Deep-sea hydrothermal vent tubeworms
Tube worms cluster around a newly discovered hydrothermal vent.
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Perspective view of the newly discovered hydrothermal vent field in the Gulf of California, created using sonar data collected by MBARI’s seafloor mapping AUV (autonomous underwater vehicle), the “D....
View ArticleHydrothermal vent tubeworms and fish
These large tubeworms can grow to over 1 meter (three feet) long, and contain bacteria that help them live off of chemicals flowing out of the hydrothermal vents. Small fish, crabs, and limpets (dark...
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Coma Cluster Galaxy A long-exposure Hubble Space Telescope image shows a majestic face-on spiral galaxy located deep within the Coma Cluster of galaxies, which lies 320 million light-years away in the...
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RoboGecko StickyBot, modeled after a gecko, is "a mix of biology, mechanics and motion," claims a YouTube video from its Stanford University designers. "We wanted to send robots into any environment,"...
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A close up of Dragon shows nine of the capsule's 18 thrusters which are used for maneuvering on orbit as well as for slowing down during the de-orbit burn. Also visible in the middle of the photo is...
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Tomorrow marks the end of SpaceX's first mission to the International Space Station. The Dragon spacecraft will be detached from the station early Thursday morning and is expected to splashdown in the...
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A video screen inside the Cupola module shows the target outline for Dragon as it approaches its berthing point on the station's harmony module. Photo: ESA/NASA
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Astronauts on board the ISS spent much of the time before berthing Dragon watching it through the windows of the Cupola module. Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers commented the view makes the work rather...
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Dragon flies over the earth at the end of the robotic arm that captured and berthed it with the ISS. Here the golden colored cover to the hatch can be seen on the right side of the Dragon capsule....
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A fisheye view inside the Dragon as seen from the ISS. Astronaut Andre Kuipers described the inside of Dragon as, "Beautiful. Spacious, Modern. Blue LEDs. Feels a bit like a sci-fi filmset. Of course...
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NASA Flight Director Holly Ridings sits at her control station at the Johnson Space Center in Houston during the Dragon COTS mission. The small purple dragon stuffed toy sat atop the Flight Director's...
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The sun sits on the horizon as Dragon and the International Space Station orbit the earth. Dragon is scheduled to be detached from the ISS at 1:05 a.m. PDT and will be released by the Canadaarm2 at...
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In this long exposure, Dragon's thrusters can be seen firing as it approaches the ISS. The two different positions of one of the solar arrays implies Dragon made a slight rotation during the exposure....
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Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers unloading some of the 1,014 pounds of cargo transported aboard Dragon to the ISS. Included in the delivery was food, clothes, batteries and a laptop. Fifteen science...
View Articleenceladus-plumewatch
The plume can be seen better when backlit by direct sunlight, as in this image taken in 2008. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
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This image was taken in 2008 at "high phase," or a sun-moon-spacecraft angle of 159 degrees, so that sunlight would show off the plumes. The left side of the moon is lit by the sun, while the right...
View ArticleMay 31, 2012
The Mouth of Morava Valles on Mars Morava Valles drained Ladon Basin and discharged towards the large regions of chaotic terrain near the head of Ares Valles. Because the valley emerges full bore from...
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Saturn’s moon Enceladus is a strange place. The cold, tiny moon in the far reaches of the solar system is an unlikely location for liquid water. Yet scientists have not only discovered that Enceladus...
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