NGC 6872 and IC 4970 are two galaxies in the process of merging. IC 4970 is the small galaxy at…
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NASA Prepares for Launch of Next Earth Observation Satellite
(Source NASA) — NASA’s Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) is scheduled to launch Feb. 11 from Vandenberg Air Force Base…
Solar activity heating up, large flare and more sun spots
Today 1/9/13 at approximately 05:30 UTC a very large solar flare occurred as can be seen in the image above. It does…
India Plans Launch “Mangalyaan” Mission to Mars in November 2013
In an announcement on Friday at the Indian Science Congress (ISC) by J N Goswam. director of the Physical Research Laboratory in…
Quadrantids Meteor Shower This Week
Should be a good show but the brightness of the moon could hinder observations. The beginning of the 2013 shower…
Beautiful Image Created by Giant Star Zeta Ophiuchi
Sweeping majestic clouds in space lit by surrounding stars are normally the creation of artists but this image is real. Looking like…
SDO captures image of Comet Lovejoy as it grazes the Sun
On Dec. 15, 2011, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured image of Comet Lovejoy approaching the sun. The images and data…
Need Microscope on Mars now, and Thirty Years ago on Viking.
Why have we not taken this basic instrument to Mars? Sometimes the most obvious things somehow get lost when large…
