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itsfullofstars:

High Resolution Image of Earth by NASA’s New Suomi NPP Satellite

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jtotheizzoe:

Meteor Showers 2012

A calendar of all the major meteor showers taking place in 2012 that I drew up.

Of course, this isn’t all of the meteor events this year. Only the ones with the best chance of being visible. I chose only events with a Zenith Hourly Rate (ZHR, the number of peak events per hour) above 10. You should also consider the moon phase for that date, which I did not include.

How to use this: 

1. The date on the left is the early morning after midnight on the day it will peak (so “October 7” is between midnight and sunrise on the morning of the 7th). 
2. The constellation represents the point in the sky that the shower will “originate” from. 
3. Choose someplace dark, away from city lights, and bring a blanket and a friend.
4. Enjoy.

To calculate the sunrise/sunset for your area on a specific date, go here. Many more details about each event can be found in this summary from EarthSky. Some events will favor the North or South Hemispheres, but such is life.

Feel free to distribute freely!

(Link to hi-res version)

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cwnl:

NASA Finds 2011 is Ninth-Warmest Year on Record

(Data source: NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory, Robert Simmon)

While average global temperature will still fluctuate from year to year, scientists focus on the decadal trend.

Nine of the 10 warmest years since 1880 have occurred since the year 2000, as the Earth has experienced sustained higher temperatures than in any decade during the 20th century. As greenhouse gas emissions and atmospheric carbon dioxide levels continue to rise, scientists expect the long-term temperature increase to continue as well.

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cwnl:

All-Sky Milky Way

Copyright: processing Lorenzo Comolli, images Lorenzo Comolli, Luigi Fontana, Giosuè Ghioldi, Emmanuele Sordini

This single image is able to show the entire sky, thanks to the truly dark sky of the Namibian savanna and to the absence of mountains. Only some small trees from the Tivoli farm are visible toward West.

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geneticist:

A scientist suspends animals by magnets to study disorientation of space flight. LIFE 1958.

geneticist:

Oxytocin, aka “love hormone”, The hormone responsible for love
Photo by Alfred Pasieka