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Dust storm in Southeast Asia

On March 19, 2012, NASA’s Terra satellite captured this natural-color image of a huge dust storm sweeping across Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. According to Gulf News, several meteorologists characterized the dust activity as a “super sandstorm.” The cause of the … Continue reading

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What is this big object near the sun?

The video above is making rounds of the web, and it shows a giant circular object near the sun. What is it? No, no. Before you panic about UFOs and alien invasions, watch the 4-minute explanation from NASA below: (No … Continue reading

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NASA spoils the 2012 doomsday fun with new video

A short 3:32 video from NASA debunks the 2012 doomsday prophecies. It was uploaded to YouTube by JPL. “Since the beginning of recorded time, there have been literally hundreds of thousands of predictions for the end of the world and … Continue reading

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Best desktop image ever: Blue Marble Earth

Images of the Western (left) and Eastern (right) Hemispheres. NASA calls these the most amazing images of Earth ever.  According to NASA, the Eastern hemisphere picture “is a composite of six separate orbits taken on January 23, 2012 by the Suomi … Continue reading

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NASA’s restored images of Gemini missions

1965. Gemini IV: View of Astronaut White as he floats in zero gravity of space over Gulf of Mexico. In his right hand White carries a Hand-Held Self-Maneuvering Unit. The visor of his helmet is gold plated to protect him … Continue reading

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Shrinking of Lake Urmia in Iran

Lake Urmia, 1998. (Photo: NASA) Lake Urmia, 2011. (Photo: NASA) Lake Urmia is the largest landlocked salt lake in the world. But it is shrinking as the photos above show. Urmia is fed by 60 rivers and streams. These photos … Continue reading

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Delta II rocket launch with weather satellite payload

NASA/Picture credit: Bill Ingalls A Delta II rocket was launched with the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft payload from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011. NPP is the first NASA satellite … Continue reading

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Hurricane Katia as it passed us by

Photo Credit:NASA Earth Observatory By the time the crew of the International Space Station took this photo of Hurricane Katia on Sept 9th, 2011, it had already been downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane. However, I just love to see the … Continue reading

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NASA satellite due to crash back to earth today

                  Photo credit: NASA via AP NASA’s 6-ton Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is due to fall back to earth today. The window of time announced by NASA is Friday 12pm-6pm EST. … Continue reading

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Moon’s North Pole

Image Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University This image of the moon’s north polar region was taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC). It is a mosaic created from 983 images taken over one month by the … Continue reading

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