Space and Astronomy Megathread (MERGED) - Part 1

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The Surface of Venus from Venera 14
Image Credit: Soviet Planetary Exploration Program, Venera 14;
Processing & Copyright: Donald Mitchell & Michael Carroll (used with permission)

 

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Bright green fireball in Australian sky identified as 'one hell of a meteor' - UPI.com

Astronomy experts in Western Australia said a bright green light that illuminated the early morning sky over the state was actually "one hell of a meteor."

www.upi.com

 

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So, now we're on a time constraint: death of the universe or GTA 6's release?

 

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Galaxy Wars: M81 versus M82
Image Credit & Copyright: Collaborative Astrophotography Team (CAT)

 

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This is the Earth and the Moon viewed from Mars through the HiRISE camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter orbiting the red planet.

Welcome to the neighborhood!



Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech, University of Arizona.

 

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Ares 3 Landing Site: The Martian Revisited
Image Credit: HiRISE, MRO, LPL (U. Arizona), NASA

 

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Nasa warns of huge solar flares causing blackouts on Earth

 

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A Plutonian Landscape
Image Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins Univ./APL, Southwest Research Institute

 

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M1: The Incredible Expanding Crab
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Jeff Hester (ASU), Allison Loll (ASU), Tea Temim (Princeton University)

 

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Jupiter used to be twice as big as it is now — it could have held 2,000 Earths

"This brings us closer to understanding how not only Jupiter but the entire solar system took shape."

www.space.com