FLASH BURDEN Images captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory of the Sun’s active region AR1748 has produced the first four X-class solar flares of 2013 in less than 48 hours, all seen here in the extreme ultraviolet range. (Photo: SDO via NASA APOD)
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Other Things Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield Should Recreate On The International Space Station:
- This scene from Aliens
- This scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey
- This scene from Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan
- This scene from Alien: Resurrection
- Any of these scenes by a fellow Canadian
THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO BOOM A tremendous explosion, dubbed GRB 130427A, has occurred in the nearby universe and major telescopes across Earth and space are investigating. The gamma-ray burst was first seen by the Earth-orbiting Swift satellite; within minutes, the half-meter ISON telescope in New Mexico found the blast in visible light, noted its extreme brightness, and relayed more exact coordinates. Soon after the bright optical counterpart was being tracked by several telescopes in California, New Mexico, and Hawaii. Pictured in the above animation, the entire gamma-ray sky is shown becoming momentarily dominated by the intense glow of GRB 130427A — about five billion miles away — with the possibility of a classic supernova to follow soon. (Photo: NASA, DOE, Fermi LAT Collaboration via NASA APOD)
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PLASMATICA A solar prominence erupts from the surface of the Sun in this false-color image captured by the Solar Dynamics Obsevatory. (Photo: NASA via Rex Features / The Telegraph)
WHIRLEDS AWAY The spinning vortex of Saturn’s north polar storm resembles a deep red rose in this false-color image from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Measurements have sized the eye at a staggering 1,250 miles across with cloud speeds as fast as 330 miles per hour. This image was taken from a distance of 261,000 miles on Nov. 27, 2012, with filters sensitive to near-infrared light. (Photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech via NBC News)
Take that, Starfleet.
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There is beauty still. There is serenity, and calm, and a steadfast, unbroken peace. There is creation. There are shades of blue, and of red other than that of blood and carnage, than that of war or terror.
There is wonder, still; there is light, even in the deepest of space, or around the nearest corner. There is a zenith for every nadir.
There still is love, and friendship.
And above all, there is hope.
(Photo of the nebula Messier 17, which lies 5,500 light-years away, via NASA APOD)
A “somber spring night” photo of Boston, Tweeted by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, from aboard the International Space Station. (NASA via NBC News)
Apollo 10’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events, a.k.a. Number Two In Space, a.a.k.a. Houston, We’ve Had A Problem… Bowel Movement.
U.F.-LOL A photo manipulated by Col. Chris Hadfield, a Canadian astronaut aboard the International Space Station, appears to show an unidentified flying object approaching the the ISS on Monday, April 1. In response, Hadfield’s colleagues pushed him out a station airlock, responding to his entreaties to open the doors with “I’m sorry, Chris. I can’t do that.” (Photo via The Wall Street Journal)
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A stunning nightime view of New York City and environs, as seen from the International Space Station. (NASA via the New York Daily News)
The broad dust tail of Comet PanSTARRS (C/2011 L4) is seen above Castle Hohenzollern in Germany on March 15. (Photo: Stefan Seip / TWAN via NASA APOD)
PROBE-LEM A self-taken photomosaic of the rover Curiosity taken in February. The NASA probe had been all but shut down for the past three weeks as engineers with the space agency figured out what caused both onboard computers to shut down. Off the record: the Klingons did it. (Photo: NASA via Reuters / The New York Times)
CONNECT THE SPOTS A pair of satellites launched by NASA in 2011 has mapped out the surface gravity of the Moon in almost psychedelic detail. Slightly lower gravity regions are depicted in blue; higher ones in red; and the parts made of cheese in green. (Photo via NASA APOD)
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