather permitting, have the opportunity to experience the wonder of a solar eclipse. ...

Map projected image of Earth (AVHRR) 123k gif ; 1440k gif . Famous Apollo 11 image of Africa Europe 31k jpg . global composite of satellite images 508k gif . ... Galileo image of South America from 1st flyby 62k jpg . ... Earth by Meteosat 4 satellite (IR filter) 688k jpg . ... Ross ice sheet, Antarctica, taken by Galileo on its first pass of Earth 11k jpg . ... NOAA satellite's view of USA 322k gif . ... images of Earth from Clementine html . Earth images from weather satellites html . ...

... Pre-university education . ... Samara region . ... A small spacecraft Aist-2D , developed by the scientists of Samara State Aerospace University (SSAU) and the experts of the Rocket and Space Centre Progress will see from outer space what is hidden under the thick top of trees and below the Earth's surface. The radar equipment was installed on Aist-2D , which was delivered to the space launcher complex Vostochniy on January 22. ... Tomography of the Earth's ionosphere will also be carried out. ...

... Listed below are questions submitted by users of "The Great Magnet, the Earth" and the answers given to them. ... In "The Exploration of the Earth's magnetosphere" on the magnetic environment of the Earth in space (a few Q duplicated here) . ... 11) Magnetic Shielding . ... 51) Can electricity be generated from the Earth's magnetic field? ... 9) Measuring Earth's magnetic field . ... 6) Reversals of the Earth's field (4 queries) . ... 42) Could generated electricity affect Earth's magnetic field? ...

... The Large Magellanic Cloud is a Dwarf Irregular galaxy in orbit around our own Milky Way. It is a large object, several degrees in size, and easily visible to the unaided eye in Southern Hemisphere skies. The LMC is located in the constellation of Doradus at about 5h30m Right Ascension, -68 degrees Declination, and lies at a distance of roughly 50 kiloparsecs (160,000 light years) from Earth. ...

... This year's eclipse is unique in duration. ... Although, at the present time, there are 6 solar observatories belonging to leading space agencies in orbit around the Earth, the eclipse of 22 July, 2009, will only be seen by two of them: the Russian CORONAS-PHOTON satellite equipped with TESIS telescopes and Japan's HINODE satellite fitted with an XRT space telescope. ... TESIS will be the first of the two devices (and the very first on Earth) to witness the solar eclipse. ...

What is Posterra's goal ? ... Terra : noun, earth . ... Humanity has spread across the planet, occupying nearly every available niche. ... If we as a species, and we as Life from Earth are to survive beyond that time, we must move outward and offward, away from the planet of our birth and cradle where we were nurtured. Posterra is a proposed organization which would have the purpose of facilitating the transition of humanity and of terrestrial life beyond the Earth and beyond our Solar System. ...

... Asteroid . ... In case you didn't hear about it, which you probably didn't: On Jan. 7, an asteroid 1,000 feet across -- nearly three times the current diameter of Marlon Brando -- barely missed the Earth, which is most likely your planet of residence. ... What if this asteroid had hit the Earth? ... As it happens, the American Astronomical Society was holding a conference in Washington AT THE VERY SAME TIME as the asteroid nearly hit the Earth. ...

... Comments, Opinions Publications Dnepr Program . Dnepr launch record 17 August 2011. Cluster Launch of Dnepr LV 22 August 2013 KOMPSAT-5 Launch 21 November 2013. ... The Sych-2 satellite is being developed as a part of the space optical-range Earth observation system by the State Design Office of Yuzhnoye and built by the Industrial Association Yuzhny Machine Building Plant in cooperation w ith other space industry entities upon the state order of the National Space Agency of Ukraine . ...

... STS-4, the final flight of the Orbital Flight Test (OFT) program, did in fact complete 92 percent of its test objectives. The OFT program consisted of four two-man crews for the first four missions of the shuttle program. ... And for more memories and experiences from more than 700 remarkable people involved in the space program over the last 50 years, read their oral histories available on the JSC History Portal: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/oral_histories/oral_histories.htm . ...

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... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Observing . ... The double star 54 Leonis, spiral galaxy NGC 3198, and emission nebula NGC 3199 . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... Bright planets meet at dusk . ... Astronomy magazine subscribers can read the full article for free. ... Get instant access to subscriber content on Astronomy.com! ... Receive news, sky-event information, observing tips, and more from Astronomy's weekly email newsletter....

Russian SHAREABLE DATA CENTER Institute of Solar-Terrestial Physics SB RAS . ... One of the rarest but most interesting effects which can be observed with the Irkutsk IS radar is anomal high power signal registraion(coherent echo) due to strong magnetic storms. ... These signals are formed at E-layer heights in the presence of a strong electric field which causes particles to drift. ...