STARDUST

The Moon, as seen from orbit during the Apollo 15 mission, 31 July-2 August 1971: “An oblique view of a portion of the lunar nearside located near the northeast edge of the Ocean of Storms (Oceanus Procellarum), photographed from the Apollo 15 spacecraft in lunar orbit, showing the bright-appearing crater Aristarchus on the left, the crater Herodotus on the right, and Schroter’s Valley at lower right. This view is looking southward. Aristarchus is approximately 35 kilometers (about 21.75 miles) in diameter. The head of Schroter’s Valley, a sinuous rille in the Aristarchus Plateau, is called Cobra Head. The coordinates of the center of Aristarchus crater are 47.5 degrees west longitude and 23.6 degrees north latitude.” (NASA)

Hubble’s Pillars of Creation

Still my top favourite image of a planet ever taken. Cassini took so many beautiful photos that they should be in art museums, but this photo is the most beautiful one IMO.

by H0opss

Close-Up of Io with Jupiter by Maxwell Hamilton on Flickr.

Alberto Vangelista

http://www.sci-news.com/space/science-67p-comet-alien-life-02986.html

Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble

Light of the Traveler

(Apollo Archive)

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With six days to go until closest approach, New Horizons will begin to use its fleet of science instruments to record as much information as possible. The sequence will end a few days after the July 14 flyby.