The Month in Space

Window on Infinity: Pictures from Space

By Nov. 05, 20120
ESA/IPEV/PNRA - A. Kumar

Another starry night — or day — at Concordia research station in Antarctica. This photo was taken during the four months of winter when the Sun never rises above the horizon. Built on an ice plateau 2 miles (3.2 km) high in one of the most remote places on Earth, the base hosts science projects from meteorology and glaciology to astronomy, technology and human biology. The European Space Agency sponsors a physician in Concordia every winter to study the long-term effects of isolation.

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NickKatsaras
NickKatsaras

Looks like a "Supernova" to me.. I'm quite sure that's what the term is for this.  

PlumbLine
PlumbLine

Revelation 21:6.........And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

DamonMontano
DamonMontano

Carl Sagan: "How is it that we can see stars that are billions of light-years away from us if the Universe is only 6,000 years old (according to Christian Bible)? Light travels at a constant velocity, 186,000 miles per second and it takes billions of years for light to traverse these tremendous distances to reach our eyes; the Universe is certainly billions of years old." (paraphrased)

RU12?
RU12?

Wow- some great screen saver pics! I can't get enough of these far away shots at what lurks beyond the earth, so lovely and awe-inspiring. That Rex-helix novae looks just like the old CBS logo, I swear, uncanny!