February 2011
Great Scott! It's a solar flare!
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/News022411-monsterprom.html I submitted this same thing earlier, but this is a much more reliable and accurate source (seeing as it’s NASA). One is also able to download the video! Absolutely beautiful and awe inspiring.
Feb 28th
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Feb 27th
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Solar System Family Portrait
NASA’s Messenger probe is currently orbiting close around the Sun in preparation for its mission to Mercury. While making its lonely orbit, Messenger snapped this amazing photo that shows all the planets (plus our Moon) in one big family photo. The i09 article below has links to bigger better photos, and more details. ...
Feb 27th
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Size!!
http://ofstars.tumblr.com/post/3461876661/2011-february-22-star-size-comparisons Reblog would be appreciated
Feb 27th
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Feb 25th
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Planet Birth Witnessed for the First Time
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/02/25/science-planet-birth.html?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4d67f86e2e03b454%2C0
Feb 25th
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Feb 25th
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ISRO finds cave in moon, can be used as base...
Scientists at the Indian Space Research Organization have discovered a giant underground chamber on the moon, which they feel could be used as a base by astronauts on future manned missions to moon. An analysis by an instrument on Chandrayaan-1 revealed a 1.7-km long and 120-metre wide cave near the moon’s equator that is in the Oceanus Procellarum area of the moon that could be a suitable...
Feb 25th
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Feb 25th
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Feb 25th
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Feb 25th
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Feb 25th
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Feb 24th
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Listenitsfullofstars: M.I.A. - Space It has already...
Feb 24th
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Feb 24th
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WatchWatch
A retrospective look at space shuttle Discovery on the eve of its final flight. Source: NASA.gov
Feb 22nd
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Japan Plans to Send its Own Tweeting Humanoid... →
Feb 21st
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Feb 17th
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Feb 17th
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Feb 17th
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Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
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How to build a space elevator and become an...
http://gizmodo.com/#!5758405/how-to-build-a-space-elevator-and-become-an-interplanetary-civilization
Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
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New Zealand lends a hand in rocket launch
The countdown is on for the European Space Agency’s next rocket launch and New Zealand is playing its part in the international space programme. Top scientists from the European Space Agency are in New Zealand to monitor tracking of the Johannes Kepler unmanned spacecraft from Awarua Station, near Invercargill, when it launches tomorrow. The new spacecraft, known as an automated transfer...
Feb 15th
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200th Ariane mission stands ready to launch ATV-2...
Representing the third of five back-to-back launches to the International Space Station in a 2-month period, the European Space Agency stands ready to the launch the ATV-2 (Automated Transfer Vehicle 2) spacecraft on a multi-month mission to deliver thousands of pounds of supplies to the leading orbital outpost. The mission will also hold the distinction of being flown to orbit on the 200th Ariane...
Feb 15th
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Findings Could Put a New Spin on Black Holes
The way that light gets distorted by the warped space-time around black holes soon could help scientists directly detect whether those monsters spin, researchers said. These findings could shed light on the physics of black holes in more detail than earlier deemed possible. Keep reading.
Feb 15th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 14th
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astronomy valentines, volume two
felt compelled to top myself on the nerdiness this time. sorry.
Feb 14th
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WatchWatch
Space Mission Volunteers ‘Touch Down’ On Mars Members of a simulated space flight to Mars have taken their first ‘steps’ on the red planet. Never has a step into a sandpit been so momentous - not least for those involved. The six-man mission began in June last year at a research centre in Moscow. The experiment, a joint venture between a Russian science institute and...
Feb 14th
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An 'Ion Funnel' Could Help Future Mars Missions... →
Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) have devised a new way for an old space exploration instrument to suck down large volumes of vaporized particles and analyze rocks for their compositions using an ion funnel, a process that could speed analysis, lighten instrument loads, and improve the odds of finding signs of life.
Feb 12th
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Feb 11th
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Edinburgh agent becomes first in Scotland to sell...
An Edinburgh-based travel agent has become the first in Scotland to sell flights to space onboard Virgin Galactic. Dream Escape, which specialises in luxury travel, joins four other agencies in the UK in selling seats on the service, each costing around £125,000. Only 140 travel agents around the world are now selling the trips. Read more.
Feb 11th
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