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http://www.fabuloussavers.com/wallpapers/Star_Trek_wallpaper_USS_Enterprise_in_Earth_orbit_ computerdestkop_l.jpg

awesome pics you deserve +karma

awesome pics you deserve +karma

Thanks man

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This image, showing what looks to be a human face sculpted on the martian surface, was produced using data from NASA's Viking 1 orbiter in 1976. Described in a press release as a "face-like hill" it caused some to offer the sensational speculation that it was an artificial construct built by an intelligent civilization on Mars! As a result, this image was splashed across the covers of many grocery store tabloids at the time. A detailed analysis of multiple images of this feature reveals a natural looking martian hill whose illusory face-like appearance depends on viewing angle and angle of illumination.

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Good thread Sonny, i like to learn about Astronomy. I've seen the Mars picture before, they claimed there was evidence of Pyramids on Mars too.

Thanks Wez. Mars has no atmosphere that is capable of supproting life as we know it, but there is unmistakeable evidence of ancient riverbeds on Mars, which suggests there was once an atmosphere and conditions suitable for life.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0005/skylab4_nasa.jpg

Whats your theory on how the universe began? Do you believe the Big Bang theory? Alot of people think it's BS but i don't.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0312/eskimo2_hst.jpg

Whats your theory on how the universe began? Do you believe the Big Bang theory? Alot of people think it's BS but i don't.

Well the universe appears to be expanding so the big bang theory does have merit, but honestly I don't think we know for sure right now.

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ANyone else from the North East US? Anyone else see the Northern lights last night?

You guys should read Stephen Hawking's books. If you are interested in the universe, this guys the master. And you dont have to have a PHD in physics to understand him.

Yeah, I like Sagan and Asimov too. Although the best book on astronomy I've ever read was a college text that combined Physics, Astronomy, Biology, and Chemistry in an effort to resolve the issues involved in identifying and contacting other life forms in the universe. Of course I sold the book for lunch money and I don't remember what it was called, but when I see it again I will know it.

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You guys should read Stephen Hawking's books. If you are interested in the universe, this guys the master. And you dont have to have a PHD in physics to understand him.

That guy is a genious and my favorite quote of his when asked how he knows so much and stuff i belive he said,

"I only know that i know nothing"

you were already owned by nueraaxis so why is this thread continuing

http://img44.exs.cx/img44/1059/daschle.jpg

That guy is a genious and my favorite quote of his when asked how he knows so much and stuff i belive he said,

"I only know that i know nothing"

If Hawking said that, he borrowed the quote from Socrates.

ANyone else from the North East US? Anyone else see the Northern lights last night?

I am but I didn't see them unfortunately.

Did they look something like this?

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0411/aurora_moussette.jpg

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0408/ring_lewin.jpg


Identify this Phenomenon


What caused this ring of colors? At the time of this writing, MIT Physics Professor Walter Lewin had yet to find someone who can give the correct explanation. Not students. Not colleagues. Not APOD editors. He wonders how the astute readers of APOD will do. Can you match wits with Professor Lewin? Lewin took the above picture in a construction area in Massachusetts on June 20. Your answer should be able to explain the color sequence and the bright area in the center. Shortly after he gives the explanation on December 7 during a lecture in his course Vibrations and Waves at MIT.

Additionally, Professor Lewin will answer appropriate e-mail questions and guesses sent to asklewin@space.mit.edu.

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Anyone else see the Northern lights last night?

i saw the northern lights last night, they were beautiful

one is northern lights? blackholes = time travel

I absofrigginlutely love the pics Sonny, the Hubble has been amazing! Wonderful idea for a thread!!!

I absofrigginlutely love the pics Sonny, the Hubble has been amazing! Wonderful idea for a thread!!!

Thanks Soundtraveler. Since people seem to like the pics I'll keep posting them.

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Hurricane Frances

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I almost forgot to mention that I saw the Northern lights last night. It was spectacular!

