thisistheverge:

NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission began mapping the sky in 2010, but after collecting more than 15 trillion bytes of data it took more than a little time to process the information. That task complete, NASA has now released a new atlas and catalog covering the more than half a billion celestial objects mapped by the project — some of which were captured for the very first time.

More on NASA’s new WISE mission atlas reveals the entire sky in infrared

Source: theverge.com

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wolframalpha:

There are 67 moons in our solar system on which a 90 mph fastball could escape the gravitational field. 

Source: wolframalpha

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poculum:

Space shuttle Endeavour Commander Mark Kelly and station flight engineer Ron Garan can be seen in a window of the International Space Station’s cupola in this photo taken by spacewalking astronaut Mike Fincke

Source: telegraph.co.uk

27 May 40 soulbots Permalink