Category: The Cosmic View
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The first time humans saw the whole Earth with their own eyes
This image is historic. It’s the first time humans saw the entire Earth with their own eyes. The Apollo 8 astronauts took this picture on as they ventured into deep space on December 1968. Till today only 24 humans had the chance to see the Earth from this distance. There is no better place than…
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Hubble favourites: the wonders of space
Hubble is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation today, capturing fantastic images of deep sky objects and the planets of the solar system. If you need more space in your life I strongly reccomend visiting their wonderful galleries, for example this one with the Hubble…
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Around The World In 80 Minutes
Another great video compilation by Seán Doran © 2019. ‘Orbit’ is a real time video reconstruction of time-lapse photography taken from the International Space Station. Remastered from raw data from https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ Feel like an astronaut!! Follow Sean on youtube , Twitter or Flickr for more amazing images and videos. See more photos of Earth here.
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The beauty of understanding: why astronomy matters
Looking at the sky on a starry night is truly a sight to see. But there’s more than just beauty in it. Astronomy has many practical implications and technology can help us understand them better. “We are not just mere spectators in this magnificent cosmic play – we are participants in the universe” Stephen Hawking…
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Earth-Art: our planet from above
Enjoy this beautiful pictures by Tim Peake from the International Space Station.
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Laniakea: Our home supercluster
The supercluster of galaxies that includes the Milky Way is 100 times bigger in volume and mass than previously thought. A team of astronomers have mapped the enormous region and given it the name Laniakea — Hawaiian for ‘immeasurable heaven’. Their map shows flow lines down which galaxies creep under the effect of gravity in…
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A Universe full of Galaxies
One peek into a small part of the sky, one giant leap back in time. The Hubble telescope has provided mankind’s deepest, most detailed visible view of the universe. Because light takes billions of years to reach Earth from very distant galaxies, we see them as they were billions of years ago. Many of the smaller…
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Edgar Mitchell: we are one
He was the sixth person to walk on the moon. On the trip home Dr. Mitchell sat in the window seat of the space capsule. As he saw Earth floating freely in the vastness of space, a profound sense of universal connectedness engulfed him: “The presence of divinity became almost palpable, and I knew that…
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The Earth from Space: November 2015 from EPIC
This is where you are: The Earth as seen from the EPIC camera onbord of the DSCOVR spacecraft 31.Oktober – 1. November 2015 credit: NASA / NOA edit: cosmic data: http://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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Earth from Space
Still from the most beautyfull pictures of Earth ever taken 🙂 AS04-507: Apollo 4, Crescent Earth, 9.November 1967 High Resolution Picture
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Earth Art : Australia from Space
Colour-enhanced photographs taken by astronaut Scott Kelly from the International Space Station, 400km above the Earth. Camera: Nikon D4 :: Scott Kelly Twitter
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Earth Images from The Project Apollo Archive – selection 1
The Project Apollo Archive is an online source of digital images of the historic manned lunar landing program. The Archive was created by Kipp Teague in February 1999. Title image: view of the Earth from an automatic camera on Apollo 4 – November 9, 1967 find the unprocessed scans on the Project Apollo Archive on…
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