‘Image of the Week’ Archives
Tranquility module is hooked up to ISS
Robert Behnken and Nicholas Patrick seen here during the second of their three planned spacewalks planned for the STS-130 mission early this Sunday morning at 3:14 AM EST. Working essentially as plumbers during the spacewalk which began at 9:20 PM Saturday night they successfully accomplished all their assigned tasks overnight by connecting [...]
Tethys and Saturnian Rings
While browsing some images online I came across a site that reworks images from space and produces visually stunning and vibrate results. The integrity of the images remain. Take a look at this one. You can see more on wanderingspace.net
Enceladus – Cryovolcanism in Motion
On Oct. 5, 2008, just after coming within 25 kilometers (15.6 miles) of the surface of Enceladus, NASA’s Cassini captured this stunning mosaic of this geologically active moon of Saturn. By active I mean that it experiences cryovolcanism, where water and other volatiles are the materials erupted instead of silicate rock. It is believed that [...]
Top 10 Images of 2009
Happy New Year, to remind you of just how amazing 2009 was I decided to post my favourite top 10 images. I'm overwhelmed with the number of new images generated by Astronomy each year. Here are my selection for 2009. It was a hard choice there was lots of choice! #1 Star Cluster R136 Bursts Out In the center of star-forming region 30 [...]
