- Sun - Pictures and Astronomy Facts of the Sun - Solar Astronomical Data and Sun
The Sun is the central body in our solar system. It provides the energy needed for life to exist on Earth as well as the gravitational force to keep the planets in orbit. Here are the basic properties and information about the closest star to Earth.
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- The 6 Weirdest Dangers of Space Travel
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- The Beauty of Mars - weather.com
A close-up view of dunes and sand ripples of various shapes in an impact crater in Noachis Terra, Mars. The dunes distribution and shapes are affected by changes in wind direction and wind strength. Patterns of dune erosion and deposition provide insight into the sedimentary history of the surrounding terrain.
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- The Beauty of Mars - weather.com
Image shows sand dunes trapped in an impact crater in Noachis Terra, Mars. Sand dunes are among the most widespread wind-formed features on Mars. This image was taken on November 29, 2011, by High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera.
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- The Blue Marble Shot
Our First Complete Photograph of Earth - Al Reinert - Technology - The Atlantic
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- The Death of Stars - YouTube
'The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is famous for looking deep into the past of the Universe. But it can also predict the future. This episode of the Hubblecast takes us on a journey five billion years from now, to see the ultimate fate of the Solar System.
Using stunning Hubble imagery of the death throes of Sun-like stars, narrator Joe Liske (aka Dr J) shows us what will happen when the Sun runs out of nuclear fuel — and how its wreckage will form the building blocks of new generations of stars.'
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- The Loss of The Columbia
The Loss of The Columbia - The Final Hours of STS-107 - Columbia's Seven Lost Heroes - Investigating The Disaster
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- The Nine Planets
Information about each planet and moon in our solar system with many pictures, discussion of the history of its discovery, exploration, and physical characteristics. In addition to the planets, there are also pages about the Sun, many moons, and asteroids, comets and meteorites.
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- The Scale of the Universe
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- The Slant on Saturn's Rings
The Slant on Saturn's Rings. This is a series of images of Saturn, as seen at many different wavelengths, when the planet's rings were at a maximum tilt of 27 degrees toward Earth. Saturn experiences seasonal tilts away from and toward the Sun, much the same way Earth does. This happens over the course of its 29.5-year orbit.
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- The Week in Pictures - weather.com
This NASA image shows a solar flare erupting on the Sun's northeastern hemisphere. Space weather officials say the strongest solar storm in more than six years bombarded Earth this week. (AP Photo/NASA)
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- Theodore C. Freeman Biography
Theodore C. Freeman (Captain, USAF) was born February 18, 1930, in Haverford, Pennsylvania. Died October 31, 1964, at Ellington Air Force Base, Houston, Texas, in the crash of a T-38 jet. Survived by his wife Faith and one daughter.
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- Two teens send a Lego man into near space - latimes.com
Two Canadian high school students have successfully launched a Lego man almost 80,000 feet above sea level--high enough to capture video of the plastic toy hovering above the curvature of the Earth.
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- Tycho Brahe - Danish Father of Modern Astronomy
Tycho Brahe - Danish Father of Modern Astronomy. Biography of Tycho Brahe, the astronomer who collected data during his lifetime that was far superior to any others made prior to the invention of the telescope. Read more about astronomer, Tycho Brahe, and his tremendous work to bring astronomy into the new millenium.
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- UFO Galaxy Image courtesy ESA/NASA The barred...
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Scientists classify Uranus as a Jovian planet or gas giant. It has a rocky core, surrounded by a huge ocean of water mixed with rocky material. Its atmosphere is about 83% hydrogen, 15% helium and 2% methane. While most other plantes rotate on an axis which is nearly perpendicular to their orbit, Uranus's axis is closer to parallel. There is some debate as to which pole is north.
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- Uranus - Pictures and Astronomy Facts
uranus Images. Astronomy Guide to Space exploration close to home. Information on planets in our solar system. uranus images.
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- Uranus - Pictures and Astronomy Facts - Solar System Planetary Astronomical Data
The planet Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun, and while it does have some commonalities with its neighbor Neptune, it is also very unique in many ways. This large, gaseous, somewhat icy and undeniably beautiful planet has been acknowledged for millennia, but was curiously re-discovered in 1781 by Sir William Herschel.
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