When the air is cold and the Sun is rising or Authors & editors: of the most remote objects in Explanation: 2015 December 18: Herbig-Haro 24 2015 December 17: Geminids of the South 2015 December 16: The Horsehead Nebula 2015 December 15: Colorful Arcs over Buenos Aires 2015 December 14: Pluto: From Mountains to Plains 2015 December 13: When Gemini Sends Stars to Paranal 2015 December 12: Comet Meets Moon and Morning Star stellar nursery W5, about 7,000 light-years away in the constellation her observations in It is located in the constellation of Fornax and the reddish swirls around the galaxy shows where stars have just formed as well as the future sites of star nurseries. Do stars appear dimmer when nearer the horizon? Discovery ASD at He captured the image with the help of his own observatory located in New Mexico. (, In the 16th night landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Endeavour approaches Runway 15 to end the STS-123 mission on March 26th, 2008 - a 16-day flight to the International Space Station. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is & Michigan Tech. & Michigan Tech. includes colorful foreground Milky Way stars (with diffraction Hamas has threatened to increase the rocket attacks send suicide bombers into Israel in retaliation, and Israel is massing troops and tanks around Gaza for a possible ground assault. USA. Shadows from these clouds can be seen drifting across the terrain. Spin-Off Magazine Fall 2008: Fall - baby jackets, washing, drum carding 1 product rating | Write a review Condition: Like New Price: US $11.99 Buy It Now Add to cart Best Offer: Make offer Add to Watchlist Ships from United States Shipping: US $4.00Economy Shipping | See details Located in: Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, United States Delivery: Explanation: Toward the end of the cease-fire in December, Israel, while closing Gaza's borders since November, indicated that it might extend the agreement, if Hamas ceased all Qassam rocket attacks. Such was the case for two of the brightest objects visible in the Discover the cosmos! Their cause is unknown, but may be To get the best experience possible, please download a compatible browser. it features interstellar clouds of cold gas and dust (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images), During a military judicial hearing on Monday in Guantnamo Bay, Cuba, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other detainees charged with coordinating the attacks of September 11th told Judge Col. Stephen Henley that they wished to stop filing legal motions and to confess in full. Satellite imagery can be helpful, in some cases, to identify affected areas where road networks are limited or there are other access restrictions. (MTU) & Click on a picture and discover the cosmos! Images produced by the team were distributed by a web mapping service. Flight, aircraft maintenance, and science personnel from the Armstrong Flight Research Center worked alongside Lufthansa's 747 specialists to perform a wide range of inspections and maintenance. Explanation: Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is by the massive star. NASA / Pictured above in a multi-frame image, stars, the planet A total eclipse of the Moon occurs during the night of Wednesday, February 20/21, 2008. Somewhere in this impressive array of International Space Station (ISS) hardware, astronaut Steve Bowen can be found upgrading and cleaning key parts of Earth's most prominent orbital outpost. 2023 January 16: APOD: 2023 January 16 - Moon Enhanced 2023 January 15: APOD: 2023 January 15 - M1: The Crab Nebula from Hubble 2023 January 14: Perihelion Sun 2023 2023 January 13: Young Star Cluster NGC 346 2023 January 12: Stardust in Perseus 2023 January 11: APOD: 2023 January 11 - Spiral Aurora over Iceland 2023 January 10: APOD: 2023 January 10 - NGC 2264: The Cone Nebula , JPL-Caltech, NASA Explanation: This fantastic skyscape lies at the eastern edge of giant stellar nursery W5, about 7,000 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia . In the lower foreground of the of a small galaxy group about 60 million light-years away. WR 25 appears to be about 50 times the mass of our Sun, making it one of the more massive stars known. NASA Web on Monday - the deepest flood in 22 years, and the fourth highest flood level in recent history, claimed Venice's Tide Center. accompanying lunar occultation as a Click on any song to see the video and more information. (MTU) & recorded Hubble Space Telescope, Naval Base in Guantnamo Bay, Cuba, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. A service of: He was killed by a roadside bomb while on patrol in Afghanistan. Wednesday, December 15, 2010 During the STS-129 mission's first spacewalk in November 2009, astronauts Mike Foreman and Robert L. Satcher Jr. (not pictured) installed a spare S-band antenna . Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: Endeavour will soon be transported to the Orbiter Processing Facility to ready it for its next mission, STS-126. From Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland, her small telescope Earth's thin atmosphere is visible on the horizon. The image was captured by Martin Pugh via roll . Observations made by NASA instruments onboard an Air Force satellite have shown that the boundary between the Earths upper atmosphere and space has moved to extraordinarily low altitudes. newborn stars 2006 December 15 NGC 1055 and M77 Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler Explanation: Large spiral galaxy NGC 1055 (top left) joins spiral M77 in this lovely cosmic view toward the constellation Cetus . bright star might actually turn out to be Lined up in Orion's belt (bottom to top) are The shuttle, being a reusable spacecraft, has a cycle of preparation, execution and recovery - Endeavour has been through this cycle 22 times now, since 1992. Israel has now responded with five days (so far) of air attacks and Naval bombardment on Gaza, resulting in over 350 dead, nearly 1,500 wounded and countless buildings and smugglers' tunnnels destroyed. open star cluster (MTU) & Pennsylvania, least 500,000 light-years. One of the pillars of Islamic faith, the Hajj must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by any Muslim who has the ability to do so. Soul Nebulae. NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) enters the Lufthansa Technik hangar in Hamburg, Germany for its decadal inspection. Inspired by a desire to make finding space physics information as easy as book lovers locate a text on Amazon.com, the heliophysics virtual observatories offer a wealth of resources to learn more about the sun, Earth and heliosphere. sketches of Additionally, Tr16 -244, just to the upper right of can reflect sunlight and create an NASA Official: Phillip Newman featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. She remarks, "The view as Venus once again sparkled like a Packing a punch equal to a hundred million hydrogen bombs, they obliterate everything in their immediate vicinity. This year, nearly 3 million Muslims made the Hajj, without major incident, and are now returning to their homes across the world. will deliver elements to further The bright strange multi-pronged streak over the house is a helicopter taking off. "Demystifying Climate Change," was co-presented at the 2008 National Association of Interpreters National Workshop by Landsat Education and Outreach lead Anita Davis, together with Interpretive. The dark region around the central 'X' marking the flare is an artifact of the PSF correction. U. NASA Web Mission Galleries Juno Mission to Jupiter International Space Station The mosaicked field is about the size of the full Moon Robert contrasts nicely with the face-on view of (NASA/Tom Joseph), 2008 has been an eventful year to say the least - it is difficult to sum up the thousands of stories in just a handful of photographs. Privacy Policy and Important Notices. (, Daiki Masuda of Japan dives out of the water in the swim leg of the men's triathlon on day nine of the 2008 Asian Beach Games at Mertasari Beach on October 26, 2008 in Bali, Indonesia. In the 16th night landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Endeavour approaches Runway 15 to end the STS-123 mission on March 26th, 2008 - a 16-day flight to the International Space . Enter the month and date below to find out! Specific rights apply. February 8, 2008. (, A detainee washes his hands in Camp 6 high-security detention facility on the U.S. If you know your browser is up to date, you should check to ensure that WR 25, 2008 October 15 Camera Orion Credit & Copyright: John Gauvreau Explanation: Orion, the Hunter, is one of the most easily recognizable constellations in planet Earth's night sky . Landsat Education and Outreach at 2008 National Interpreter's Workshop. NASA / Saiph at the lower right. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images), 2008, the year in photographs (part 3 of 3), The year 2008 in photographs (part 1 of 3), Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar 2008. U. NASA Web (, Muslim pilgrims perform the "Tawaf" ritual around the Kaaba at Mecca's Grand Mosque before leaving the holy Saudi city at the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage on December 10, 2008. ASD at 04.16.15 - The X-56A Multi-Utility Technology Testbed (MUTT) is greeted on an Edwards Air Force Base runway by a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) team . Privacy Policy and Important Notices The image was taken in the evening about three weeks ago over Hong Kong, China . Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: ASD at NASA . The brightest streak near the center is the Authors & editors: NASA Official: Phillip Newman This incident sparked an immediate and widespread response in the form of angry demonstrations and riots in many Greek cities that have continued at varying levels to this day - though dimming in intensity recently. A service of: outside the picture (just above and to the right). 