From: redOrbit on Thu, Jun 16 2011 4:53 AM

On the left, SDO AIA image at the wavelength of 131 Angstrom observing the Sun’s atmosphere at a temperature of about ten million degree. The magnetic rope is seen as the thick looped structure extending above the edge of the Sun. On the right, SDO AIA image at wavelength 171 Angstrom observing ...

From: redOrbit on Thu, Jun 16 2011 4:53 AM

This sequence of images begins with a large optical image of the southern sky. The view zooms into the 4-million-second exposure of the Chandra Deep Field South, and then an optical and infrared image from the Hubble Space Telescope is overlaid. This provides evidence that growing black holes ha...

From: redOrbit on Thu, Jun 16 2011 4:53 AM

This animation shows an artist’s impression of a distant galaxy and its hidden black hole found in an epoch when the Universe was less than one billion years old.

From: redOrbit on Wed, Jun 15 2011 3:09 AM

This animation of GOES-13 satellite imagery begins at 17:45 UTC (1:45 p.m. EDT) to 23:45 UTC (7:45 p.m. EDT) and shows the line of storms progressing from west to east that generated three tornadoes over Massachusetts on June 1. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Wed, Jun 15 2011 3:08 AM

GOES-11 data was compiled into an animation by the NASA GOES Project at NASA Goddard that shows the end of Adrian. The animation runs from June 11 at 1300 UTC (9 a.m. EDT) to June 13 at 1300 UTC (9:00 a.m. EDT) and by that end time, Adrian has faded.

From: redOrbit on Tue, Jun 14 2011 1:35 AM

This movie shows surface details beginning to resolve as NASA’s Dawn spacecraft closes in on the giant asteroid Vesta. The framing camera aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained the images used for this animation on June 1, 2011, from a distance of about 300,000 miles. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Tue, Jun 14 2011 1:34 AM

Young children may experience finger and wrist pain from using mobile phones and gaming devices for long periods of time.

From: redOrbit on Sat, Jun 11 2011 11:28 PM

ESA’s small satellite Proba-2 was watching as a medium class M2.5 solar flare took place on 7 June 2011. credit: ESA

From: redOrbit on Sat, Jun 11 2011 11:28 PM

The Aquarius satellite successfully launches into space. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Fri, Jun 10 2011 9:33 PM

This animation includes visible and infrared imagery from GOES-13 that runs from June 4, 2011, at 1:45 p.m. EDT to June 6, 2011, at 10:45 a.m. EDT and shows the ash plume from the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcano in Chile (lower left) follow the wind shift from southeast to north. credit: ...

From: redOrbit on Fri, Jun 10 2011 9:33 PM

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From: redOrbit on Thu, Jun 09 2011 8:01 PM

This ESOcast introduces the VLT Survey Telescope (VST), the latest addition to ESO’s Paranal Observatory. This new telescope has just made its first release of impressive images of the southern sky. The VST is a state-of-the-art 2.6-metre telescope, with the huge 268-megapixel camera OmegaCAM at...

From: redOrbit on Thu, Jun 09 2011 8:01 PM

This zoom sequence starts with a broad panorama of the central parts of the Milky Way. We then gradually close in on one of the bright regions of dust and gas where new stars are forming. In the final sequence we see a unique view of Messier 17, sometimes called the Omega or Swan nebula in a new...

From: redOrbit on Thu, Jun 09 2011 8:01 PM

Newly released video shows the International Space Station together with the space shuttle, the vehicle that helped build the complex over the last decade. The video was shot by European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli from the Russian Soyuz spacecraft that undocked from the station on May ...

From: redOrbit on Thu, Jun 09 2011 8:00 PM

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From: redOrbit on Wed, Jun 08 2011 6:34 PM

The Sun unleashed an M-2 (medium-sized) solar flare with a substantial coronal mass ejection (CME) on June 7 that is visually spectacular. The large cloud of particles mushroomed up and fell back down looking as if it covered an area of almost half the solar surface. credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Sat, Jun 04 2011 8:46 AM

It’s been more than a year since NASA has heard from Mars rover Spirit. The agency says it may be time to say "thanks and farewell." credit: NASA

From: redOrbit on Thu, Jun 02 2011 3:50 AM

This sequence starts with a view of the southern part of the Milky Way. As we zoom in we can first see the globular star cluster NGC 6752 and then the spiral galaxy NGC 6744, lying about 30 million light-years from us in the constellation of Pavo (The Peacock). We also catch a glimpse of the sma...

From: redOrbit on Thu, May 26 2011 9:31 AM

In a speech to Congress 50 years ago today, on May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy challenged the nation to send a man to the moon and return him safely to Earth by the end of that decade. This video includes historical footage of the launches of Yuri Gagarin and Alan Shepard, whose flights ...

From: redOrbit on Wed, May 25 2011 6:29 AM

This video is a short biography of astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who was the first man to step foot on the Moon. credit: Buzz Aldrin