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Wednesday: February 3, 2010

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Rare asteroid collision caught via Hubble space telescope.
Rare asteroid collision caught via Hubble space telescope.

Have a glimpse of what it looks like when two asteroids crash into each other in wide open deep space. Well, not so deep really - this event occured in an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

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Tuesday: September 22, 2009

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Have a look at our beloved Milky Way courtesy of the Chandra Space Telescope.
Have a look at our beloved Milky Way courtesy of the Chandra Space Telescope.

The three turquoise spots represent sources of X-ray radiation. The center spot is the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*, and the two flanking spots are stars feeding material into the black hole.

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Thursday: September 10, 2009

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Hubble space telescope back in full force thanks to recent repairs.
Hubble space telescope back in full force thanks to recent repairs.

The pictures clearly show the fabled telescope is back in action, ready to resume its role as one of the most productive observatories on or off the planet, thanks to a dramatic five-spacewalk shuttle repair mission last May.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Space @ 9:19 AM | Tags (6) | space | hubble | telescope | photos | planets | repairs |  | Discuss  |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 7 Clicks


Monday: August 10, 2009

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Have a gander at the newly unveiled world's largest telescope.
Have a gander at the newly unveiled world's largest telescope.

Behold! The largest telescope of it's kind with thirty-four foot segmeneted mirror action.

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Tuesday: July 21, 2009

Popular Today:
Black spot on Jupiter discovered by backyard astronomer.
Black spot on Jupiter discovered by backyard astronomer.

...Nasa confirmed Mr Wesley’s discovery and released their own images. The pictures, taken by the American space agency's infrared telescope in Hawaii, show a scar in the atmosphere near Jupiter's south pole.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Space @ 6:26 AM | Tags (6) | spot | black | jupiter | astronomer | telescope | backyard |  | Discuss  |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 22 Clicks


Monday: July 20, 2009

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A photo gallery of spectacular radio telescopes from all over the world.
A photo gallery of spectacular radio telescopes from all over the world.

Makes me want to go watch 'Contact' for some strange reason. Wondery why.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Technology @ 6:34 AM | Tags (5) | telescopes | contact | gallery | technology | radio |  | Discuss  |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 7 Clicks


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