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0405/tychosnr_cxc_c1.jpg
is this our sun or another star?

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0405/heic0407a_hst_c2.jpg
what is this?????

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0407/moussette_aur16jul1_c1.jpg

Wow ! This is the first time I've seen this thread,
and its one of my favorites already ! Good job Sonny !

what is this?????

I'm glad you asked.

It is a dramatically detailed close-up of a planetary nebula known as the Bug Nebula, or NGC 6302 to be more exact, recorded by the Hubble Space Telescope. With an estimated surface temperature of about 250,000 degrees C, the central star of this particular planetary nebula is exceptionally hot though -- shining brightly in ultraviolet light but hidden from direct view by a dense torus of dust.

is this our sun or another star?

Actually, this is an x-ray image of the expanding debris cloud of Tycho's Supernova Remnant.In 1572, Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe recorded the sudden appearance of a bright new star in the constellation Cassiopeia. The new star faded from view over a period of months and is believed to have been a supernova, one of the last stellar explosions seen in our Milky Way galaxy.

Liftoff of Space Shuttle Columbia

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The Orbiting Hubble Space Telescope


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Space Shuttle Atlantis lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

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The sun was captured in 1973 throwing one of the largest eruptive prominences ever recorded. This image was taken from by Skylab.

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The surface of Venus taken by the Magellan spacecraft.

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Space Station Mir over the Earth

This one's for you Nautilus. :)



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One Small Step

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Orion's Horsehead Nebula

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http://www.cinenet.net/~agrapha/StarNet/Newstuff/star-destroyer4.jpg

Yeah, I like Sagan and Asimov too. Although the best book on astronomy I've ever read was a college text that combined Physics, Astronomy, Biology, and Chemistry in an effort to resolve the issues involved in identifying and contacting other life forms in the universe. Of course I sold the book for lunch money and I don't remember what it was called, but when I see it again I will know it.


In college I made a paper entitled "Are We Alone In The Universe?" Pretty heavy stuff. Makes you think really deeply.
I got a chance to research the works of Carl Sagan, Isaac Asimov, Stephen Hawking, and if anyone interested in the universe or astronomy might know of, a very interesting and sometimes spooky book entitled "Chariots of the Gods".

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Sir Isaac Newton changed the world. Born in 1643, Newton was only an above-average student. But he went home from Cambridge one summer in 1665, thought a lot about the physical nature of the world, and came back two years later with a revolutionary understanding of mathematics, gravitation, and optics. A Professor of his, upon understanding what Newton had done, resigned his own position at Cambridge so Newton could have it. Newton's calculus provided a new mathematical framework for the rapid solution of whole classes of physical problems. Newton's law of gravitation explained in one simple formula how apples fall and planets move. Newton's insights proved to be so overwhelmingly powerful he was the first scientist ever knighted.

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Weird. What is it?

Weird. What is it?

That is what is known as a Solar Magnetic Arcade

Explanation: On July 14th, solar active region 9077 (AR9077) produced a massive flare. The event also blasted an enormous cloud of energetic charged particles toward planet Earth, triggering magnetic storms and dramatic auroral displays. This striking close-up of AR9077 was made by the orbiting TRACE satellite shortly after the flare erupted. It shows million degree hot solar plasma cooling down while suspended in an arcade of magnetic loops. The false-color image covers an expansive 230,000 by 170,000 kilometer area on the Sun's surface (Earth's diameter is about 12,800 kilometers) and was recorded in extreme ultraviolet light. Collectively resembling a popular "slinky" toy, the enormous loops are actually magnetic field lines which trap the glowing, cooling plasma above the relatively dark solar surface. After the flare, AR9077's activity decayed as it was carried farther across the Earth-facing hemisphere of the Sun by solar rotation. Active regions like AR9077 appear as groups of dark sunspots in visible light.

