Tag: NASA
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The moon is moving away from us.

How much to fly to the moon? Well, while it drifts away slower than your friend’s diet plan, our days will only stretch by a measly 2 milliseconds per century. So, focus on seizing the day now—before the moon figures out how to really escape! Time’s always on your side…sort of!
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dancing-mofo: #Orion #Nebula.
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humanoidhistory: Comet Hale-Bopp observed in a time-lapse photo taken from the Space Shuttle Columbia during mission STS-83, April 1997. (NASA)
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projecthabu: The historic SR-71 simulator, on display at the incredible Frontiers of Flight museum in Dallas, Texas, was used for crew selection and training for the SR-71 Blackbird. It was designed and manufactured from 1963 to 1965 by Link Aviation Inc. The simulator was in use at Beale Air Force Base…
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An ultraviolet image — of the Andromeda Galaxy — taken by the Swift space telescope …
The enemy’s gate is always down. Image — in ultraviolet — of the Andromeda Galaxy. — Source. 1 ⇌ Reblogged from 2 Kindest regards, Alex ღƸ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒღ ♫ d(。◕‿◕。)b ♪♪ ღƸ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒღ OP ↩ II ↩ View On WordPress
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An ultraviolet image — of the Andromeda Galaxy — taken by the Swift space telescope …
— Source. 1 ⇌ Reblogged from 2 Kindest regards, Alex ღƸ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒღ ♫ d(。◕‿◕。)b ♪♪ ღƸ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒღ OP ↩ II ↩
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gravitationalbeauty: M42: Inside the Orion Nebula
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Meanwhile on Jupiter.
NASA’s Hubble Shows Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is Smaller than Ever Measured Jupiter’s trademark Great Red Spot — a swirling anti-cyclonic storm larger than Earth — has shrunk to its smallest size ever measured. According to Amy Simon of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, recent NASA Hubble Space Telescope observations confirm the Great Red Spot now…
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Meanwhile on Jupiter.
View this post on Instagram A post shared by NASA Goddard (@nasagoddard) NASA’s Hubble Shows Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is Smaller than Ever Measured Jupiter’s trademark Great Red Spot — a swirling anti-cyclonic storm larger than Earth — has shrunk to its smallest size ever measured. According to Amy Simon of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland,…
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ageofdestruction: hex: Saturn’s north pole, photographed by Cassini, 3rd April 2014. The hexagon is an atmospheric vortex, the shape apparently created by interaction of winds circling the pole at different speeds. Each side of the hexagon is about 13,800km long, wider than Earth. 10 images taken over about a quarter of a Saturnian day, which…