Jun

27

NASA’s STEREO Stunning Images

June 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

STEREO. ‘STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) is the third mission in NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Probes program (STP). This two-year mission will employ two nearly identical space-based observatories - one ahead of Earth in its orbit, the other trailing behind - to provide the first-ever stereoscopic measurements to study the Sun and the nature of its [...]

May

4

Micrographia and Nymphaea (Water Lily) Stem

May 4, 2007 | 1 Comment

Micrographia - A Light Microscopy Resource. ‘Micrographia is for those who use microscopes in their investigations of the world around them. It is for students and teachers of (especially) fresh water biology in their search for creature identification and illustrative material, for both amateur and professional light microscopists seeking to extend the performance of their [...]

Apr

29

Hubble’s 17th Anniversary: The Carina Nebula

April 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Credit: NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
The Carina Nebula: Star Birth in the Extreme. ‘In celebration of the 17th anniversary of the launch and deployment of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers is releasing one of the largest panoramic images ever taken with Hubble’s cameras. [...]

Jun

3

2006 Art of Science

June 3, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Art of Science: 2006 Online Gallery. ‘In the spring of 2006 we again asked the Princeton University community to submit images—and, for the first time, videos and sounds—produced in the course of research or incorporating tools and concepts from science. Out of nearly 150 entries from 16 departments, we selected 56 works to appear in [...]

Jun

2

Nanomedicine Art Gallery

June 2, 2006 | 1 Comment

Nanomedicine Art Gallery. ‘Here you will find a small but growing collection of visual artwork that describes many different views of how medical nanorobots and other nanomedical devices and systems might appear. Some of these works have been borrowed with permission from already-published print-media or electronic-media works. Other contributions are original graphics created by the [...]

Apr

26

Hubble Space Telescope’s 16 Years of Success

April 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Happy sweet sixteen, Hubble Space Telescope. ‘To celebrate the NASA-ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s 16 years of success, the two space agencies are releasing this mosaic image of the magnificent starburst galaxy, Messier 82 (M82). It is the sharpest wide-angle view ever obtained of M82, a galaxy remarkable for its webs of shredded clouds and flame-like [...]

Mar

12

The Most Famous Picture in the History of Science

March 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment

(Upper row, left to right)
A. Piccard, E. Henriot, P. Ehrenfest, Ed. Herzen, Th. De Donder, E. Schrödinger, E. Verschaffelt, W. Pauli, W. Heisenberg, R.H. Fowler, L. Brillouin.
(Middle row, left to right)
P. Debye, M. Knudsen, W.L. Bragg, H.A. Kramers, P.A.M. Dirac, A.H. Compton, L. de Broglie, M. Born, N. Bohr.
(Lower row, left to right)
I. Langmuir, M. [...]

Feb

21

Particle Impact

February 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment

This NASA handout image shows a particle impact on the aluminum frame that holds the aerogel tiles from the Stardust collector grid.
From: Yahoo Science Photos (AFP/NASA/JPL-HO/File)

Jan

28

Day of Remembrance

January 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment

A 28 January 1986 file photo shows the explosion of the US space shuttle Challenger over Kennedy Space Center. The US space agency will mark the 20th anniversary of the Challenger shuttle disaster in a solemn ceremony with the fallen astronauts’ families at the scene of the tragedy.
From: Yahoo Science Photos (AFP/File/Bob Pearson)
NASA: Day [...]

Jan

25

Let’s Save Coral Reefs

January 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment

A crinoidae is on the edge of the coral reef near Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt. A report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warned that coral reefs and mangroves in many parts of the world are being destroyed for quick gain, yet they are worth tens of billions of dollars as shields against natural [...]

Jan

4

From Flickr: Icequake

January 4, 2006 | Leave a Comment

  icequake    Originally uploaded by WaveSpire.

Dec

28

Rainbow Sunset

December 28, 2005 | Leave a Comment

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