What created an unusual dark streak in Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas’s tail? Some images of the bright comet during mid-October not only caught its impressively long tail and its thin anti-tail, but a rather unexpected feature: a darkstreakinthelong tail. The reason for the dark streak is currently unclear and a topic of some debate. Possible reasons include […]
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The largest canyon in the Solar System cuts a wide swath across the face of Mars. Named Valles Marineris, the grand valley extends over 3,000 kilometers long, spans as much as 600 kilometers across, and delves as much as 8 kilometers deep. By comparison, the Earth’s Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA is 800 kilometers long, […]
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Ice giant Neptune is faint in Earth’s night sky. Some 30 times farther from the Sun than our fair planet, telescopes are needed to catch a glimpse of the dim and distant world. This dramatic view of Neptune’s night just isn’t possible for telescopes in the vicinity of planet Earth though. Peering out from the […]
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This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the spiral galaxy NGC 1672 with a supernova. via NASA https://ift.tt/8lMq7vt
Drifting near the plane of our Milky Way galaxy these dusty molecular clouds seem to extend a helping hand on a cosmic scale. Part of a local complex of star-forming interstellar clouds they include LDN 1358, 1357, and 1355 from American astronomer Beverly Lynds’ 1962 Catalog of Dark Nebulae. Presenting a challenging target for astro-imagers, […]
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As the International Space Station soared 257 miles above northern Mexico, NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 flight engineer Don Pettit captured this long-exposure photograph of city lights streaking across Earth while a green atmospheric glow crowned the horizon. via NASA https://ift.tt/Qd8eaDr