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Jaipur Observatory Sundial


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Moonrise Through Mauna Kea's Shadow

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El Niño Water Rhythm


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Ilove this picture!

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Sunset over Europe and Africa.

meteor shower in the sky tonight.

meteor shower in the sky tonight.

When is it supposed to start? I was outside for a while and I didn't see any.

When is it supposed to start? I was outside for a while and I didn't see any.


...My wife says from 2 A.M. tonight until dawn. I am getting my info second hand.

Ilove this picture!

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Sunset over Europe and Africa.

dude this is AWESOME !! :cool:

WTF so this is what goes on in this thread, its a few pages already and im barely checking it out, the title to me was like YOUR NOT WELCOME :eek:

This is a video of the commet that hit Jupiter back in the early 90's. It was a huge blast, if it would have hit Earth the planet would have just about been destroyed.



http://www.astro.cf.ac.uk/misc/comet/ImpactR/KECK_R.mpg

WTF so this is what goes on in this thread, its a few pages already and im barely checking it out, the title to me was like YOUR NOT WELCOME :eek:

Check it out man. If you dig astronomy or space or just really cool pictures you're almost certain to see a few images you like.

WTF so this is what goes on in this thread, its a few pages already and im barely checking it out, the title to me was like YOUR NOT WELCOME :eek:


How's that B-Hop? Me, I'm a sucker for Astronomy so I love this thread :cool:

This is a video of the commet that hit Jupiter back in the early 90's. It was a huge blast, if it would have hit Earth the planet would have just about been destroyed.



http://www.astro.cf.ac.uk/misc/comet/ImpactR/KECK_R.mpg

Wow! The destruction that would have caused if it had hit Earth would have been horrific. You know meteors stike the Earth regularly and it is just a matter of time before another large meteor strikes the planet. The last time was in 1908 in Siberia. The meteorite had a mass of approximately 100,000 tons and impacted with a force of 40 tons of TNT: 2000 times the power of the Hiroshima A-bomb. It caused tremors 100's of mile away and razed 2150 sq. km of forest.

Can you imagine if it had struck a city. :eek:

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That's a lot of farts! :p http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0202/methearth_giss.jpg

Can you help in reducing this blanket of methane gas that is warming up our Earth? Recent evidence holds that methane (CH4) is second only to carbon dioxide (CO2) in creating a warming greenhouse effect but is easier to control. Atmospheric methane has doubled over the past 200 years, and its smothering potency is over 20 times that of CO2. Methane may even be responsible for a sudden warming of the Earth by seven degrees Celsius about 55 million years ago. As most methane is produced biologically, the gas is sometimes associated with bathroom humor. The largest abundance released by the US, however, is created when anaerobic bacteria break down carbon-based garbage in landfills. Therefore, a more effective way to help our planet than trying to restrict your own methane emissions would be to encourage efficient landfill gas management.

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great pics :)

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Is this a meteor entering the earth's atmosphere ?

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/9701/xraybin_heasarc.gif

What does a black hole look like? If alone, a black hole would indeed appear quite black, but many black hole candidates are part of binary star systems. So how does a black hole binary system look different from a neutron star binary system? The above drawings indicate it is difficult to tell! Recent theoretical work, however, has provided a new way to tell them apart: advective accretion flows (ADAFs). A black hole system so equipped would appear much darker than a similar neutron star system. The difference is caused by the hot gas from the ADAF disk falling through the event horizon of the black hole and disappearing - gas that would have emitted much light were the central object only a neutron star. Recent observations of the soft X-ray transient V404 Cyg has yielded a spectrum much like an ADAF onto a black hole - and perhaps brighter than allowable from an ADAF onto a neutron star.

great pics :)

Yeah, Saturn creeping out behind the moon is wild, almost looks like a UFO.

Is this a meteor entering the earth's atmosphere ?

