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Nebula Looks Like A Beautiful Space Flower

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 04.23.2012

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Heralded as the most famous celestial band -- second only to the rings of Saturn -- the Ring Nebula (also categorized as M57) glows with impressive "l...

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PHOTOS: Apollo 13 Drama 42 Years On

Posted 04.11.2012

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April 11, 2012 marks the 42nd anniversary of the launch of Apollo 13, the ill-fated moon mission and the heroic rescue effort that brought the stricke...

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PHOTOS: Space Walks And Gorgeous Views From NASA's Gemini Missions

The Huffington Post | Travis Korte | Posted 04.06.2012

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April 2012 marks 50 years since the beginning of NASA's Gemini program. Carried out from 1962-1966, during the feverish middle years of the space race...

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PHOTO: International Space Station Crosses The Moon

/ The Huffington Post | Tariq Malik | Posted 03.10.2012

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Two photographers have snapped spectacular portraits of the International Space Station streaking across the night sky, catching the orbiting lab c...

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PHOTO: Incredible Spacewalk Image Shows Sun And Earth Together

Posted 11.13.2011

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Here's something you don't see everyday: the sun and the Earth, in the same picture. It's Tuesday's Image of the Day from NASA, taken with a fish-e...

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NASA Releases Stunningly Detailed Photos Of Moon's Surface

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 11.06.2011

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NASA has released never-before-seen images of three lunar landing sites. These high-resolution stills feature stunningly detailed scenes of abandoned ...

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What A 'Shooting Star' Looks Like From Space

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 10.15.2011

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NASA astronaut Ron Garan, who's currently aboard the International Space Station, wowed his 61,000 followers on Sunday with an incredible picture of ...

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Violent Volcanic Eruption Photographed From Space

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 08.28.2011

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On June 12, a series of earthquakes struck the region in East Africa where Eritrea's Nabro Volcano is located. Since then, the volcano has been erupti...

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NASA Shows How Photoshop Is Used To Create Stunning Images Of Space

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.27.2011

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Ever wonder how NASA creates those stunning, brilliantly colored images from space? Wonder no more! The agency has created a time-lapse video demonstr...

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PHOTOS: Storm Causes Massive Dust Plume Over Mediterranean Sea

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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As protests continue to rock North Africa, heavy winter winds are also kicking up huge dust storms. On Wednesday, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Sp...

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The Most Stunning Space Photos Of The Year

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite NASA's budget woes, 2010 was a year full of new discoveries and successful missions. The Hubble telescope celebrated a 20-year milestone, ...

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MILKY WAY ART: The New Yorker On The Best NASA Photographs Of 2010

newyorker.com | Posted by Caroline Hirsch | Posted 05.25.2011

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As a science geek married to someone who attended both Space Camp and Space Academy (and who introduced me to the wonders of astronaut ice cream), it ...

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Milky Way Center: NASA Unveils New Image Of Galaxy's Core (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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*See photos below* In celebration of the International Year of Astronomy, NASA has unveiled a never-before-seen view of the "turbulent heart" of the ...

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Star Pictures: NASA's Most Extraordinary Images EVER (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

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These extraordinary images are literally out of this world. Galaxies and supernovae, protostellar jets and pulsars: these pictures of stars from the ...

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The Moon, In Technicolor (PHOTO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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NASA recently released a colorized photograph of the moon, assembled from 18 images taken through a green filter by the Galileo spacecraft. The sola...

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