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<July 29th, 2003, saw the official announcement of the discovery of a celestial body which many hope will be named and granted status as the 10th planet in our solar system. Temporarily named “Xena”, the body cataloged as 2003 UB313 was discovered with the Samuel Oschin Telescope at the Palomar Observatory. Michael E. Brown of [...]

If you have ever witnessed a total solar eclipse, or even a partial eclipse, you know what an awesome experience it can be. But what would such an event look like from space? Well the boys and girls at NASA know, and even took an awesome picture. The shadow of the moon falls on Earth [...]

Updated to include full image on click. The image of earth titled “Earth Lights” was taken by the Defense Meteorological Satellites Program (DMSP) Operational Linescan System (OLS) on November 27th, 2000. The United States Air Force is responsible for the DMSP and its series of satellites which investigate the Earth’s environment from an altitude of [...]