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Hypercolor Mosaic
From the NASA Visualization Explorer iPad App: Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington A NASA spacecraft creates the first complete map...
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Comet ISON Is Coming
From the NASA Visualization Explorer iPad App: Image Credit: E. Guido, G. Sostero, N. Howes/ Remanzacco Observatory Will this tiny dot become the next great comet? see complete story here
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Staring into Darkness
From the NASA Visualization Explorer iPad App: Image Credit: NASA/GSFC A NASA spacecraft explores the moon’s permanent shadows. see complete story here
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It’s Fireball Season
From the NASA Visualization Explorer iPad App: Image Credit: Howard Edin, Oklahoma City Astronomy Club Bright meteors light up the night sky each spring—and scientists aren’t sure why. see complete...
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Light Echo
From the NASA Visualization Explorer iPad App: A bright flash from a star reflects off of objects in space with strange effect. see complete story here
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Rethinking a Collision
From Earth Magazine: The Zagros Mountains. Credit: Ninara Sometime between 35 million and 20 million years ago, the Arabian Plate collided with the Eurasian Plate, substantially reshaping Earth’s...
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Great Moments in Earth History: The Hadean
From The Sieve: A polished section of the oldest known piece of Earth. Credit: NASA No complete rocks have survived to tell of the formative years following Earth’s formation some 4.56 billion years...
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Great Moments in Earth History: Antarctic Glaciation
From The Sieve: Diatoms Buried under thousands of feet of hard, ancient ice lies the solid earth of the Antarctic continent. For some 34 million years, vast glacial plains have ebbed and flowed over...
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The World’s Longest Conveyor Belt
From The Sieve: Credit: Bing Maps The longest conveyor belt in the world runs 61 miles from the hostile interior of Moroccan occupied Western Sahara to the port city of El-Aaiún. Open to gusty desert...
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Cats and Isotopes
From The Sieve: The African Wildcat (Felis silvestris lybica). Credt: Sonelle. Cats. The very mention of them has the power to generate innumerable lazy hits on a blog post. If one were to do an...
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