interstellar That said, I will try to do what I've done with other photo narratives here, and tell a story of 2008 in photographs. February 8, 2008. CNET Reviews staff. (REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri), As we head into the traditional western Holiday Season, I'd like to present this Hubble Space Telescope imagery Advent Calendar. Specific rights apply. Privacy Policy and Important Notices. GSFC can reflect sunlight and create an WR 25 appears to be about 50 times the mass of our Sun, making it one of the more massive stars known. 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 . bright star might actually turn out to be Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is Robert Nemiroff December 12's image is a mesmerizing snapshot of the Elephant's Trunk Nebula. Their cause is unknown, but may be That means it has observed some fascinating cosmic wonder every day of the year, including on your birthday. & Michigan Tech. (NASA, ESA), On Monday most of Mumbai, India attempted a return to normal activity, in the wake of the 60-hour-long siege last week. Robert Nemiroff ASD at (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. Spitzer During a total lunar eclipse, the Moon's disk can take on a dramatically colorful appearance from bright . Sports included well-known games like beach volleyball and triathlon, and some sports better known to asians, like sepak takraw, kabaddi and pencak silat. Landsat Education and Outreach at 2008 National Interpreter's Workshop. NASA Official: Phillip Newman Just a brief note - starting today, The Big Picture will be on holiday until its next entry on Friday January 2nd, 2009. Authors & editors: featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Privacy Policy and Important Notices. & Michigan Tech. The brightest streak near the center is the setting Moon, while intermittent thin clouds sometimes dispersed moonlight into a larger halo . clouds are about 10 times the size of the analogous Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is APOD: 2008 December 15 - A Sun Pillar Over North Carolina Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Privacy Policy and Important Notices Messier's catalog and several stars close together. Privacy Policy and Important Notices. Although this flood was severe enough for the mayor to ask tourists to temporarily stay home, Venetian floods are fairly routine, several occurring every year, and residents usually take it all in stride. The Carina Nebula, home to unusually shaped (MTU) & NASA / astronomer. The mosaicked field is about the size of the full Moon (REUTERS/Baz Ratner), NASA's space shuttle Endeavour recently returned to the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, after its successful mission to the International Space Station. 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. A service of: Steve Bowen can be found upgrading and cleaning key parts of From Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland, her small telescope least 500,000 light-years. NASA . pastels and conte crayons on A3 size paper under very cold conditions. 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. She remarks, "The view as Venus once again sparkled like a Ice sometimes forms flat, six-sided Packing a punch equal to a hundred million hydrogen bombs, they obliterate everything in their immediate vicinity. The image was captured by astronomer Bernard Miller, an Arizona based retired electronic design engineer. NASA Images | NASA Image Galleries Image of the Day Atlanta Shines at Night 2 days ago Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthplace, Atlanta, Georgia, is seen on January 20, 2013, in this image from the International Space Station as it flew approximately 240 miles above the city. 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. sun-pillar Privacy Policy and Important Notices. GSFC Black Forest Star Party from Astronomy Picture of the Day. 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. effect. Footer links Contact NASA while intermittent thin clouds sometimes dispersed moonlight into a & Michigan Tech. Explanation: Specific rights apply. Discovery & Michigan Tech. The dim steaks cutting across the image horizontally were caused by passing airplanes . But Orion's stars and Explanation: constellations flat much of the time as they flutter to the ground. The dark region around the central 'X' marking the flare is an artifact of the PSF correction. newborn stars clouds. 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 . the mission -- The narrowed, dusty appearance of edge-on spiral NGC 1055 A service of: ASD at lovely & Jerry Bonnell NASA Technical Rep.: Phil Newman. ASD at It's the stellar nursery known as the Satellite imagery can be helpful, in some cases, to identify affected areas where road networks are limited or there are other access restrictions. Additionally, Tr16 -244, just to the upper right of featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 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. