Nov 22, 2013
Milky Way Black Hole Jets New evidence has been uncovered for the presence of a jet of high-energy particles blasting out of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*)....
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ISON and Encke Comet ISON entered the field of view of the HI-1 camera on NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, or STEREO, on Nov. 21, 2013, and the comet shows up clearly, appearing to still...
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Cubesat Release Three nanosatellites, known as Cubesats, are deployed from a Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (SSOD) attached to the Kibo laboratory’s robotic arm at 7:10 a.m. (EST) on Nov. 19, 2013....
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Anemic Spiral Galaxy How far away is spiral galaxy NGC 4921? Although presently estimated to be about 310 million light years distant, a more precise determination could be coupled with its known...
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Mach 1000 Shockwave When a star explodes as a supernova, it shines brightly for a few weeks or months before fading away. Yet the material blasted outward from the explosion still glows hundreds or...
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Filaments of Death The Large Magellanic Cloud is one of the closest galaxies to our own. Astronomers have now used the power of the ESO’s Very Large Telescope to explore NGC 2035, one of its lesser...
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Wispy Irregular Galaxy This sprinkling of cosmic glitter makes up the galaxy known as ESO 149-3, located some 20 million light-years away from us. It is an example of an irregular galaxy, characterised...
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ISON's Big Day In the early hours of Nov. 27, 2013, Comet ISON entered the field of view of the European Space Agency/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. In this picture, called a coronagraph, the...
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Colorful Eagle Nebula This wide-field image of the Eagle Nebula was taken at the National Science Foundation's 0.9-meter telescope on Kitt Peak with the NOAO Mosaic CCD camera. Located in the...
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Jupiter from Mars The HiRISE camera is the most powerful telescope to have left Earth orbit. As such, it is capable of some interesting astronomical observations. This image of Jupiter and its major...
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Polar Ring Galaxy This new Hubble image shows a peculiar galaxy known as NGC 660, located around 45 million light-years away from us. NGC 660 is classified as a "polar ring galaxy", meaning that it has...
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Titan and Vortex The sunlit edge of Titan's south polar vortex stands out distinctly against the darkness of the moon's unilluminated hazy atmosphere. The Cassini spacecraft images of the vortex led...
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The platform of Puhoong Station, one of the showpiece stations build in the 1980s. Photo: Aaron Mertz
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A group of riders mingles on the platform as an attendant looks on. Photo: Jeffrey Marlow
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Passengers await departure. The graffiti visible on the window is a remnant from the car's former life in East Germany. Photo: Aaron Mertz
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A metro attendant awaits the next train, against the backdrop of a mosaic. Photo: Jeffrey Marlow
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