March 10th, 2012 at 8:48PM
czottmann: Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson enjoying the view: APOD: 2010 November 15 - Home from Above

czottmann:

Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson enjoying the view: APOD: 2010 November 15 - Home from Above

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January 20th, 2012 at 10:42AM
dvdp: The Milky Way and Storms over Africa view from ISS, 2011-12-29 (over central Africa to Madagascar)

dvdp:

The Milky Way and Storms over Africa
view from ISS, 2011-12-29 (over central Africa to Madagascar)

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August 28th, 2011 at 12:31PM
14-billion-years-later: A newly discovered alien planet that formed from a dead star is a real diamond in the rough. The super-high pressure of the planet, which orbits a rapidly pulsing neutron star, has likely caused the carbon within it to crystallize into an actual diamond, a new study suggests. The composition of the planet, which is about five times the size of Earth, is not its only outstanding feature. Read more.

14-billion-years-later:

A newly discovered alien planet that formed from a dead star is a real diamond in the rough.

The super-high pressure of the planet, which orbits a rapidly pulsing neutron star, has likely caused the carbon within it to crystallize into an actual diamond, a new study suggests.

The composition of the planet, which is about five times the size of Earth, is not its only outstanding feature.

Read more.

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April 16th, 2011 at 10:31PM
Next Generation Telescope Via Nasa.GOV

Next Generation Telescope Via Nasa.GOV

#photography#space
April 15th, 2011 at 12:29PM
Yuri Gagarin!

Yuri Gagarin!

(via tmblg)

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