Unfortunately Sunday’s eclipse wasn’t visible from Florida but there is an excellent slide show of images at USA Today. Click on the image above to view.
Annular Solar Eclipse
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Far Side of the Moon
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Habitable Alien World
The potentially habitable alien world, a first for Kepler, orbits a star very much like our own sun. The discovery brings scientists one step closer to finding a planet like our own — one that could conceivably harbor life, scientists said… more..
This diagram compares our own solar system to Kepler-22, a star system containing the first "habitable zone" planet discovered by NASA's Kepler mission. Source NASA / Ames / JPL Caltech
Are You Curious?
You know by now my desire for you to find the wonder in science: the origin of the universe, multi-generational space travel, life on other planets, even the confluence of doomsday theories for 12.21.2012. So has your curiosity been piqued yet?
Scientists spend their lives exploring the unknown, searching for clues that might lead to the answers. Just such a quest is about to begin this week! The Curiosity Rover, pictured above is set to launch from Cape Canaveral this Saturday (11/26) at 10:02 am. Its mission to Mars will try to answer the question, “Is there life out there?”. Read more ….
Juno on to Jupiter
Although the Shuttle Program has come to an end, our exploration of space continues. At 12:25 pm (EDT) today, the Juno spacecraft blasted off atop an Atlas V rocket bound for
NASA's Juno mission lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Jupiter. This five year 1.7 billion mile journey will culminate in the spacecraft making 33 orbits of the largest planet in our solar system. Using a variety of on-board instruments Juno will peer through Jupiter’s dense cloud cover to learn more about its origins, structure and atmosphere.
“From Juno we’re going to go learn about Jupiter so we can start to put together the pieces of how the solar system was made,” said planetary scientist and mission leader Scott Bolton of the Southwest Research Institute in the video below. “Jupiter’s got the first clues for us.”