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Take a Look Through Curiosity’s ChemCam

August 22, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter This (adjusted) image was taken by ChemCam’s Remote Micro-Imager on Sol 15 (NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL) While Curiosity has been getting a good look around its landing spot on Mars, taking in the sights and sending back some impressive views of distant hills and [...]

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New Submillimetre Camera Sheds Light on the Dark Regions of the Universe

December 11, 2011

The stars and faint galaxies you see when you look up at the night sky are all emitting light within the visible light spectrum — the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum we can see with our unaided eyes or through optical telescopes. But our galaxy, and many others, contain huge amounts of cold dust that [...]

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Historic Photos Commemorate First and Last Shuttle Crews

November 16, 2011

In an historic photo shoot earlier this month, NASA commemorated the space shuttle’s retirement, personifying the thirty-year program with the first and last astronaut crews to fly the vehicle. The shuttle program has certainly come a long way from STS-1 to STS-135.  Remove this ad

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Best Images from STS-133: Discovery’s Final Mission in Pictures

March 8, 2011

As space shuttle Discovery prepares to return home from its final mission to space, let’s take a look back at the STS-133 mission, an historic “last” for the program’s most-traveled shuttle. “I think the legacy that this shuttle has made for herself is just nothing short than cause for celebration,” said mission specialist Michael Barratt [...]

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Pictures of Water Pollution

May 10, 2010

Here are some pictures of water pollution. You can make any of these images into your computer desktop wallpaper. Just click on an image to enlarge it, and then choose “Set as Desktop Background”. This picture of the fringing reef in the Mayotte territory was generated using the data provided by the Space Imaging’s IKONOS [...]

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