Do you see the dot in the upper right hand corner? It is a tiny bit of a comet that may represent a sample of material from the early stages of the formation of the Solar System. The meteoroid itself is only a thousandth of an inch in diameter and the track is actually little more than 5 hundredths of an inch long!

This is a cool picture

http://www.astronomy.com/objects/images/big_dipper_rushmore_500.jpg

The Big Dipper over Mt. Rushmore

Do you see the dot in the upper right hand corner? It is a tiny bit of a comet that may represent a sample of material from the early stages of the formation of the Solar System. The meteoroid itself is only a thousandth of an inch in diameter and the track is actually little more than 5 hundredths of an inch long!

so how did they get this picture?

so how did they get this picture?

I believe it was taken from the EURECA (European Recoverable Carrier) spacecraft.

I believe it was taken from the EURECA (European Recoverable Carrier) spacecraft.


I see . interesting ...

I see . interesting ...

Check you inbox for a pm. I think you'll like it.

Check you inbox for a pm. I think you'll like it.

Yeah thanks man !

Spiral Galaxies in Collision


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Billions of years from now, only one of these two galaxies will remain. Until then, spiral galaxies NGC 2207 and IC 2163 will slowly pull each other apart, creating tides of matter, sheets of shocked gas, lanes of dark dust, bursts of star formation, and streams of cast-away stars. Astronomers predict that NGC 2207, the larger galaxy on the left, will eventually incorporate IC 2163, the smaller galaxy on the right. In the most recent encounter that peaked 40 million years ago, the smaller galaxy is swinging around counter-clockwise, and is now slightly behind the larger galaxy. The space between stars is so vast that when galaxies collide, the stars in them usually do not collide

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http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0210/Andromeda_gendler_s60.jpg

the Columbia Hills on Mars

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The Lost World of Lake Vida

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A lake hidden beneath 19 meters of ice and gravel has been found near the bottom of the world that might contain an ecosystem completely separate from our own. In a modern version of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic book Lost World, NASA funded scientists are now plotting a mission to drill down into the lake and remove a sample of water from the lake for analysis. Lake Vida, buried under Antarctic ice for over 2,500 years, is liquid only because of a high salt content that results from salt being expelled from water above as it turns to ice. Previously, scientists drilled to within a few meters of the lake and indeed found frozen microbes. Their existence bolsters speculation that similar microorganisms could be found in frozen brine beneath the surface of Mars. If living organisms are found in Lake Vida, they may give an indication that life might even still exist under similar frozen ice-sheets, such as under the larger Lake Vostok, parts of Mars, and even moons of Jupiter such as Europa. Pictured above, a robot meteorological station continues to monitor surface conditions over the ice-sealed lake.

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What is the most distant known object in our Solar System? A new answer to this centuries-old question was announced recently by NASA with the discovery of a dark red object dubbed Sedna. Although over twice the distance to Pluto, Sedna is near its closest approach to the Sun. Sedna's highly elliptical orbit will further displace it by 10 times, making it a candidate for the long-hypothesized Oort cloud of icy objects thought to extend to the Solar System's edge. Sedna is estimated to be about three-quarters the size of Pluto and therefore the largest Solar System object found since Pluto in 1930. Whether Sedna is ever designated a planet is at the discretion of the International Astronomical Union. The above drawing depicts how Sedna might look facing the distant Sun. The unexpectedly red color, the unusual orbit, and the origin of Sedna will surely be topic of much future research.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0210/Andromeda_gendler_s60.jpg

