Continent-sized Hurricane on Saturn
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first close-up of the spinning vortex of Saturn‘s north polar storm. The giant hurricane resembles a deep red rose of giant proportions surrounded by green foliage, in this false-color image. Image © NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI
Three Years of Sun in Three Minutes
A composite of 25 separate images spanning the period of April 16, 2012, to April 15, 2013. It reveals the zones on the Sun where active regions are most common during this part of the solar cycle. Have a look at the video… Image © NASA/SDO/AIA/S. Wiessinger
Pulsar takes tests of General Relativity into new territory
Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, along with radio telescopes around the world, they find and study a bizarre stellar pair consisting of the most massive neutron star, orbited by a white dwarf star. This strange new binary allows tests of Einstein’s theory of gravity — general relativity — in ways that were not possible up to now.
NASA’s rover drew a penis on Red Planet
These are the tracks made by the NASA’s Opportunity rover on Mars. The drawing from NASA’s official site, was most probably not intentional.
Night Sky Observed from Paros Island
The image above shows a view of an illuminated, old sailing ship and the glow of the Milky Way as observed from the island of Paros, Greece, in the Aegean Sea. Image © Stavros Hios
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Our Location in the Universe
We find out that earth is not the center of the universe and from the 17th century that the Sun is not the center of our galaxy (Milky Way). Today we know that our galaxy is part of a growing universe with billions of galaxies, containing billions of Suns (Stars).
The images after the jump explain our place in the universe with a very easy way.
Bright Meteor shined Argentina Rock Concert
An audience at a rock concert near Santiago del Estero in Argentina, they saw an unexpected brightness. Was a half-meter meteor that flashed across the northern Argentinan sky around 3:30 AM on April 21. Have a look at the video…
Horsehead of a different color
A new infrared photograph of the iconic Horsehead Nebula by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, to mark the 23rd anniversary of the famous observatory. Image © NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team
How to find North at night
How to find North at night? First find the most commonly recognized configurations of stars on the northern sky: the Big Dipper. Then… Image © Jerry Lodriguss (Catching the Light)
Raindrops on Mars
The dark features here look like raindrops, but are actually sand dunes in Copernicus Crater, on Mars. This spot was targeted by CRISM because the dunes are rich in the mineral olivine. Image © NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
