New Year on Mars

I guess New Year on Mars is pretty much the same as last year an the year before. This NASA photo shows some sedimentary rock formation which is a sign of that precious commodity: water. Maybe we might be spending New Year here one day.

The Earth is Blue

The Earth is blue, and the moon is also visible in this NASA photo. If anyone can identify the other celestial objects please let me know.

Space sunrise

It’s a kind of reverse sunrise, maybe we could call it an ‘esirnus’.

North Pole of the Moon

I am not sure how one decides which is the north or south pole of the Moon, but someone made the call, and this is a composite photo of the North Pole of the Moon, by NASA.

Saturn and the Moon

Perhaps the title should be reversed to say The Moon and Saturn, but since Saturn is a zillion times bigger it probably comes first.

Black Holes

What could be worse than getting sucked into a black hole? Getting sucked into two black holes! And that is what NASA has found in deep space.

Saturn

You could almost cut yourself on those rings; an intense image of Saturn from NASA.

Solar System, number 1,000

This is one of the better graphics I have seen of the Solar System (except all the planets are in a 2D alignment).

BTW 1,000 is not the number of the Solar System, it is the number of posts that I have now written on this blog.

Virgin Galactic

The airline is known as Virgin Atlantic, and the spaceline is known as Virgin Galactic. If you want to have a ride on the galactic spaceship this is the rocket power you will have behind you.

Vela

The constellation Vela is more than 3,000 light years away. What we see now is actually ancient history.

Earth from Saturn

That tiny blue dot in the bottom right of this NASA photo is our little planet, Earth.

Two galaxies

It’s not easy to imagine how incredibly large a galaxy is. And if you double it this is what you’ll get. By the way, these two galaxies go under the name of MRK 1034.

Sunrise

This has to be the sunrise of all sunrises, photo from NASA.