Posts tagged space
Speaking of NASA, here’s a beautiful photo of 5 of Saturn’s moons, captured from the Cassini spacecraft on July 29, 2011.
Ever seen a comet crash into the sun? Thanks to NASA, you have now.
(Via NASA/SOHO)
As awesome as this looks, NASA points out that the “explosion” was not caused by the comet:
Scientists, however, have yet to find a convincing physical connection between sun-grazing comets and coronal mass ejections. In fact, analysis of this CME using images from the Solar Dynamics Observatory shows that the CME erupted before the comet came close enough to the solar surface to interact with strong magnetic fields.
“ The first thing to know about space food, it is the ambiance, it is the environment, it is not the food. These candies [peanut M&Ms] come in a piece of plastic, we cut them open, and suddenly everyone starts behaving like fish in a fish tank. That is fun food.”
(via Serious Eats)
Award-winning space photographer Thierry Legault traveled to Florida to take this picture of the Space Shuttle Atlantis passing in front of the sun.
(via io9)