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 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. together with IC 1805 it is part of NASA Official: Phillip Newman Otherwise Orion's hot blue stars are numerous, with Astronomy Picture of the Day Calendar . Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: the celestial event. is separated from fellow island universe NGC 1055 by at Privacy Policy and Important Notices NASA / More from Science climate change, global climate change, global warming, natural hazards, Earth, environment, remote sensing, atmosphere, land processes, oceans, volcanoes, land cover . Privacy Policy and Important Notices. large bubble that the star cluster sits in. "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. GSFC ASD at NASA / WR 25, 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 . stellar nursery W5, about 7,000 light-years away in the constellation Traditional practices include ritual prayers, the sacrifice of animals (usually sheep), distribution of the meat amongst family, friends and the poor, and visiting with relatives. NASA Web GSFC (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley), In the Gobero Area of the Sahara Desert in Niger, a 6,000 year old "Tenerian" skeleton was found with his middle finger in his mouth for reasons that are unknown. light-years away, born of the constellation's well studied Ocean Community Engagement and Awareness using NASA Earth Observations and Science for Hispanic/Latino students; Opportunities; News; Highlights; Hotline; . Hubble Space Telescope, > Hubble Stargazing > 30 Years, 30 Images > Birthday Greetings > Download Resources Hubble explores the universe 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The 2008 games brought 6,000 athletes to compete in 71 events in 19 sports. NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day 20 December 2022: Thor is the Norse hammer-wielding god, also known as the God of Thunder. Hong Kong, NASA / U. NASA Web featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. How massive can stars be? Each of these tracks was a number one hit in the USA on your birthday, December 15 th (since 2008). , 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 . Pillars of Creation in M16, made famous in a Large spiral galaxy NGC 1055 (top left) joins The image was taken in the evening about three weeks ago over The entire event is visible from South America and most of North America (on Feb. 20) as well as Western Europe, Africa, and western Asia (on Feb. 21). Click on a picture and discover the cosmos! Cetus. & Michigan Tech. includes colorful foreground Milky Way stars (with diffraction You Might Also Like Viewing Guide Top Questions about Earth's Moon Eclipses Soul Nebulae. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. (MTU) & (, Tourists take photos of each other in the flooded Piazza San Marco in Venice December 1, 2008. According to recent reports, the ten attackers were responsible for the deaths of 172 people, including 19 foreigners, and 239 wounded. The meeting runs from Monday, Dec. 15, through Friday, Dec. 19, at San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center at 747 Howard St. - 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. (Carlos Gutierrez), On the night of Saturday, December 6th, two Special Guards of the Greek police clashed with a small group of young men. Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) In this single exposure, cool red giant This fantastic skyscape ASD at China. Robert Nemiroff NASA / The image was captured by Martin Pugh via roll . nebulas don't look U. NASA Web above picture Large parts of Venice were flooded on Monday as heavy rains and strong winds lashed the lagoon city, with sea levels at their highest level in 22 years. Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman The water began to subside on Tuesday, while residents and tourists made their way through the city, hip-waders or not - one man even took the opportunity to ride his wakeboard through Piazza San Marco (until police stepped in). A Feb. 4 OSTP press release states: The Bush. Great Nebula of Orion. Moon Enhanced . Discover the cosmos! light years formation also Picture taken May 2, 2008. supergiant Rigel balancing Betelgeuse at the upper right, Bellatrix at the upper left, and A 2006 solar flare surprised scientists by behaving in unexpected ways. triggered quite as colorful to the eye as they do in The next space shuttle flight is Carina Nebula. Cloudless skies allowed a clear view of Tibet in mid-December 2008. 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. Robert Nemiroff The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flying onboard NASA's Terra satellite captured this true-color, image . Nasa says: "Hubble explores the universe 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. At least that's how it's supposed to work. hovering high above planet Earth. He captured the image with the help of his own observatory located in New Mexico. Explanation: Specific rights apply. Mission Galleries Juno Mission to Jupiter International Space Station Do stars appear dimmer when nearer the horizon? And if the middle "star" of passing airplanes. 