The Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array, or ALMA, is already producing amazing science results. To see the telescope up close at an altitude of 16,500 feet (5,000 meters) is even more incredible. This high-precision instrument on top of the world is truly one of the most impressive sights that I have ever seen. So what’s …
4-Billion-Pixel Panorama Lets You Explore Mars As If You Were Standing Next To Curiosity Mars Gigapixel Panorama - Curiosity rover: Martian solar days 136-149 in The World
A map detailing the oldest light in our Universe has been released by the European Space Agency (ESA), revealing previously unknown features that "challenge the foundations of our current understanding of the Universe". The incredible image is based on 15 and a half months of data captured by ESA's Planck space telescope, whose mission it …
Two giant swaths of radiation, known as the Van Allen belts, surrounding Earth were discovered in 1958. In 2012, observations from the Van Allen Probes showed that a third belt can sometimes appear. The radiation is shown here in yellow, with green representing the spaces between the belts. // NASA/Van Allen Probes/GSFC The twin spacecraft …
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