This is my favorite galaxy ... Andromeda

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Solar Sail
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0408/solarsail_msfc.jpg
Nearly 400 years ago astronomer Johannes Kepler observed comet tails blown by a solar breeze and suggested that vessels might likewise navigate through space using appropriately fashioned sails. It is now widely recognized that sunlight does indeed produce a force which moves comet tails and a large, reflective sail could be a practical means of propelling a spacecraft. In fact, the illustration above represents a concept explored by NASA for an interstellar probe pushed along by sunlight reflected from an ultrathin sail. Nearly half a kilometer wide, the delicate solar sail would be unfurled in space. Continuous pressure from sunlight would ultimately accelerate the craft to speeds about five times higher than possible with conventional rockets. While not quite ready for the Olympics, NASA has recently tested solar sail technologies on earth and the Japanese Space Agency ISAS has deployed solar sail material in space. The Planetary Society in collaboration with the Space Research Institute (IKI) in Moscow and partners is preparing to launch Cosmos 1, a solar sail powered spacecraft.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0408/spicules_sst.jpg

:eek: highest resolution image ever taken of the sun :eek:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0408/spicules_sst.jpg

:eek: highest resolution image ever taken of the sun :eek:
WOW!!! now that is hell as we know it

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0408/m17close_hst_c1.jpg
what is this? Kinda looks like a supernova

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0409/bhtorus_esa_big.jpg
is this real???

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0411/sagdig_hst.jpg
now this is scary

[QUOTE=Sonny]Spiral Galaxies in Collision


http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0411/ngc2207_hst.jpg

[QUOTE]look like two evil eyes

http://www.space.com/images/centaurus_a_030128_02.jpg A merger may have triggered the output of energy in this galaxy, Centaurus A.

http://www.space.com/images/mass_scale_030128_02.jpg

Black hole mass increases with galactic bulge mass.

http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827/1d/www.space.com/images/040910_iod_spitzer_04.jpg

where stars are born

the cats eye

http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827/1d/www.space.com/images/040909_hubble_catseye_04.jpg

http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827/1d/www.space.com/images/040908_iod_gemini_04.jpg

A Cosmic Quintet

http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827/1d/www.space.com/images/041007_iod_cfht_04.jpg

Attending Star Birth

http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827/1d/www.space.com/images/041011_iod_n11_04.jpg
Swirls of Star Formation

http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827/1d/www.space.com/images/041022_iod_orion_04.jpg

Reflections of Orion

http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827/1d/www.space.com/images/041102_iod_spitzer_04.jpg

Strange Space Face

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0411/n2683matthews_c1.jpg

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0411/launch_swift.jpg

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0309/SIRTFstreak_cooper.jpg

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0309/mwsky_gemini.jpg

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0309/crab_xrayopt_c2.jpg

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0309/ngc3370_hst_c1.jpg

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0308/m20castano_block_c1.jpg

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0309/eggs_plait.jpg

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0207/everest_mackenzie.jpg
View from Mount Everest.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0308/bigmars_hst.jpg

Mars from Hubble

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0308/shadowrise_mandel_c1.jpg

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0308/nymoonmars2_rosen.jpg

Bright Lights, Dark City

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0307/frostymnts_mgs.jpg

Frosty Mountains on Mars

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0307/tornado_noaa.jpg

Tornado :eek:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0307/gravityearth2_grace_big.gif

GRACE Maps the Gravity of Earth

Why do some places on Earth have higher gravity than others? Sometimes the reason is unknown. To help better understand the Earth's surface, slight distance changes between a pair of identically orbiting satellites named GRACE have been used to create the best ever map of Earth's gravitational field. High points on this map, also colored red, indicate areas where gravity is slightly stronger than usual, while in blue areas gravity is slightly weaker. Many bumps and valleys on the map can be attributed to surface features, such as the North Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the Himalayan Mountains, but others cannot, and so might relate to unusually high or low sub-surface densities. Maps like this also help calibrate changes in the Earth's surface including variable ocean currents and the melting of glaciers.

4,000!!!

WOO-HOO!!

nice pics spammer :p

4,000!!!

WOO-HOO!!



.....Good job on 4,000 focker!!!

Spiral Galaxies in Collision


http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0411/ngc2207_hst.jpg

look like two evil eyes

I know, I love that image.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0409/bhtorus_esa_big.jpg

is this real???


