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NASA astronaut snaps photo of 'totally amazing' comet

A NASA astronaut may have just taken the best photo from space—ever

Pettit is now in the midst of his third stint on the International Space Station, and the decade he had to prepare for his current stay in orbit was put to good use. Accordingly, he is well stocked on cameras, lenses, and plans to make the most of six months in space to observe the planets and heavens from an incredible vantage point.

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NASA astronaut snaps photo of 'totally amazing' comet from space station

One of the many advantages of being in space is having a front-row seat to the most anticipated cosmic events.

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Astronaut shares stunning photo from space

He used long exposure camera techniques to capture a jaw-dropping image from 257 miles up on the International Space Station.

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‘Ghost island’ appears in NASA images — and then mysteriously vanishes

Scientists were intrigued after NASA satellites spotted a mysterious “ghost island” that formed and then disappeared just as quickly. The phantom landmass had emerged in the Caspian Sea following the 2023 eruption of the Kumani Bank mud volcano, which is located some 15 miles off the East coast of Azerbaijan, SWNS reported.

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NASA satellites spot ‘ghost’ island on before vanishing from Earth

By the end of the following year, it had nearly eroded away, retreating from view "like an apparition," said NASA Earth Observatory. The OLI (Operational Land Imager) and OLI-2 on the Landsat 8 and 9 satellites captured images showing the island emerge and shrink about 25 km (15 miles) off the eastern coast of Azerbaijan.

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NASA spots ‘ghost island’ that disappears shortly after

NASA satellites captured a "phantom island" before it vanished as suddenly as it appeared. The landmass emerged in early 2023 off the coast of Azerbaijan following a volcanic eruption. However, a year later,

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NASA Tracks Smoke From Palisades and Eaton Fires

NASA has a number of satellites, including Aqua, that observe the Earth and maintain a continuous stream of climate data ...

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Los Angeles fires leave NASA's Deep Space Network mission control empty for 1st time in 60 years

The fires have been relentlessly ravaging homes and infrastructure for the last several days and, at one point, they also ...

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Blue Ghost moon lander will help NASA see Earth's magnetic field 'breathing' for 1st time

Firefly Aerospace's soon-to-launch Blue Ghost moon lander will help NASA better understand our home planet, and how it ...

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Congressman watches for potential changes at NASA under Trump administration

The congressman whose district includes NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center says he is taking a wait-and-see approach to ...

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NASA and Italian Space Agency test future lunar navigation technology

As the Artemis campaign leads humanity to the moon and eventually Mars, NASA is refining its state-of-the-art navigation and ...

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NASA Astronomers Zero In on the Number of Hidden Supermassive Black Holes

Researchers found far more hidden black holes than previously known, indicating plenty of behemoths lurking in thick clouds ...

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NASA: Peak of 'Wolf Moon' to peak Wednesday evening

The first full moon of 2024, referred to as the Wolf Moon, will peak on Monday, reaching its peak illumination early in the ...

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Here's Why Rocket Lab Wants NASA to Pay It $4 Billion

With that in mind, Rocket Lab this week urged NASA to immediately launch an official commercial competition for MSR, and open ...

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Peeps Uses NASA Technology to Keep Your Glasses Cleaner Than Ever, and They’re 50% Off

Join 7 million other satisfied buyers and toss the smudge- and streak-creating cloths and sprays once and for all.

How Star Trek fans changed the name of NASA’s first space shuttle

These are the voyages of the space shuttle Enterprise, boldly renamed by former President Gerald Ford after a massive ...

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