Best Space Photos of the Week – Oct. 3, 2015

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Hurricane Joaquin Seen by the GOES West Satellite

Credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) posted this image of Hurricane Joaquin obtained by its GOES West satellite on Oct. 1, 2015.…Read More » They wrote on Facebook: “Many portions of the eastern U.S. are currently experiencing heavy rains and gusty winds associated with a frontal system. These heavy rains are likely to continue for the next few days, even if the center of Joaquin stays offshore.” [Read the full story. ]   Less «

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Satellites Watch Hurricane Joaquin Grow Into Category 4 Storm

Credit: Scientific Visualization Studio, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

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Interacting Galaxies

Credit: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope/Coelum

Two galaxies, NGC 4302-4298, interact as their gravitational fields pull at each other. The disturbed extended stellar halos of these two similar galaxies…Read More » reveal the tidal interaction. We see one galaxy edge-on, with a dust lane showing the thin galactic disk of younger stars. The other galaxy shows the same central structure as a blue swirl. Image released September 2015. [Read the full story. ]   Less «

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Night Boat To Cairo

Credit: NASA

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly photographed the Nile River from the International Space Station on Sept. 22, 2015. On Twitter he wrote: “Day 179. The #Nile…Read More » at night is a beautiful sight for these sore eyes. Good night from @space_station! #YearInSpace.” [Read the full story. ]   Less «

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Supermoon Lunar Eclipse Over Washington Monument

Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani

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Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse Over DC

Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani

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Supermoon Total Lunar Eclipse, Tuscon AZ

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Supermoon Lunar Eclipse from Boston

Credit: Bryce Parazin

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Blood Red Supermoon Stunning in Dark Skies of New U.S. Park

Credit: Bob Wick, U.S. Bureau of Land Management

The newly protected Berryessa-Snow Mountain National Monument preserves stunning landscapes and stark night skies, enabling incredible shots of the 2015…Read More » “supermoon” eclipse. [Read the whole story. ]    Less «

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Slope Lineae on Mars

Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

The enigmatic dark streaks that appear seasonally on Mars are indeed caused by salty liquid water, a new study suggests. [Read the whole story. ]

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Surviving ‘The Martian’: How to Stay Alive on Mars

Credit: By Karl Tate, Infographics Artist

Long-read on various aspects of “The Martian” compared to actual NASA plans; vehicles, habitats, rovers, orbits, etc. [Read the whole story. ]

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New Maps of Ceres Highlight Mysterious Bright Spots, Giant Mountain

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

New maps of Ceres show the dwarf planet’s mysterious bright spots and huge, pyramid-shaped mountain in a new light. [Read the whole story. ]

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Fly Through Pluto Moon Charon’s Giant Canyon in Spectacular New Video

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

Amazing new images show the enormous canyon system on Pluto’s big moon Charon in unprecedented detail. [Read the whole story. ]

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Intense Solar Flare Unleashed from Unruly Sunspot

Credit: NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory

An intense solar flare took out low-frequency radio communications over South America and the Atlantic Ocean earlier today (Sept. 28), and the unstable…Read More » sunspot is likely to erupt again. [Read the whole story. ]    Less «

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Adorable Google Doodle Celebrates Water on Mars

Credit: Google/Google Doodle

Today’s google doodle celebrates the discovery of liquid water on the Martian surface. [Read the whole story. ]

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Astronaut Marks Mission Milestone with Amazing Image

Credit: NASA

On the halfway point of his year-long mission in space, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly captured an image of the United States early in the morning. [Read the whole story. ]

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