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Happy Earth Day! | NASA’s Best Photos of Earth:

Nasa is marking Earth Day by releasing some of its best images of our planet taken from space – by its satellites, its research aircraft and astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) – in the past year. A Sky View of Earth From Suomi NPP. This composite image of southern Africa and the surrounding oceans was captured by six orbits of the NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership spacecraft on April 9, 2015, by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument. Tropical Cyclone Joalane can be seen over the Indian Ocean. Sea Ice Off East Antarctica’s Princess Astrid Coast. On April 5, 2015, the […]
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NASA Figures Out Why Mysterious Rings Form on one of Earth’s Oldest and Deepest Lakes

For several decades, scientists and astronauts observing Lake Baikal have noticed giant rings in the spring ice on one of the world’s oldest and deepest lakes. ⁣ Related: Snow: The Survival Mechanism For An Exclusive Ecosystem⁣ While the rings have attracted speculation and a few conspiracy theories, decades of satellite data and field-based studies collected by NASA have shed light […]
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NASA Investigating First Ever Crime Committed in Space (Allegedly…)

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NASA is reportedly investigating the first-ever crime to be committed in space. It’s being alleged that an astronaut accessed the bank account of her estranged spouse from the International Space Station. Related: Scientist is ‘First Man to be Charged with Attempted Murder in Antarctica’ | Plunged Knife into Colleague’s Heart Anne McClain, who has since returned to Earth, acknowledges accessing the account […]
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