“And that is my view about God”
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The First Animal Astronauts
These pioneering space animals did not volunteer to travel into space, but their adventures captured the imagination of millions as they watched these animals make history.
- Laika, a mixed-breed dog, was the first living being in orbit. She was launched on the Soviet Union’s Sputnik 2 mission in November of 1957.
- A rhesus monkey named Sam is shown after his flight in December of 1959, which tested the launch-escape system of NASA’s Mercury spacecraft.
- Enos the chimpanzee being readied for his orbital spaceflight of November 1961.
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the creator of gif revealed that GIF is pronounced as “JIF”.
WE WIN!!
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Super Moon
— June 23, 2013
Be sure to look out for the Moon these next few months as it approaches Perigee, because the full moons during these times will appear exceptionally large. The Moon will be at its Perigee, or closest approach, in July 23 and it will reach full moon only a few minutes after it passes this point in its orbit.
These ‘super moons’ not only appear larger because they are physically closer but, combined with a full moon, the mind can play tricks on you to think they are much larger. This phenomena is called the Moon Illusion. Try to catch these full moons as they rise/set because the illusion works when there is an object in the foreground, like a tree, building or mountains.
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ESO’s Top 100 Images: 11-15
11. ESO’s VLT reveals the Carina Nebula’s hidden secrets (bottom). Credit: ESO/T. Preibisch
12. VST image of the giant globular cluster Omega Centauri (middle right). Credit: ESO/INAF-VST/OmegaCAM. Acknowledgement: A. Grado/INAF-Capodimonte Observatory
13. Messier 78: a reflection nebula in Orion (middle left). Credit: ESO/Igor Chekalin
14. Panoramic view of the WR 22 and Eta Carinae regions of the Carina Nebula (middle). Credit: ESO
15. The hidden fires of the Flame Nebula (top). Credit: ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
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Col. Hadfield eating asparagus in space
This beautiful, glittering swirl is named, rather unpoetically, J125013.50+073441.5. A glowing haze of material seems to engulf the galaxy, stretching out into space in different directions and forming a fuzzy streak in this image.
It is a starburst galaxy — a name given to galaxies that show unusually high rates of star formation. The regions where new stars are being born are highlighted by sparkling bright blue regions along the galactic arms.
Studying starburst galaxies can tell us a lot about galactic evolution and star formation. These galaxies start off with huge amounts of gas, which is used to form new stars.
This period of furious star formation is only a phase; once all the gas is used up, this starbirth slows down. Other famous starbursts captured by Hubble include the Antennae Galaxies (heic0615) and Messier 82 (heic0604), the latter of which is forming new stars ten times faster than our galaxy, the Milky Way.
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