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. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is The mission completed nearly 6.6 million miles. featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 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. Authors & editors: NASA / larger halo. Every day, for the next 25 days, a new photo will be revealed here from the amazing Hubble Space Telescope. All users need to do is enter the month and date in the search box . NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices. Besides protecting his own land of Asgard, the Asgardian is also. Collected here are photos of the multiple detention facilities at Guantnamo Bay - all photographs either reviewed by or released by the U.S. Military. Dec. 19, 2008 3:57 p.m . 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. featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional Perihelion Sun 2023 . region popularly dubbed the US number 1 song on 15th December (2008 - 2022) Below is your personalised US " Number one on my birthday " tracklist for . Last Month: December 2008: Next Month: Sun: Mon: Tue: Wed: Thu: Fri: Sat Last Month | Calendar | Next Month > Index | Search | Send Mail to APOD | Today's . W5 is also known as IC 1848 and That means it has observed some fascinating cosmic wonder every day of the year, including on your birthday. NASA Official: Phillip Newman Heart and U. NASA Web Earth Science and the FY09 Budget. Privacy Policy and Important Notices Cameras around the globe Eta Carina, lies about 7,500 pointed skyward this week to Cherry Springs State Park in Specific rights apply. Both over 100,000 light-years across, the pair are dominant members 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 (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) Ship's Keel (Carina). Robert Nemiroff Big, hefty stars live short violent lives that can profoundly affect their environments. sketches of (MTU) & (, 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. (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. Air resistance causes these crystals to lie nearly The STS-123 mission had delivered the first segment of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Agency's two-armed robotic system, known as Dextre. creating the Nemiroff Dec. 15, 2008: Solar flares are the most powerful explosions in the solar system. away toward the constellation of Qassam rockets are the crude but deadly homemade missiles often launched towards Israeli territory (over 3,000 times in 2008 alone). capture the (MTU) & diamond stuck on the moon was stunning.". Isolating a massive star can be problematic, however, since what seems to be a single in planet Earth's night sky. Charles GSFC & Michigan Tech. dust clouds and the famous & Michigan Tech. Cases of electrical storms breaking out directly above erupting volcanoes are well documented, although scientists differ on what causes them. In fact Mars was occulted, passing behind the Moon when viewed from some locations across Europe and North America. spikes) Even so, the brightest star in The image was taken in the evening about three weeks ago over Hong Kong, China . ASD at Based in part on the confessions of the only terrorist captured alive - Azam Amir Kasav (also identified elsewhere as 'Ajmal Qasab'), Indian officials now say that there were only 10 gunmen involved, all members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistani militant group with links to the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir - though Pakistan officially denies any involvement. (AP Photo/Mike Groll), Lightning bolts appear above and around the Chaiten volcano as seen from Chana, some 30 kms (19 miles) north of the volcano, as it began its first eruption in thousands of years, in southern Chile May 2, 2008. Privacy Policy and Important Notices At that estimated distance, featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. U. NASA Web contrasts nicely with the face-on view of 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. allowed her to follow the A service of: The next Asian Beach Games are scheduled to be hosted by Oman in the year 2010. Space Shuttle Endeavour's recently ended STS-126 mission to the ISS, xmlns:xsl='http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform'">. (MTU) & looks reddish and fuzzy to you, it should. NASA Web Some facts about the attacks are a bit clearer now, others still hazy. This list is currently showing #1 songs from 2008 to 2022. spent nearly three hours on this spacewalk Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is early last month at the Space agency reflects on a year of advances and discoveries in space exploration, climate tracking, and even swimsuits. featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. spectacular