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Proton Arc and Auroras Captured Above British Columbia | Time-Lapse Video

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Proton Arc and Auroras Captured Above British Columbia | Time-Lapse Video

NASA Launches Rocket to Study Auroras

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NASA Launches Rocket to Study Auroras

Space Trivia : A Journey to Jupiter

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Space Trivia : NASA Telescopes spy ultra-distant galaxy amidst cosmic "Dark Ages"

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The Hubble Space Telescope accumulated approximately 555 hours of exposure time to capture this Hubble eXtreme Deep Field image. 

Sun Trivia : Huge ‘Eiffel tower’ in the Sun

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What is huge ‘Eiffel tower’ in the Sun ? It's sometimes about several earth diameters high.

Space Trivia : Collaboration of Venus and the Moon

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The crescent moon passed to the north of Venus after sunset on Dec. 2 and 3 in 2016. 

Space Trivia : Andromeda galaxy is visible by the naked eye.

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The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as M31 or NGC 244, has an apparent magnitude of 3.44 making it easily visible by the naked eye on Moon-less nights even in moderate light pollution.

Galaxy Map made by ESA

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ESA made a Galaxy map which consists of more than 1,000,000,000 (One billion) fixed stars in the Milky Way Galaxy.

The Universe

What is a Supermoon?

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A super moon looks a lot bigger (but only 14%) and 30% brighter than the moon normally is. That’s because it’s closer to the Earth than normal.

Space Trivia : EPIC View of Moon Transiting the Earth

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EPIC View of Moon Transiting the Earth

Space Trivia : Ceres' mysterious bright spots are huge salt deposits

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A color-coded topographic map of Occator crater on Ceres and its trademark bright spots from NASA. Ceres' mysterious bright spots are huge salt deposits

Space Trivia : The corona is hotter than the surface of the sun.

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The sun's outer atmosphere, known as the corona, is hotter than its surface.

Earth Trivia : The sun will 'go to sleep' in 2030 and could cause temperatures to plummet

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Mini ICE AGE on the way?

Space Trivia : The Earth causes the moon to shrink.

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The moon is shrinking, and the Earth is shaping it.

ESA - Space to Relax from NASA

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ESA - Space to Relax from NASA  

Space Trivia : New Photos of Arctic-like Pluto from New Horizons

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Backlit view of Pluto's mountains, plains and foggy hazes Close-up view of Pluto's mountains, frozen plains and hazes The brilliantly white upland region to the right may be coated by nitrogen ice that has been transported through the atmosphere from the surface of Sputnik Planum, and deposited on these uplands.

Space Trivia : Pics from Space

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Amazing 'Red Lightning' Photographed from Space A red sprite photographed by space station astronauts on Aug. 10, 2015, above Acapulco, Mexico. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured this rare of a red sprite above a thunderstorm (glowing white) on Aug. 10, 2015, somewhere over Missouri or Illinois. This image of lightning over Kuwait was taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station on Dec. 12, 2013. Lightning strike was captured by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station on Jan. 9, 2011 while traveling over Bolivia. Striking the Bay Bridge in San Francisco went viral in April 2012. Captured by Expedition 31 astronauts aboard the International Space Station on April 30,2012, reveals a red sprite and lightning flash. This image, captured at 14:14 Universal Time on Jan. 24 (9:14 a.m. EST}, shows our stormy sun. Here's a storm you don't want to be caught in. On March 13, 2012, NASA's Solar Dynam...

Space Trivia : America’s Great Outdoors Tumblr updates

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America’s Great Outdoors Tumblr updates Enjoy Aurora