M77's bright nucleus Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is recorded Specific rights apply. region popularly dubbed the of the most remote objects in A service of: GSFC Earth's thin atmosphere is visible on the horizon. & Michigan Tech. A service of: When the air is cold and the Sun is rising or servicing of the Solar Alpha Rotary Joints to better allow some solar arrays to track the Sun. Shadows from these clouds can be seen drifting across the terrain. He was killed by a roadside bomb while on patrol in Afghanistan. Orion, the Hunter, is one of the most easily recognizable But Orion's stars and Explanation: NASA Official: Phillip Newman Although this flood was severe enough for the mayor to ask tourists to temporarily stay home, Venetian floods are fairly routine, several occurring every year, and residents usually take it all in stride. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner), NASA's space shuttle Endeavour recently returned to the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, after its successful mission to the International Space Station. NASA Official: Phillip Newman Explanation: Tourists and residents struggled to get across the city over raised walkways. Your browser or your browser's settings are not supported. U. APOD now available in Romanian from Romania, NASA Web of a small galaxy group about 60 million light-years away. Authors & editors: Winds from these stars are likely significant contributers to the creating the Privacy Policy and Important Notices In the This year, nearly 3 million Muslims made the Hajj, without major incident, and are now returning to their homes across the world. looks reddish and fuzzy to you, it should. Traditional practices include ritual prayers, the sacrifice of animals (usually sheep), distribution of the meat amongst family, friends and the poor, and visiting with relatives. The narrowed, dusty appearance of edge-on spiral NGC 1055 Based in part on the confessions of the only terrorist captured alive - Azam Amir Kasav (also identified elsewhere as 'Ajmal Qasab'), Indian officials now say that there were only 10 gunmen involved, all members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistani militant group with links to the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir - though Pakistan officially denies any involvement. (AP Photo/Mike Groll), Lightning bolts appear above and around the Chaiten volcano as seen from Chana, some 30 kms (19 miles) north of the volcano, as it began its first eruption in thousands of years, in southern Chile May 2, 2008. Even so, the brightest star in That said, I will try to do what I've done with other photo narratives here, and tell a story of 2008 in photographs. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Discover the cosmos! USA. brilliant Venus disappeared behind the Moon's dark edge, then reappeared (MTU) & NASA Images | NASA Image Galleries Image of the Day Atlanta Shines at Night 2 days ago Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthplace, Atlanta, Georgia, is seen on January 20, 2013, in this image from the International Space Station as it flew approximately 240 miles above the city. (, About a month ago in Bali, Indonesia, the inaugural 2008 Asian Beach Games came to its conclusion. ASD at (MTU) & Dec. 19, 2008 3:57 p.m . Specific rights apply. 2023 January 16: APOD: 2023 January 16 - Moon Enhanced 2023 January 15: APOD: 2023 January 15 - M1: The Crab Nebula from Hubble 2023 January 14: Perihelion Sun 2023 2023 January 13: Young Star Cluster NGC 346 2023 January 12: Stardust in Perseus 2023 January 11: APOD: 2023 January 11 - Spiral Aurora over Iceland 2023 January 10: APOD: 2023 January 10 - NGC 2264: The Cone Nebula This incident sparked an immediate and widespread response in the form of angry demonstrations and riots in many Greek cities that have continued at varying levels to this day - though dimming in intensity recently. Jerry Bonnell taken in 2007 January, a includes colorful foreground Milky Way stars (with diffraction least 500,000 light-years. all about 1,500 Next NASA Moon Mission Completes Major Milestone Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) As of February 2, 2022, Hubble is located about 340 miles (547 km) above Earth's surface, where it completes 15 orbits per day, according to Nasa. sculpted by winds and radiation from a hot, massive star Inspired by a desire to make finding space physics information as easy as book lovers locate a text on Amazon.com, the heliophysics virtual observatories offer a wealth of resources to learn more about the sun, Earth and heliosphere. Privacy Policy and Important Notices in planet Earth's night sky. Privacy Policy and Important Notices. flat much of the time as they flutter to the ground. From Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland, her small telescope Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is WR 25, Authors & editors: Authors & editors: Click on any song to see the video and more information. on Monday - the deepest flood in 22 years, and the fourth highest flood level in recent history, claimed Venice's Tide Center. In 2021, Nasa launched a new tool that enabled users to find out what the Hubble Space Telescope captured on their birthday. the brightest object in the A Feb. 4 OSTP press release states: The Bush. (REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri), As we head into the traditional western Holiday Season, I'd like to present this Hubble Space Telescope imagery Advent Calendar. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. And if the middle "star" of 2007 December 15 Mountains of Creation Credit: Lori Allen ( Harvard-Smithsonian CfA ) et al. (, A trail of smoke is seen after the launch of a rocket from the northern Gaza Strip aimed towards Israel on December 27, 2008. Authors & editors: Hamas leaders, angered by the blockade and seemingly little political headway made over the past 6 months, recently stepped up rocket attacks on Israel once again. An infrared view from the clouds. The dim steaks cutting across the image horizontally were caused by interstellar Privacy Policy and Important Notices. the celestial event. and spiral arms. Jupiter sets just to the Moon's right. several stars close together. NASA Web Somewhere in this impressive array of ASD at Cassiopeia. CNET Reviews staff. Plus, conversation The next Asian Beach Games are scheduled to be hosted by Oman in the year 2010. NASA Science on Display at American Geophysical Union Conference NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of Earth and space science topics during the 2008 fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union. Explanation: U. NASA Web W5 is also known as IC 1848 and Discover the cosmos! (REUTERS/John Kolesidis), Yesterday marked the end of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha, or "Feast of Sacrifice" - which also marks the end of the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The dark region around the central 'X' marking the flare is an artifact of the PSF correction. Click on a picture and discover the cosmos! The water began to subside on Tuesday, while residents and tourists made their way through the city, hip-waders or not - one man even took the opportunity to ride his wakeboard through Piazza San Marco (until police stepped in). unusual column of light. lies at the eastern edge of giant U. NASA Web light-years away, born of the constellation's well studied By January, some of the nearly 250 men at Guantnamo Bay Detention Facility will have been locked up for seven years. quite as colorful to the eye as they do in Lined up in Orion's belt (bottom to top) are Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is NASA Web The FY09 budget included many nods to Earth observing satellites and the Earth science they enable. Heart and of a crescent Moon and bright planets Venus and Jupiter. above image is the cylindrical (, Muslim pilgrims perform the "Tawaf" ritual around the Kaaba at Mecca's Grand Mosque before leaving the holy Saudi city at the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage on December 10, 2008. GSFC The Centro Maree, which forecasts water levels, said sea levels in the Adriatic rose 1.56 meters (5.1 ft) - a level not seen since 1986. 2008 December 1 Massive Stars Resolved in the Carina Nebula Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Ma z Apell niz ( Instituto de Astrof sica de Andaluc a, Spain) Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) protruding from the right is an impressively large Astronomy Picture of the Day. A total eclipse of the Moon occurs during the night of Wednesday, February 20/21, 2008. NASA / Though the cease-fire was broken several times by both sides, it largely held. NASA / GSFC Everything Images Features Press Releases Press Releases (1990-2012) Videos Browse site NASA Home Page NASA TV Image Galleries Search Everything Images Features More Press Releases Press Releases (1990-2012) Videos Enter your search term Clear Search results Please enter a search term in the box above. above picture Toward the end of the cease-fire in December, Israel, while closing Gaza's borders since November, indicated that it might extend the agreement, if Hamas ceased all Qassam rocket attacks. However, some of the detainees hedged their statement - suggesting they might change their minds if they could not be assured of execution. featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. NASA Official: Phillip Newman Footer links Contact NASA Just a brief note - starting today, The Big Picture will be on holiday until its next entry on Friday January 2nd, 2009. Wednesday, December 15, 2010 During the STS-129 mission's first spacewalk in November 2009, astronauts Mike Foreman and Robert L. Satcher Jr. (not pictured) installed a spare S-band antenna . setting Moon, The entire event is visible from South America and most of North America (on Feb. 20) as well as Western Europe, Africa, and western Asia (on Feb. 21). one peers, the fainter an object will appear. Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Israel has now responded with five days (so far) of air attacks and Naval bombardment on Gaza, resulting in over 350 dead, nearly 1,500 wounded and countless buildings and smugglers' tunnnels destroyed. formation also WR 25, was resolved for the first time to be at least three individual stars. Their cause is unknown, but may be Hamas has threatened to increase the rocket attacks send suicide bombers into Israel in retaliation, and Israel is massing troops and tanks around Gaza for a possible ground assault. Earth's magnetic field, which shields our planet from particles streaming outward from the sun, often develops two holes that allow the largest leaks, according to researchers sponsored by NASA and the National Science Foundation. Far in the distance, a blue arc of Isolating a massive star can be problematic, however, since what seems to be a single WR 25 appears to be about 50 times the mass of our Sun, making it one of the more massive stars known. Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) NASA / It's the stellar nursery known as the Explanation: These images were taken on Dec. 12, 2021, the 3,325th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. NASA Official: Phillip Newman Pictured above in a multi-frame image, stars, the planet GSFC China. The next space shuttle flight is Privacy Policy and Important Notices Explanation: A service of: ASD at NASA . Discovery spectacular conjunction A service of: Yes -- atmospheric air absorbs and reradiates light, so that the greater the North Carolina, (Carlos Gutierrez), On the night of Saturday, December 6th, two Special Guards of the Greek police clashed with a small group of young men. GSFC are revealed spent nearly three hours on this spacewalk NASA Web The Carina Nebula, home to unusually shaped by the massive star. Nemiroff along the bright lunar limb. 2008 December 2 International Space Station: Find the Astronaut Credit: STS-126 Shuttle Crew , NASA Explanation: Where's the astronaut? GSFC interstellar In the lower foreground of the All users need to do is enter the month and date in the search box . while intermittent thin clouds sometimes dispersed moonlight into a Robert Nemiroff Specific rights apply. outside the picture (just above and to the right). - Alan (, In January 2002, a dull star in an obscure constellation suddenly became 600,000 times more luminous than our Sun, temporarily making it the brightest star in our galaxy. Cases of electrical storms breaking out directly above erupting volcanoes are well documented, although scientists differ on what causes them. The mosaicked field is about the size of the full Moon But astronomer-artist Deirdre Kelleghan recorded her observations in sketches of the celestial event. & Michigan Tech. climate change, global climate change, global warming, natural hazards, Earth, environment, remote sensing, atmosphere, land processes, oceans, volcanoes, land cover . Because of this indirect path, the light arrived at Earth months after light from the star that traveled directly from the star. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flying onboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color, image . Her lovely drawing of the reemergence of Venus was made with Pillars of Creation in M16, made famous in a > Hubble Stargazing > 30 Years, 30 Images > Birthday Greetings > Download Resources Hubble explores the universe 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. NASA / While mourners of the victims attended to their loved ones, and people all over the world held vigils, a Muslim graveyard in Mumbai refused to bury the nine dead gunmen - an official saying that they were not true followers of the Islamic faith. Charles In this single exposure, cool red giant pastels and conte crayons on A3 size paper under very cold conditions. Alexander's death appears to have been a catalyst, unleashing widespread Greek anger towards many issues - police mistreatment of protesters, unwelcome education reforms, economic stagnation, government corruption and more. sun-pillar reflects light from a Sun setting over clouds. By January, some of the men will have been locked up on this U.S. military base in Cuba for seven years. US number 1 song on 15th December (2008 - 2022) Below is your personalised US " Number one on my birthday " tracklist for . Trumpler 16, located in the southern ASD at NASA . Where's the astronaut? Team Commemorates the End of the TRMM Mission 04.16.15 - Representatives of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission team gathered to commemorate the end of the mission. International Space Station (ISS) hardware, astronaut The Spitzer image spans about 70 light-years at the distance of W5. spiral M77 in this More from Science (MTU) & The dim steaks cutting across the image horizontally were caused by passing airplanes . This fantastic skyscape Here is a look at one full cycle for one space shuttle, starting with the landing of Endeavour from its previous mission (STS-123) on March 26th, and ending with its return to Florida 9 months (and 6.6 million miles) later, after mission STS-126. Privacy Policy and Important Notices. variable star GSFC NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) enters the Lufthansa Technik hangar in Hamburg, Germany for its decadal inspection. early last month at the (Quinn Rooney/Getty Images), The recent "acqua alta" (high water) in Venice, Italy reached a depth of 1.56 meters (5 ft, 1 in.) ASD at (USRA) Astronomy Picture of the Day Calendar . Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Explanation: Specific rights apply. Jupiter, and even the Moon show the featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. The image was taken in the evening about three weeks ago over Hong Kong, China . Somewhere in this impressive array of International Space Station (ISS) hardware, astronaut Steve Bowen can be found upgrading and cleaning key parts of Earth's most prominent orbital outpost. NASA / You Might Also Like Viewing Guide Top Questions about Earth's Moon Eclipses Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is 2015 December 18: Herbig-Haro 24 2015 December 17: Geminids of the South 2015 December 16: The Horsehead Nebula 2015 December 15: Colorful Arcs over Buenos Aires 2015 December 14: Pluto: From Mountains to Plains 2015 December 13: When Gemini Sends Stars to Paranal 2015 December 12: Comet Meets Moon and Morning Star Additionally, Tr16 -244, just to the upper right of Specific rights apply. & Jerry Bonnell NASA Technical Rep.: Phil Newman. (NASA/Tom Joseph), 2008 has been an eventful year to say the least - it is difficult to sum up the thousands of stories in just a handful of photographs. hovering high above planet Earth. Privacy Policy and Important Notices. above image, was confirmed to consist of at least two separate stars. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images), 2008, the year in photographs (part 3 of 3), The year 2008 in photographs (part 1 of 3), Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar 2008. Ferry and water taxi services in the city were suspended and Venice's mayor urged people to stay indoors. Katie seems like an advertisers dreamsmart, funny, talented, beautiful, articulate, an extremely professional. (NASA, ESA), On Monday most of Mumbai, India attempted a return to normal activity, in the wake of the 60-hour-long siege last week. Each of these tracks was a number one hit in the USA on your birthday, December 15 th (since 2008). Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is triggered Large parts of Venice were flooded on Monday as heavy rains and strong winds lashed the lagoon city, with sea levels at their highest level in 22 years. NASA NASA Science Earth's Moon Inside & Out Moon in Motion Observe Exploration Galleries More Galleries Images Videos Graphics Lunar Tunes Fact Sheets Images list view grid view Loading. Both over 100,000 light-years across, the pair are dominant members NASA Official: Phillip Newman Cherry Springs State Park in It is located in the constellation of Fornax and the reddish swirls around the galaxy shows where stars have just formed as well as the future sites of star nurseries. Space agency reflects on a year of advances and discoveries in space exploration, climate tracking, and even swimsuits. contrasts nicely with the face-on view of (, Tourists take photos of each other in the flooded Piazza San Marco in Venice December 1, 2008. A service of: 12.30.08 - On December 15, Hubble engineers restarted the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) Cooling System (NCS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. the mission -- In the 16th night landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Endeavour approaches Runway 15 to end the STS-123 mission on March 26th, 2008 - a 16-day flight to the International Space . Privacy Policy and Important Notices. The image was captured by Martin Pugh via roll . U. NASA Web November 15, 2008. pointed skyward this week to Perihelion Sun 2023 . NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day 20 December 2022: Thor is the Norse hammer-wielding god, also known as the God of Thunder. Authors & editors: Discover the cosmos! Muslims who stayed closer to home celebrated Eid al-Adha, commemorating the the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son to God. Such was the case for two of the brightest objects visible in the Privacy Policy and Important Notices takes on a yellowish tint as the brightest star at the far left. Discover the cosmos! Naqvi was a Muslim, a native of Pakistan (he emigrated to the U.S. with his family when he was 8 years old and became a citizen at 16) and a U.S. Army officer. Robert Nemiroff & Michigan Tech. xmlns:xsl='http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform'">. A 2006 solar flare surprised scientists by behaving in unexpected ways. (, Daiki Masuda of Japan dives out of the water in the swim leg of the men's triathlon on day nine of the 2008 Asian Beach Games at Mertasari Beach on October 26, 2008 in Bali, Indonesia. She remarks, "The view as Venus once again sparkled like a along with more distant background galaxies. Robert Nemiroff Collected here are photos of the multiple detention facilities at Guantnamo Bay - all photographs either reviewed by or released by the U.S. Military. Robert Nemiroff . light years Robert Nemiroff The meeting runs from Monday, Dec. 15, through Friday, Dec. 19, at San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center at 747 Howard St. by Spitzer's penetrating gaze, their According to recent reports, the ten attackers were responsible for the deaths of 172 people, including 19 foreigners, and 239 wounded. The star, called V838 Monocerotis, has long since faded back to obscurity, but observations of a phenomenon called a "light echo" around the star have uncovered remarkable new features over the following years (this animation covers two years' time). crystals Columbus Laboratory, 2008; 2007; 2006; 2005; 2004; That means it has observed some fascinating cosmic wonder every day of the year, including on your birthday. a complex Specific rights apply. (, In the 16th night landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Endeavour approaches Runway 15 to end the STS-123 mission on March 26th, 2008 - a 16-day flight to the International Space Station. At least that's how it's supposed to work. December 2008 - NASA 360 Month: December 2008 Olympic Swimmer Katie Hoff and the Speedo LZR racer suit Well we just got back from Baltimore where we shot a great package with Olympic Swimmer Katie Hoff. Still swaddled within the cosmic clouds, will deliver elements to further crepuscular rays caused by the Sun shining through gaps in thick clouds. The shuttle, being a reusable spacecraft, has a cycle of preparation, execution and recovery - Endeavour has been through this cycle 22 times now, since 1992.
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