That is the Molecular Torus Surrounding a Black Hole :eek:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0408/m17close_hst_c1.jpg

what is this? Kinda looks like a supernova


Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, these fantastic, undulating shapes lie within the stellar nursery known as M17, the Omega Nebula, some 5,500 light-years away in the nebula-rich constellation Sagittarius. The lumpy features in the dense cold gas and dust are illuminated by stars off the upper left of the image and may themselves represent sites of future star formation. Colors in the fog of surrounding hotter material indicate M17's chemical make up. The predominately green glow corresponds to abundant hydrogen, with trace sulfur and oxygen atoms contributing red and blue hues. The picture spans about 3 light-years and was released in the thirteenth year of the Hubble Space Telescope's cosmic voyage of exploration.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0503/ngc2170_seip_f56.jpg

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0503/ngc1532_gemini.jpg

nice stuff Sonny

http://interface-associates.net/images/primordal.jpg

http://www.scott.k12.ky.us/teacherpages/treed/myweb9/astronomy.jpg

ghttp://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0206/eagle_kp09.jpg

Wow! The destruction that would have caused if it had hit Earth would have been horrific. You know meteors stike the Earth regularly and it is just a matter of time before another large meteor strikes the planet. The last time was in 1908 in Siberia. The meteorite had a mass of approximately 100,000 tons and impacted with a force of 40 tons of TNT: 2000 times the power of the Hiroshima A-bomb. It caused tremors 100's of mile away and razed 2150 sq. km of forest.

Can you imagine if it had struck a city. :eek:

check this out

ÝÉöü■ (http://www.psi.edu/projects/siberia/siberia.html)


and

ȹµ (http://www.tmeg.com/artifacts/tunguska/tunguska.htm)

check this out

ÝÉöü■ (http://www.psi.edu/projects/siberia/siberia.html)


and

ȹµ (http://www.tmeg.com/artifacts/tunguska/tunguska.htm)


Yeah, and it's just a matter of time before something like that happens again.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0503/moon8_mandel.jpg

LUNAR CRATERS

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0207/everest_mackenzie.jpg

I really love this photo. It shows the 360 degreee view from the summit of Mount Everest. Make sure to scroll all the way over for full effect.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0503/crab_xrayopt_c2.jpg

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0503/huygens_lens_c23.jpg

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0503/s147_gendler_c39.jpg

Supernova Remnant

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0503/freeflyer_nasa.jpg

Flying free in space

Hey L8RG8R seems like you really know your astronomy, thats cool....

When I got interested in Astronomy I realized how small we really are, lol, anyone else get this feeling?? :D Just curious..





Peace...

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0503/huygens_lens_c23.jpg
what is this?

Hey L8RG8R seems like you really know your astronomy, thats cool....

When I got interested in Astronomy I realized how small we really are, lol, anyone else get this feeling?? :D Just curious..





Peace...
yes i wonder why were are here and why are we so small, I have heard somewhere that we are in our 4 th level and we must go throught 12 level in all, like a damn video game

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0503/huygens_lens_c23.jpg


Explanation: In 1655, three hundred fifty years ago Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovered Luna Saturni - now known as Saturn's moon Titan. This is an intriguing picture of his telescope lens :eek: , all that remains of the instrument he used, designed and constructed in collaboration with his brother, Constantijn Huygens. The lens itself measures 57 millimeters (just over 2 inches) in diameter and is inscribed along the border "X 3 FEBR. MDCLV": its focal length (10 Rhineland feet) and the date of its final polishing, 3 February 1655. It also bears a verse from the Roman poet Ovid, "Admovere Oculis Distantia Sidera Nostris" (They brought the distant stars closer to our eyes). Huygens used the verse as part of an anagram announcing his discovery. The use of an anagram, a practice common in his time, established a date for his discovery but kept its details secret until he wished to reveal them. Decoded and translated, his anagram reads "A moon revolves around Saturn in 16 days and 4 hours.", a good agreement with the modern value for Titan's orbital period.

