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| This image of Earth was taken by Mars Global Surveyor, in orbit around Mars. Surface features and cloud cover can be distinguished over North America. Photo Credit: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems |
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| Oceanic glint is shown as an unusually bright patch (yellow) on the dark ocean surface. Photo Credit: D.M. Williams, E. Gaidos. |
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| The sparkle of Sunlight may be described as "specular reflection," a mirror-like reflection in which incoming light from a single direction is reflected in a single outgoing direction. |
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| Astronomers have found evidence for super-Earths, massive terrestrial planets orbiting distant stars. Someday we might be able to explore such alien worlds in order to search for life beyond our solar system. Image credit: NASA. |
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| Artist's representation of a rocky moon orbiting a gas planet in a binary star system. Image credit: NASA. |
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An artist's rendering depicts planets colliding in a sun-like binary
system about 300 light-years from Earth.
Image Credit: Lynette R. Cook |
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| Artist's impression of the planetary system around the red dwarf Gliese 581. The five Earth-mass planet (seen in foreground - Gliese 581 c) is just inside the habitable zone. Credit: ESA |
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| Artist's impression of the five-Earth mass planet, Gliese 581 c. Credit: ESA |
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| Plateau de Bure Interferometer. Credit: Rebus |
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| This artist's concept illustrates a dead star, or "white dwarf," surrounded by the bits and pieces of a disintegrating asteroid. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech |
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| The NASA Infrared Telescope Facility –” at the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii –” was one of the telescopes that detected martian methane in 2003. Credit: NASA/University of Hawaii |
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| TheHZ |
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05/26/09 |
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| StellarWinds |
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05/26/09 |
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| hypoplanet |
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| Starlife |
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08/11/09 |
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| Universe Branes |
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11/02/09 |
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| StarDistances |
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11/26/09 |
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| Costa Rica Balls |
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03/22/10 |
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| Arecibo message long |
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03/30/10 |
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| Borg |
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04/03/10 |
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| Effelsberg |
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08/23/10 |
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| W.M. Keck Observatory |
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08/31/10 |
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| Gran Telescopio Canarias |
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09/01/10 |
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| 2010 image |
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10/11/10 |
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| Apodizing Phase Plate |
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10/15/10 |
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| Apodizing Phase Plate2 |
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10/15/10 |
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| MONET/North |
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10/25/10 |
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| Struve Telescope |
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| La Silla 2.2 |
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11/18/10 |
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| Large Binocular Telescope |
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12/07/10 |
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| VLBA |
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02/20/11 |
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| Herschel preparation |
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04/14/11 |
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| Black plants |
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04/18/11 |
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| Laser Interferometer Space Antenna |
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04/22/11 |
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| Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope |
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05/16/11 |
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| Mount John University Observatory |
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05/19/11 |
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| Herschel image |
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07/28/11 |
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| crop circles |
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08/03/11 |
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| Swiss Crop Circle |
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| Ceasar |
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08/19/11 |
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| habital zones by orbital area |
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08/24/11 |
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| Lovell radio telescope |
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| Arecibo Observatory facility |
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08/28/11 |
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| supernova on alien world |
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09/21/11 |
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| Optical Ground Station |
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10/17/11 |
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| Starkenburg |
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10/17/11 |
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| Allen Telescope Array |
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10/26/11 |
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| Dyson sphere |
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10/26/11 |
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| ESA's Perth station |
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11/23/11 |
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