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This Week in Space Pics – April 5, 2013

April 5, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter So much space awesomeness this week. Satellites collect more than just pretty pictures. NASA’s Earth Observatory website released this temperature anomaly map above, based on data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite, shows how this affected [...]

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An Epic Crater Called Odysseus

July 3, 2012

On June 28 NASA’s Cassini spacecraft passed by Tethys, a 1,062-kilometer (662-mile) -wide moon of Saturn that’s made almost entirely of ice. Tethys is covered in craters of all sizes but by far the most dramatic of all is the enormous Odysseus crater, which spans an impressive 450 kilometers (280 miles) of the moon’s northern [...]

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One Ring Zero and NASA Soak You In Space Awesomeness

March 15, 2012

Drown yourself in stunning images from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center set to awesome music from indie band One Ring Zero. Don’t hold back, just dive right in. You’ll love it, we promise. Via Geeked on Goddard. Remove this ad

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Cassini Images

February 2, 2010

Here are some amazing Cassini images. There are some pictures of the spacecraft, and some pictures taken by the spacecraft. Here’s a picture of the launch of Cassini and Huygens atop a Titan IV rocket. This was the beginning of a 7-year journey to travel from Earth all the way to Saturn, with a few [...]

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Amazon Rainforest Pictures

January 28, 2010

Here are Amazon forest pictures from space. Satellite observation of the Amazon is the best way to keep track on the ongoing deforestation of the region. Here’s a cool picture that shows how the Amazon has a dry period too, where the skies have nice fluffy clouds. The Amazon River is up at the top [...]

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