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Friday, March 07, 2008

Space

Mystery image of 'life on Mars'
An image of a mysterious shape on the surface of Mars, taken by Nasa spacecraft Spirit, has reignited the debate about life on the Red Planet.
Black hole powers X-ray jets | Video
NASA has released new images of a super-massive black hole powering X-ray jets. Scientists think these jets are important vehicles for transporting energy away from the venter of the black hole and affect the rate of formation of new stars.
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Planet-hunters set for big bounty
Rocky planets, possibly with conditions suitable for life, may be more common than previously thought in our galaxy, a study has found.
Mysterious Ancient UFO Pictures
I'd like to show you some of the most outstanding "ancient UFO" pictures - images of UFOs that have been painted hundreds (or even thousands) of years ago...
Biggest black hole in the cosmos discovered - space
The most massive known black hole in the universe has been discovered, weighing in with the mass of 18 billion Suns.
Free Earth From Space Wallpaper
Just a beautiful wallpaper of our planet Earth.
Astronaut describes what space smells like - Boing Boing
On NASA's website, ISS Science Officer Don Pettit describes the "smell of space" -- long a staple of science fiction stories.
Craters of Mercury and Wallpaper
I want to put it on my office computer and see how many “nice moon” comments I get.
Huge gas cloud will hit Milky Way
A giant cloud of hydrogen gas is racing towards a collision with the Milky Way, astronomers have announced.
ESA Portal - Titan’s surface organics surpass oil reserves on Earth
Saturn’s orange moon Titan has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth, according to new Cassini data.
Hubble Heritage Gallery of Images
Pictures of Galaxies and Nebulae
A View From Space, part II : Wacky Archives
Since the last post with images from space was so appreciated, I thought I should share another few more fascinating images from around the Earth.
Moon Stuck
Some of the most influential leaders of the space community are quietly working to offer the next U.S. president an alternative to President Bush's "vision for space exploration"--one that would delete a lunar base and move instead toward manned missions to asteroids along with a renewed emphasis on Earth environmental spacecraft.
zidouta.com - The Earth and Moon as Seen from Mars
The phase angle is 98 degrees, which means that less than half of the disks of the Earth and Moon have direct illumination. We could image Earth/Moon at full disk illumination only when they are on the opposite side of the sun from Mars, but then the range would be much greater and the image would show less detail.”
Virgin unveils spaceship designs
Virgin Galactic has released the final design of the launch system that will take fare-paying passengers into space.
The Milky Way at 5000 Meters
Climb up to 5000 meters ...above sea level, ...and your night sky could encompass this cosmic vista.
Nebulas
Nebulas photo gallery
Wallpaper: Southern Saturn
A gorgeous view of Saturn’s southern pole which has seen every little exposure in terms of global views (or near global) like this.
Free Desktop Wallpaper-Space Pictures
Space Pictures-Free Desktop Wallpaper-NASA

Posted by KenW at 9:09 AM
Categories: Space