Oct 1, 2012
Four Views of North America Nebula This image layout reveals how the appearance of the North America nebula can change dramatically using different combinations of visible and infrared observations...
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Jupiter's Rings Revealed Why does Jupiter have rings? Jupiter's rings were discovered in 1979 by the passing Voyager 1 spacecraft, but their origin was a mystery. Data from the Galileo spacecraft that...
View ArticleUnafraid of the Dark
Unafraid of the Dark Humboldt squid live in darkness, at depths of more than 3,200 feet. They only come up to the surface to feed at night. Image: Humboldt squid observed 1700 feet deep in Monterey...
View ArticlePredicting the Future, Sometimes
Predicting the Future, Sometimes Paul the Octopus predicted the results of eight consecutive games correctly during the FIFA 2010 World Cup, including the final. Paul passed away in October 2010 at 2.5...
View ArticleMasters of Disguise
Masters of Disguise Rather than just using camouflage to evade predators, the Indonesian mimic octopus can shape itself after various toxic creatures. These masters of disguise can also outswim their...
View ArticleEight-Armed Pirates
Eight-Armed Pirates In a video that recently went viral, an octopus holds a cat shark back while making off with a bucket of bait. Wild octopuses are not the only ones good at snatching up loot....
View ArticleThey're Flashy
They're Flashy. Cephalopods can change colors, turning their chromatophores on and off randomly. Image: Oval squid. (Nhobgood/Wikimedia Commons)
View ArticleUn-picky Eaters
Un-picky Eaters. Cephalopods will munch on just about anything. They're largely carnivorous, but pieces of plastic and even chunks of other cephalopods have been found in their tummies. Vampire squid...
View ArticleOct 9, 2012
Thor's Helmet This VLT image of the Thor’s Helmet Nebula was taken on the occasion of ESO’s 50th Anniversary, 5 October 2012, with the help of Brigitte Bailleul — winner of the Tweet Your Way to the...
View ArticleThey're Into Sex
They're Into Sex. "All male cephalopods have a specialized arm that they use to pass a package of sperm from their bodies to the females," Ellen Prager, author of Sex, Drugs and Sea Slime, told Wired...
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Saturn's Hexagon A bizarre six-sided feature encircling the north pole of Saturn near 78 degrees north latitude has been spied by the visual and infrared mapping spectrometer on NASA's Cassini...
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Planetary Nebulas This gallery shows four planetary nebulas from the first systematic survey of such objects in the solar neighborhood made with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The planetary nebulas...
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Mars Swirls Dark swirls made by Martian winds make intricate patterns on sand dunes in this Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter image. The HiRISE camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is the most...
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Star Formation in Berkeley 87 Combined infrared and X-ray image of the region ON 2. This region is a site of active star formation, with new massive stars being born within the glowing clouds of gas...
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Atmospheric Aerosols, Dust and Clouds The world is currently in an active period for the production of atmospheric aerosols, according to Colin Seftor, an atmospheric physicist at NASA Goddard Space...
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