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• NGC 6960: The Witch’s Broom Nebula

  Posted on Thursday August 28th, 2008 at 00:01 in 52 cygni, adam block, apod, cygnus, deep space, mount lemmon skycenter, ngc 6960, space fotos, supernova remnant, unversity of arizona, veil nebula, witch's broom nebula

  Credit & Copyright: Adam Block, Mount Lemmon SkyCenter, Univ. Arizona Explanation: Ten thousand years ago, before the dawn of recorded human history, a new light must suddenly have appeared in the night sky and faded after a few weeks. To...

• Earth’s Shadow

  Posted on Wednesday August 27th, 2008 at 00:01 in anthony ayiomamitis, apod, athens, earth, greece, lunar eclipse, moon, space fotos, twan, umbra

  Credit & Copyright: Anthony Ayiomamitis (TWAN) Explanation: The dark, inner shadow of planet Earth is called the umbra. Shaped like a cone extending into space, the umbra has a circular cross section that can be most easily seen during a luna...

• Mineralogical Diversity in Nili Fossae (PSP_009138_2025)

  Posted on Tuesday August 26th, 2008 at 16:02 in ball aerospace and technology corporation, crism, esa, hirise, jpl, lockheed martin space systems, low-calcium pyroxene (lcp) materials, mars, mars express, mars reconnaissance orbiter (mro), mars science laboratory rover, NASA

  Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona Wallpaper: 800×600 1024×768 1152×864 1280×960 1440×1080 1600×1200 1920×1440 2048×1536 2560×1600 Explanation: There is evidence of phyllosilicate material (clays) th...

• August Moons

  Posted on Tuesday August 26th, 2008 at 00:01 in apod, dennis mammana, earth, eclipse, france, laurent laveder, lunar eclipse, mecury, novosibirsk reservoir, ob sea, odet river, planets

  Credit & Copyright: Dennis Mammana (left), Laurent Laveder, TWAN Explanation: This August was eclipse season. The month’s first New Moon and Full Moon were both seen in darkened skies during a solar and lunar eclipse. Blocking the Sun,...

• Fresh Double-Layered Ejecta Crater (PSP_009160_2350)

  Posted on Monday August 25th, 2008 at 15:56 in ball aerospace and technology corporation, craters, ejecta flow lobe (lobate ejecta), hirise, jpl, lockheed martin space systems, mars, mars reconnaissance orbiter (mro), NASA, planets, science mission directorate, space fotos

  Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona Wallpaper: 800×600 1024×768 1152×864 1280×960 1440×1080 1600×1200 1920×1440 2048×1536 2560×1600 Explanation: This scene features a high latitude, northern hemisphere...

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