There’s an amazing amount of astronomical stuff to check out this week. First off, if you haven’t seen Cassini’s pictures of Earth from Saturn’s orbit, you need to look at them now. Our pale blue dot is stunning and incredibly delicate as seen from a billion miles away.
Earth as seen from Saturn’s orbit
Next up, have a look at the stunning eclipse of an extrasolar planet, as seen by astronomers at the Chandra Observatory:
Chandra Observatory shows view of extrasolar gas giant eclipse
NASA found a giant hole in our sun:
NASA’s SOHO finds giant hole in the Sun
And then NASA decided to catch a thief. Er…asteroid.
NASA plans to catch asteroid and tow it to the Moon
In other news, a Canadian company plans to begin streaming a live feed from two cameras on the International Space Station. There will be one fixed viewpoint camera offering a panoramic view as the station cruises around the planet, and there’ll be a second camera that people can use to zoom in on objects as small as one meter. However, you’ll have to pay for the privilege of zooming in on something in particular…
BC company plans live feed from the International Space Station
And finally, we have a bunch of cool stuff visible in the night sky over the next month:
Sky charts for August 2013 – Jupiter and Mercury and Mars, oh my!
Hope you enjoy everything. More flash fiction coming this week!
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