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FILTER RESULTS ►These awesome images of the Earth’s Sun were recently...
These awesome images of the Earth’s Sun were recently captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. They reveal the occurrence of a beautiful solar prominence - an incredibly large and bright loop of red hot plasma created as a solar flare erupted.
A burst of solar material leaps off the left side of the sun in what’s known as a prominence eruption. Show More Summary
NASA squeezes three years of solar activity into a three minute time-lapse video
Three years ago the very first images from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) were beamed back to earth. Since then, NASA’s SDO has effectively had continuous coverage of the Sun’s rise towards solar maximum, the period of the most intense solar activity in the 11 year solar cycle. Show More Summary
WATCH: 1000 Kilometer Fractures Develop in Beaufort Sea Ice
By Adam Voiland, Science Writer at NASA Earth Observatory The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite captured this view of extensive sea-ice fracturing off the northern [...]
A Spectacular Scene of Stellar Birth & Death
Thisamazing image of Arp 147, a pair of interacting galaxies located about 430 million light years from Earth, shows X-rays from the NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (pink) and optical data from the Hubble Space Telescope (red, green, blue) produced by...
Storms Will Be Stronger In A Warming World
By Adam Voiland, via NASA’s Earth Observatory Few images are as beautiful and as terrifying as a satellite view of a hurricane about to make landfall. On October 29, 2012, the Suomi NPP satellite captured an ominous nighttime view of Sandy — an enormous hybrid storm that was part hurricane, part Nor‘easter — churning off [...]
NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory Observes Two Eclipses in Only Seven Hours
On Earth, being able to view a solar eclipse is a very rare occurrence. In space, it’s not so rare to witness this event. Recently, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory caught a glimpse…
NASA's SDO observes Earth, lunar transits in same day
On March 2, 2013, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) entered its semiannual eclipse season, a period of three weeks when Earth blocks its view of the sun for a period of time each day. On March 11, however, SDO was treated to two transits. Show More Summary
This is some of the most jaw-dropping space porn we've seen in a long time
NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is an observatory in low Earth orbit that the Agency uses to study some of the most high-energy sources of radiation in the Universe. Its wide-eyed Large Area Telescope (LAT) makes a sweep of the entire sky every three hours, soaking up gamma rays that emanate from cosmic entities ranging from supernovae to pulsars. More »
Did NASA Discover An Awesome Spaceship Or Is This Pulsar Just Happy To See Us?
NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory has captured this incredible image of an object 1000 light years away from Earth. It looks like an awesome Klingon spaceship accelerating to Warp 10. A majestic 19km long spacecraft that rotates 11 times every second. More »
Did NASA Discover an Awesome Spaceship or Is This Pulsar Just Happy to See Us?
NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory has captured this incredible image of an object 1,000 light years away from Earth. It looks like an awesome Klingon spaceship accelerating to Warp 10. Or a majestic 12-mile-long dragon that flies through the cosmos rotating eleven times every second. More »
NASA Spots Nearby 'Young' Black Hole
NASA has spotted what appears to be the galaxy's newest black hole—and it's relatively nearby. The Chandra X-Ray Observatory has spotted the aftermath of a super nova that, from Earth's vantage point, is just 1,000 years old, the agency reports. (Of course, it's 26,000 light years away,...
NASA's Latest Discovery, The Galaxy's Youngest Black Hole, Looks Like A Technicolor Dreamscape
Hey world, meet W49B and its many stunning wonders. Brand-new info from NASA's powerful Chandra X-ray Observatory, a space telescope whizzing above your head in Earth orbit, has revealed what may be the most recent black hole that our Milky Way galaxy has made. Show More Summary
EcoAlert: Fracking North Dakota's Bakken Shale Formation Seen from NASA's Earth Observatory
NASA Earth Observatory's Suomi Satellite captured the night time glow from hundreds of flares from rigs drilled into the Bakken shale oil formation of North Dakota, a 360-million-year-old tectonic plate, creating a light show the size of metropolitan Boston. Fracking...
NASA Releases Satellite Images of Beijing’s Record-Breaking Air Pollution
NASA’s Earth Observatory has released startling new satellite images of the thick layer of smog that engulfed Beijing over the weekend. Two images, taken on January 14 and January 3, 2013, show the record-breaking levels of air pollution in China’s capital, with extensive haze, low clouds and fog over the surrounding region. After the pollution [...]
Our Galaxy May Hold Billions of Earths
One in six stars hosts an Earth-sized planet in a close orbit, according to an analysis by NASA's Kepler space observatory. This suggests there are 17 billion such planets in our galaxy. So far, Kepler scientists have found 2,740 planet candidates. Show More Summary
Earth cozies up super close to the sun today
We're just a bit closer than usual to this fiery, spitting ball of cosmic fury. (Credit: NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory) Looking out my window, it's a beautiful sunny day. Perhaps it's even a bit sunnier than usual here in New Mexico. Show More Summary
Wired Science Space Photo of the Day: Galaxy Hides Black Hole
The spiral galaxy NGC 3627 is located about 30 million light years from Earth. This composite image includes X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue), infrared data from the Spitzer Space Telescope (red), and optical data from the Hubble...
Bright X-Ray Sources Reveal Hidden Supermassive Black Holes --More Common than Thought
The spiral galaxy NGC 3627 is located about 30 million light years from Earth. The composite image below includes X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue), infrared data from the Spitzer Space Telescope (red), and optical data from the...
Google Maps lets you explore the Earth’s city lights at night with NASA/NOAA’s Black Marble imagery
Google Maps has launched a new layer called Earth at Night 2012 using data from NASA’s Earth Observatory and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The data is referred to... Keep reading ?
Record-setting X-ray jet discovered
A jet of X-rays from a supermassive black hole 12.4 billion light years from Earth has been detected by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. This is the most distant X-ray jet ever observed and gives astronomers a glimpse into the explosive activity associated with the growth of supermassive black holes in the early universe. read more
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