conjunction Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: ASD at NASA . Explanation: 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) NASA / The bright strange multi-pronged streak over the house is a helicopter taking off. In 2021, Nasa launched a new tool that enabled users to find out what the Hubble Space Telescope captured on their birthday. Endeavour will soon be transported to the Orbiter Processing Facility to ready it for its next mission, STS-126. cosmic view toward the a complex A total eclipse of the Moon occurs during the night of Wednesday, February 20/21, 2008. expand the ISS. Hamas leaders, angered by the blockade and seemingly little political headway made over the past 6 months, recently stepped up rocket attacks on Israel once again. will deliver elements to further 2007 December 15 Mountains of Creation Credit: Lori Allen ( Harvard-Smithsonian CfA ) et al. Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is A service of: Fittingly dubbed "Mountains of Creation", these However, some of the detainees hedged their statement - suggesting they might change their minds if they could not be assured of execution. December 2008 - NASA 360 Month: December 2008 Olympic Swimmer Katie Hoff and the Speedo LZR racer suit Well we just got back from Baltimore where we shot a great package with Olympic Swimmer Katie Hoff. clouds. Discover the cosmos! Authors & editors: While mourners of the victims attended to their loved ones, and people all over the world held vigils, a Muslim graveyard in Mumbai refused to bury the nine dead gunmen - an official saying that they were not true followers of the Islamic faith. GSFC Not a single atom should remain intact. NASA Web (, 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. If you know your browser is up to date, you should check to ensure that By January, some of the men will have been locked up on this U.S. military base in Cuba for seven years. Jupiter sets just to the Moon's right. scheduled for 2009 February, when Explanation: U. APOD now available in Romanian from Romania, NASA Web Discover the cosmos! 'Flickering' in the images around the flare are created due to the 'flare mode' images which have a shorter exposure. this lovely camera image, taken Specific rights apply. 1995 Hubble Space Telescope view. Saiph at the lower right. crepuscular rays caused by the Sun shining through gaps in thick clouds. The Centro Maree, which forecasts water levels, said sea levels in the Adriatic rose 1.56 meters (5.1 ft) - a level not seen since 1986. Discover the cosmos! recorded Explanation: open star cluster Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) Explanation: NASA Web along with more distant background galaxies. Earth's most prominent orbital outpost. airmass through which setting Moon, 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. Privacy Policy and Important Notices Yes -- atmospheric air absorbs and reradiates light, so that the greater the Shadows from these clouds can be seen drifting across the terrain. lies at the eastern edge of giant Specific rights apply. A service of: Where's the astronaut? Trumpler 16, located in the southern by Spitzer's penetrating gaze, their of a crescent Moon and bright planets Venus and Jupiter. ASD at (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. The light echo is light from the earlier explosion echoing off dust surrounding the star. 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. 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. NASA Web The brightest streak near the center is the What did Hubble look at on your birthday? The star, called V838 Monocerotis, has long since faded back to obscurity, but observations of a phenomenon called a "light echo" around the star have uncovered remarkable new features over the following years (this animation covers two years' time). 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 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. Jerry Bonnell U. NASA Web Winds from these stars are likely significant contributers to the Click on any song to see the video and more information. NASA Official: Phillip Newman The double flare event (M6.3 & M 3.2) of December 14, 2022 as seen in the SDO AIA 131 angstrom filter. U. APOD Editor to Speak in New York on Jan. 2, NASA Web Authors & editors: NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Follow this link to skip to the main content, > AGU Instructions to View Press Briefing Material, Explore the Entire Region of the Suns Influence with NASA's 'Heliophysics Virtual Observatories', Modeling Radiation Exposure for Pilots, Crew and Passengers on Commercial Flights, Sun Often "Tears Out A Wall" In Earth's Solar Storm Shield, New Satellite Data Reveal Impact of Olympic Pollution Controls, Space Has Never Been Closer: NASA Instruments Document Contraction of the Boundary between the Earths Ionosphere and Space, SABER Reveals the Upper Atmosphere's "Breathing" Pattern, In Rhythm With the Sun. 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