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Clear Satellite View of Earth’s Newest Island
[/caption] Want to get away from it all? Here's the newest deserted island on Earth. In late December, we reported…
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Strait of Hormuz Shot from the International Space Station – World Strategic Flashpoint
[/caption]A beautiful and peaceful Christmas-time picture of The Strait of Hormuz was shot from the International Space Station (ISS) soaring…
As Seen From Space: Beautiful Swirling Phytoplankton Blooms
[/caption] One of the orbiting windows to our world, an Earth-observing satellite named Envisat, took this image in early December…
Scientists Find Trio of Tiny Exoplanets
[/caption] NASA’s Kepler mission has detected no shortage of planets; more than a thousand candidates were discovered in 2011, a…
As Seen From Space: Volcanic Eruption Creates New Island in the Red Sea
[/caption] Looking for some new lake-front property? Here's the newest available on the planet. Volcanic activity in the Red Sea…
Earth’s Other Moons
[/caption] In the fall of 2006, observers at the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona found an object orbiting the Earth.…
Winter Solstice – The Shortest day of the Year
[/caption] Depending on how the calendar falls, the December solstice occurs annually on a day between December 20 and 23.…
Wonderful Ice Halos
[/caption] Have you ever seen a large ghostly disc around the Moon on a cool, calm, hazy night? If so,…
Earth’s Magnetic Pole Reversal – Don’t “Flip Out”!
[/caption] Have you heard or read stories about how Earth will some day reverse its magnetic poles? If you have,…
“Star Wars” Laser Methods Tracks Greenhouse Gases
[/caption] It may have looked like a futuristic scene from Star Wars, but ESA's latest technique for aiding space exploration…