Stunning Picture From Recent Spacewalk at ISS

Posted on December 18th, 2006 by Schleppo.
Categories: Space.

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Great, high resolution picture from Shuttle Discovery crew’s recent spacewalk at the International Space Station.

Spacewalk picture

Click here for more pictures from the Shuttle Discovery mission 

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The Hubble Deep Field

Posted on September 20th, 2006 by Schleppo.
Categories: Science, Space.

“In 2003, the Hubble Space Telescope took the image of a millenium.”

Makes Barry Bonds huge steroid-infested cranium seem miniscule by comparison.

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New Neighbors

Posted on August 17th, 2006 by Schleppo.
Categories: Science, Space.

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“…astronomers are proposing to rewrite the textbooks to say that our solar system has 12 planets rather than the nine memorized by generations of schoolchildren.”

IAU, you got some ’splaining to do!  Click the pic above for a larger version of what our official solar system may look like.

Plan Would Add Planets To Solar System

Space.com Image Gallery: The New Solar System (more pics)

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Art Gallery On The Moon

Posted on August 14th, 2006 by Schleppo.
Categories: History, Art, Space.

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There is (currently) only one piece of art on the moon, a 3″ aluminum sculpture dedicated to the memory of fallen astronauts.

The Only Art On The Moon

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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Milky Way Over Utah

Posted on August 2nd, 2006 by Schleppo.
Categories: Space.

milkyway

Great picture of the night-time sky from Capital Reef National Park in Utah.

Milky Way Over Utah

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