The Galaxy

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The horizons of Venus, Earth, Moon, Mars, and Titan.

“Using games to get in touch with the world when they have no real choice otherwise, a heartfelt story about one of the best MMOs out there”

Super typhoon Maysak photographed from ISS by Samantha Cristoforetti [747 x 436]

“I know Reddit has been interested in Finland’s Maternity Box, the box every pregnant woman in Finland gets. Mine came today, so I thought I’d show you what I got.

There’s a cloth diaper, and a towel, but the rest is almost all clothing in various styles and forms, all gender-neutral. The bottom of the box is also a mattress, so the baby is able to use it as a bed at the beginning of her life. All of the clothes are very high quality, and a good chunk of what came in the box was made in Finland or by Finnish companies.”

Terraforming Mars Infographics

Curiosity drill site reveals that under its red surface, Mars is grey-blue

Opportunity’s Devilish View from on High [594x597]

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This computer-simulated image shows a supermassive black hole at the core of a galaxy. The black region in the center represents the black hole’s event horizon, where no light can escape the massive object’s gravitational grip. The black hole’s powerful gravity distorts space around it like a funhouse mirror. Light from background stars is stretched and smeared as the stars skim by the black hole.

Credits: NASA, ESA, and D. Coe, J. Anderson, and R. van der Marel (STScI)

Full Story at Hubble Space Telescope/NASA.- Behemoth Black Hole Found in an Unlikely Place

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Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital launch vehicle after successfully landing after returning from space [1368x912]