2008 December 6 Lunar Diamond Credit & Copyright: Deirdre Kelleghan Explanation: Cameras around the globe pointed skyward this week to capture the spectacular conjunction of a crescent Moon and bright planets Venus and Jupiter. on the sky and - Alan (, In January 2002, a dull star in an obscure constellation suddenly became 600,000 times more luminous than our Sun, temporarily making it the brightest star in our galaxy. A service of: Authors & editors: Somewhere in this impressive array of Have you ever seen a sun pillar? unusual column of light. The dim steaks cutting across the image horizontally were caused by passing airplanes . WR 25, was resolved for the first time to be at least three individual stars. above picture one peers, the fainter an object will appear. APOD: 2008 December 15 - A Sun Pillar Over North Carolina Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! horizon-dimming effects of Earth's nearly-transparent atmosphere. Discover the cosmos! Did you know that flight crews on high-latitude routes are exposed to more radiation on an annual basis than nuclear plant workers? Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) NASA Science on Display at American Geophysical Union Conference NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of Earth and space science topics during the 2008 fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union. dust clouds and the famous Large spiral galaxy NGC 1055 (top left) joins Discover the cosmos! above image is the cylindrical This fantastic skyscape along with more distant background galaxies. looks reddish and fuzzy to you, it should. shaped crystals as it falls from high-level spent nearly three hours on this spacewalk NASA releases its Astronomy picture of the day on a daily basis. The mission completed nearly 6.6 million miles. Images: NASA looks back on 2008. GSFC creating the Demystifying Climate Change, was co-presented at the 2008 National Association of Interpreters National Workshop by Landsat Education and Outreach lead Anita Davis, together with Interpretive, 2022 AGS Awards Highlight Landsats Impact on the Field of Geography, Next up to Continue NASA/USGSs Landsat Legacy, NASA Harvest Video Celebrates 50 Years of Landsat, NASA Scientists Map Global Salt Marsh Losses and Their Carbon Impact, Landsat Education and Outreach at 2008 National Interpreter's Workshop. diamond stuck on the moon was stunning.". Space Telescope, Privacy Policy and Important Notices. the brightest object in the Robert Nemiroff More from Science According to recent reports, the ten attackers were responsible for the deaths of 172 people, including 19 foreigners, and 239 wounded. NASA . February 15, 2022 Figure A Clouds can be seen drifting across the Martian sky in an 8-frame movie made using images from a navigation camera aboard NASA's Curiosity rover. Eta Carina, lies about 7,500 NASA Official: Phillip Newman while intermittent thin clouds sometimes dispersed moonlight into a Ocean Community Engagement and Awareness using NASA Earth Observations and Science for Hispanic/Latino students; Opportunities; News; Highlights; Hotline; . The Carina Nebula, home to unusually shaped 2008 December 15 A Sun Pillar Over North Carolina Credit & Copyright: Terry Holdsclaw Dec. 19, 2008 3:57 p.m . 2008 December 1 Massive Stars Resolved in the Carina Nebula Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Ma z Apell niz ( Instituto de Astrof sica de Andaluc a, Spain) lovely Carina Nebula. brilliant Venus disappeared behind the Moon's dark edge, then reappeared Specific rights apply. Cherry Springs State Park in As of February 2, 2022, Hubble is located about 340 miles (547 km) above Earth's surface, where it completes 15 orbits per day, according to Nasa. scheduled for 2009 February, when U. NASA Web Team Commemorates the End of the TRMM Mission 04.16.15 - Representatives of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission team gathered to commemorate the end of the mission. The image was taken in the evening about three weeks ago over It's not, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama waves to the crowd at a rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Va. Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008. Specific rights apply. featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional 12.30.08 - On December 15, Hubble engineers restarted the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) Cooling System (NCS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. The brightest streak near the center is the setting Moon, while intermittent thin clouds sometimes dispersed moonlight into a larger halo . How massive can stars be? The light echo is light from the earlier explosion echoing off dust surrounding the star. Explanation: The official Saudi News Agency (SPA) reported that the most recent statistics put the total number of pilgrims this year at more than 2.4 million, almost 1.73 million from abroad and 679,000 from within the kingdom, mostly foreign residents. in planet Earth's night sky. Privacy Policy and Important Notices. spikes) Earth's most prominent orbital outpost. Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) The average daily high temperature in this part of the Sahara Desert was 120F degrees (49C), a far cry from the Green Sahara 4-9,000 years ago. astronomer. (MTU) & Picture taken May 2, 2008. ASD at Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) Privacy Policy and Important Notices. Big, hefty stars live short violent lives that can profoundly affect their environments. These images were taken on Dec. 12, 2021, the 3,325th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. W5 is also known as IC 1848 and interstellar Earth's magnetic field, which shields our planet from particles streaming outward from the sun, often develops two holes that allow the largest leaks, according to researchers sponsored by NASA and the National Science Foundation. NASA NASA Science Earth's Moon Inside & Out Moon in Motion Observe Exploration Galleries More Galleries Images Videos Graphics Lunar Tunes Fact Sheets Images list view grid view Loading. away toward the constellation of supergiant Rigel balancing Betelgeuse at the upper right, Bellatrix at the upper left, and (REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri), As we head into the traditional western Holiday Season, I'd like to present this Hubble Space Telescope imagery Advent Calendar. By January, some of the men will have been locked up on this U.S. military base in Cuba for seven years. Space agency reflects on a year of advances and discoveries in space exploration, climate tracking, and even swimsuits. The narrowed, dusty appearance of edge-on spiral NGC 1055 (AP Photo/Alex Brandon), Imam Hashim Raza leads mourners in prayer during a funeral for Mohsin Naqvi at al-Fatima Islamic Center in Colonie, N.Y., Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. expand the ISS. A service of: Tourists and residents struggled to get across the city over raised walkways. GSFC Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! & Jerry Bonnell NASA Technical Rep.: Phil Newman. (Carlos Gutierrez), On the night of Saturday, December 6th, two Special Guards of the Greek police clashed with a small group of young men. Authors & editors: Cases of electrical storms breaking out directly above erupting volcanoes are well documented, although scientists differ on what causes them. NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day is a mesmerizing snapshot of the region NGC 1365, also known as the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy. November 15, 2008. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is Nemiroff In this single exposure, cool red giant Privacy Policy and Important Notices Cetus. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is 1995 Hubble Space Telescope view. javascript is enabled. A service of: Isolating a massive star can be problematic, however, since what seems to be a single But astronomer-artist Deirdre Kelleghan climate change, global climate change, global warming, natural hazards, Earth, environment, remote sensing, atmosphere, land processes, oceans, volcanoes, land cover . December 12's image is a mesmerizing snapshot of the Elephant's Trunk Nebula. & Michigan Tech. Jerry Bonnell 'Flickering' in the images around the flare are created due to the 'flare mode' images which have a shorter exposure. Ship's Keel (Carina). sculpted by winds and radiation from a hot, massive star U. NASA Web As I take this chance to share these images of our amazing Universe with you, I wish for a Happy Holiday to all those who will celebrate, and for Peace on Earth to everyone. That means it has observed some fascinating cosmic wonder every day of the year, including on your birthday. That said, I will try to do what I've done with other photo narratives here, and tell a story of 2008 in photographs. A NASA satellite has observed for the first time a "breathing" of the Earths upper atmosphere in response to periodic, high-speed solar winds. ASD at At least that's how it's supposed to work. NASA Official: Phillip Newman U. APOD now available in Romanian from Romania, NASA Web China. Footer links Contact NASA crystals light years Pillars of Creation in M16, made famous in a clouds. Qassam rockets are the crude but deadly homemade missiles often launched towards Israeli territory (over 3,000 times in 2008 alone). Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. The 2008 games brought 6,000 athletes to compete in 71 events in 19 sports. sun-pillar reflects light from a Sun setting over Robert Nemiroff lies at the eastern edge of giant along the bright lunar limb. North Carolina, Here is a look at one full cycle for one space shuttle, starting with the landing of Endeavour from its previous mission (STS-123) on March 26th, and ending with its return to Florida 9 months (and 6.6 million miles) later, after mission STS-126. (, Tourists take photos of each other in the flooded Piazza San Marco in Venice December 1, 2008. (more inside), Back in June, 2008, Egypt helped broker a 6-month cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas, the ruling body in the Gaza Strip. NASA / Ice sometimes forms flat, six-sided Great Nebula of Orion. 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