Archives for: "August 2007"
2007/08/16
Hexagonal Storm on Saturn's Pole
from: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia09187.html and http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17816192/from/ET/
Hexagonal Storm on Saturn's Pole
This nighttime movie of the depths of the north pole of Saturn taken by the visual infrared map… more »
Martian Clouds
Martian Clouds
from: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMUDT70LYE_index_0.html
The ESA's Rosetta probe swooped around Mars on Sunday, completing a key manoeuvre in its 10-year mission to land on a distant comet. The 3-tonne probe came within 155 miles of the p… more »
Amazing Images of the Saturnian System
from: http://ciclops.org/index.php
The beautiful Cassini Probe Imaging:
Amazing Images of the Saturnian System more »
The Top Ten Astronomy Images of 2006
from http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2006/12/27/the-top-ten-astronomy-images-of-2006/
Some very nice images:
ISS against The Sun more »
ORNL team discovers new way to spin up pulsars
From: http://www.ornl.gov/info/press_releases/get_press_release.cfm?ReleaseNumber=mr20070105-00
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Jan. 5, 2007 — A team of scientists using Oak Ridge National Laboratory supercomputers has discovered the first plausible explanation for… more »
Titan's Liquid Methane Lakes
Titan's liquid methane lakes
from: http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/image-details.cfm?imageID=2432
The existence of oceans or lakes of liquid methane on Saturn's moon Titan was predicted more than 20 years ago. But with a dense haze preven… more »
Mira and Her Tail
Mira and Her Tail
from http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/galex/20070815/a.html:
A new ultraviolet mosaic from NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows a speeding star that is leaving an enormous trail of "seeds" for new solar systems. The star, named Mir… more »