This image kicks ass!

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/planeteclipse_spitzer.jpg

1 million points to anyone who can tell me the name of this planet.

The offer is good for 24 hours.

Nice to see the domain again !
I reckon its Venus ?

Nice to see the domain again !
I reckon its Venus ?


Thanks I do love astronomy and History. The "This day in history" thread didn't receiev much interest though. Because of no cool pics I guess.

Nope, Not Venus.

OMG, conclussive evidence has just been discovered showing water on Mars.

This is a groundbreaking discovery. I will show visual proof of the evidence in just a moment.

Ok are you guys ready for this.

This is F-ing amazing!!!

Thanks I do love astronomy and History. The "This day in history" thread didn't receiev much interest though. Because of no cool pics I guess.

Nope, Not Venus.


Hmmm. then it should be Mars then

Hmmm. then it should be Mars then


Negativo my friend.

Negativo my friend.


haha. well so what planet is it ?

haha. well so what planet is it ?

Ok. This is actually a pretty cool recent discovery as well. Light emmitted from this planet has just been identified for the first time. This planet which is beyond our known solar system has is being called HD209458b

Ok, I've got the pic of water on Mars here it comes...

Ok. This is actually a pretty cool recent discovery as well. Light emmitted from this planet has just been identified for the first time. This planet which is beyond our known solar system has is being called HD209458b

LOL. who would have ever gotten the answer to that !! :p

Ok. This is actually a pretty cool recent discovery as well. Light emmitted from this planet has just been identified for the first time. This planet which is beyond our known solar system has is being called HD209458b

i think iam going to name my first born child the very same thing....


it has a special ring to it.

LOL. who would have ever gotten the answer to that !! :p

:D Somebody might have gotten it. It would have been too easy if it was one of the 9 known planets in our solar system. Somebody could have just listed the 9 planets and said, it's one of them. :p

OK, the moment you've all been waiting for. Proof of Water on Mars.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/WaterOnMars2_gcc.jpg

Ta-Da... :p

I knew this was getting nowhere....... :p

I knew this was getting nowhere....... :p

Watch what you say Thrilla. The eye is watching you!

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0503/m57_ssc_c25.jpg

This image kicks ass!

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/planeteclipse_spitzer.jpg

1 million points to anyone who can tell me the name of this planet.

The offer is good for 24 hours.
earth our planet

earth our planet


No it's a distant planet that has just recently been discovered currently being called Planet HD209458b.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0503/sunhalo_vydor.jpg

A Sun Halo Over Tennessee

Yo, Dig This...
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0503/earthquake_usgs.gif

... December's 9.0 earthquake has likely shortened Earth's day by about three microseconds and may also have tweaked Earth's rotational wobble. The megathrust earthquake occurred as the Indian tectonic plate slid further beneath the Burma tectonic plate. The earthquake was the fourth most powerful since the year 1900 and triggered tsunamis that tragically killed over 250,000 people in nearby coastal regions. In the above map, the yellow star indicates the location of the main earthquake, while circles show the locations of large aftershocks. The Sumatra-Andaman Islands earthquake's effect on the Earth's rotation was sudden but much smaller than the accumulated effects of other surface events such as an El Nino.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0502/marsplates_express.jpg

What are those unusual plates on Mars? 10,000 points for the correct answer.

Blocks of ice that are covered by dust in the Martian sea...

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Nicely done. Do you mind if I ask how you knew that?

Yea I remember seeing a picture like that before a couple months back on an astronomy site in the news one or the other not sure exactly...

I posted earlier in the thread, cuz I'm a fan of astronomy and creating a thread like this is definitely cool! Keep the images coming and the points! :D

Woo man, I'm tripping.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0502/illume_wasilewski_full.jpg

That sure is a stunning photograph....

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/ngc3628_croman_c45.jpg

Great stuff Sonny, those pics are awesome.

