February 7, 1984 – Astronauts Bruce McCandless II And Robert L. Stewart Make The First Untethered Spacewalk

“We used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars. Now we just look down, and worry about our place in the dirt.”

SN 1006 Supernova Remnant by NASA, ESA and Zolt Levay

Psychedelic Pluto : New Horizons scientists made this false color image of Pluto using a technique called principal component analysis to highlight the many subtle color differences between Plutos distinct regions.

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M7, Open Star Cluster 

i think the coolest thing would be to see a new color

If I heard space music I would probably rocket

M45, The Pleiades Star Cluster

Gravitational Waves Exist: The Inside Story of How Scientists Finally Found Them

How a group of scientists proved Einstein right—and expanded our view of the universe.

A Message from Earth (AMFE) is a high-powered digital radio signal that was sent on 9 October 2008 towards Gliese 581 c, a large terrestrial extrasolar planet orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 581. The signal is a digital time capsule containing messages that were selected through a competition. The message was sent using the RT-70 radar telescope of Ukraine’s National Space Agency. The signal will reach the planet Gliese 581 c in early 2029. Many people including celebrities and politicians participated in the AMFE project, which was the world’s first digital time capsule where the content was selected by the public.

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