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Space Travel & Exploration

Crab Nebula – As Seen by Hubble Space Telescope – Free Desktop Wallpaper

Download a high resolution desktop wallpaper photo of “The Crab Nebula” as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. The Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant, all that remains from the violent death of a star that may have been as much as 10 times more massive than our Sun.

In July/August of 1054, Chinese [...]

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Astronomy Makes Time Travel Possible

When scientists look at a faraway celestial object, they are seeing it as it existed millions and millions of years ago, because it takes so long for light from the object to reach Earth.

“Variable star V838 Monocerotis” credit: Hubble (NASA/ESA)

Today the world’s best telescopes can look back in time and see stars, galaxies and planets [...]

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Full Lunar Eclipse on 28th August 2007 – Free Desktop Wallpaper

Download a free 1024×768 resolution desktop wallpaper photo of the Full lunar eclipse on 28th August 2007 as viewed from south-western Sydney, Australia
Download Instructions

Click on the preview photo
When the full size photo is displayed from the Picasa web album – click on Download Photo in the right-hand side menu and Save

Full Lunar Eclipse on 28th [...]

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