Thanks man here's another

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0412/titan_garlick.jpg

Woo man, I'm tripping.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0502/illume_wasilewski_full.jpg
very eerie... what's this dude?

Awesome thread, I'm glad it was brought back up. Thanks for all the great pics! I love 'em!

That is a picture of thin layers of forming ice crystals illuminated by light shining through a polarizing filter -- a filter that restricts the otherwise randomly oriented light waves to vibrate in only one direction.

Swift RocketCam

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0412/swift1_5times.gif

Explanation: A forward-facing RocketCam (TM) mounted inside the payload fairing of a Delta II rocket captured these dramatic video frames on November 20th -- as the Swift satellite observatory journeyed to an orbit 600 kilometers above planet Earth. Some frames were interpolated to correct for transmission problems. The sequence shows the fairing separation, the second stage rotating past the Earth's limb, and finally the 1500 kilogram satellite itself separating from the second stage. Observing at optical, ultraviolet, x-ray and gamma-ray energies, Swift is designed to locate the sources of energetic gamma-ray bursts and watch as their afterglows fade in the distant Universe. Still in its checkout phase, the observatory is already detecting the high energy flashes from these awe-inspiring cosmic blasts.

****ING AWSOME!

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/antarcticeclipse_bruenjes.jpg

search for extraterrestrial intelligence using your own home computer.


http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0501/wiroshadow_bonnell_c55.jpg

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0306/blackholestorm_chandra.jpg

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0501/machholzPleiades_seip_c80.jpg

I love the last 2 pics.....****in sweet... :)

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/einsteinNAS_piepol_c90.jpg

In 1905 Albert Einstein had a miraculous year. One hundred years ago, he wrote four papers which revolutionized our understanding of the Universe. The papers outlined; the idea that light could behave as a quantized particle (a photon), an explanation of the thermal motion of atoms and molecules (at a time when atoms themselves were just theories), a theory reconciling motion and the constant speed of light (Special Relativity), and the idea of mass-energy equivalence (E=mc²). Virtually every facet of our modern exploration of the Universe is touched by his now century old insights, along with his later theory of gravity and space-time - General Relativity. In centennial celebration, consider this thoughtful view of a small telescope beside the Einstein Memorial on the grounds of the National Academy of Sciences in Washington DC, USA. The marble platform at the bronze statue's feet is embedded with a map showing the positions of the planets, sun, moon and stars on the memorial's dedication date, 100 years after Einstein's birth in 1879. Albert Einstein died 50 years ago, on April 18, 1955

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/bigorion_wang.jpg

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/orion_iras.jpg

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/MoonM45_lodriguss_c86.jpg

search for extraterrestrial intelligence using your own home computer.


http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/


...Yeah, I had it downloaded on my old computer. A pretty cool concept really.

...Einstein was a ****ing god!!!! Who or what the hell was that guy??

...Einstein was a ****ing god!!!! Who or what the hell was that guy??

Absolutely brilliant. Without equal. He may even be an alien :D

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0505/mz3_hst.jpg

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/m51_hst_90x.jpg

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/dustdevil5_spirit.gif

Explanation: What goes there across the plains of Mars? A dust devil. For the first time, definitive movies of the famous spinning dust towers have been created from ground level. The robot rover Spirit has now imaged several dust devils from its hillside perch just within the past two months. Each image in the above sequence was taken about 20 seconds apart. Inspection of the digitally resized images show the passing dust devil raising Martian dust so thick that it casts a shadow. The new dust devil movies have been made possible by a new hybrid interaction system where the robot Spirit on Mars takes many images and humans on Earth inspect thumbnails and decide which full resolution images to send back.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/amateur_wienerroither.jpg

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/eclipse_verdin.jpg

This is a cool as hell pic of a plane flying through the clouds, with a partially eclipsed Sun in the background. :cool:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/venus4_mag.jpg