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APOD: 2011 December 8 – Sh2-239: Celestial Impasto
APOD: 2011 December 8 – Sh2-239: Celestial Impasto

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Alan Bean Descends Intrepid
Alan Bean Descends Intrepid

Alan L. Bean, Lunar Module pilot for the Apollo 12 mission, starts down the ladder of the Lunar Module (LM)…

APOD: 2011 December 7 Kepler 22b: An Almost Earth Orbiting an Almost Sun
APOD: 2011 December 7 Kepler 22b: An Almost Earth Orbiting an Almost Sun

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Echo II, a Balloon Satellite
Echo II, a Balloon Satellite

Echo II is shown here undergoing a tensile stress test in a dirigible hanger at Weekesville, North Carolina. A dirigible…

Kepler-22b: Closer to Finding an Earth
Kepler-22b: Closer to Finding an Earth

This artist's conception illustrates Kepler-22b, a planet known to comfortably circle in the habitable zone of a sun-like star. It…

APOD: 2011 December 6 – Jupiter Rotation Movie from Pic du Midi
APOD: 2011 December 6 – Jupiter Rotation Movie from Pic du Midi

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First Supernova Companion Star Found
First Supernova Companion Star Found

In 2004, an international team of astronomers had, for the first time, observed a stellar "survivor" emerge from a double…

Ways We Can Be Affected by Space Weather
Ways We Can Be Affected by Space Weather

So much of our modern technology is at risk from space weather, including satellites, communications and power grids.

Representation of Earth’s Invisible Magnetic Field
Representation of Earth’s Invisible Magnetic Field

Schematic illustration of the invisible magnetic field lines generated by the Earth, represented as a dipole magnet field.

Kepler-22b – Comfortably Circling within the Habitable Zone
Kepler-22b – Comfortably Circling within the Habitable Zone

This diagram compares our own solar system to Kepler-22, a star system containing the first "habitable zone" planet discovered by…