Get eclipsed by Saturn in this mind-blowing image from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Now THIS is a Christmas gift for all mankind!
Porco announced the image release via Twitter, saying that it’s images like these that “remind you we are capable of the magnificent.”
I couldn’t agree more.
1 million Earths
Have you ever tried to visualize how many Earth’s would fit in the Sun? The Sun’s diameter is roughly 100 times larger than the Earth’s so, in volume, that means around 100x100x100 (1 million) Earth’s fit within the Sun. 1 million is a large number and can be tricky to imagine. The Universe Awareness Project in Germany have created this ball of Earth’s to show exactly that. Each small blue ball represents the Earth. The plastic sphere represents the Sun.
Image credit: UNAWE DE/Stuart
This is such an awesome project, and sure puts things into perspective.
OMG SPACE is a project by designer Margot Trudell ”to communicate to people what we’ve managed to accomplish in space exploration in simple terms”.
View all (ready to print) planet infographics at silent-t.com/projects/omgspace
via omgspace.net
Mars Has Close Encounter With Earth Tonight
If your weather is clear, you may see Mars shining bright in the eastern sky as a brilliant reddish-orange “star.”
The planet Mars will make its closest swing by Earth in more than two years tonight (March 5), just days after reaching a celestial milestone called “opposition” as it circles the sun.
Tonight, the orbit of Mars will bring the Red Planet within about 63 million miles (112 million kilometers) of Earth. At this time, Mars is closer to Earth than at any other point of its 26-month journey around the sun.
My sister would actually love this!
WOW!!!
I have always been interested in space, since I was a small child. I still randomly doodle the solar system everywhere!
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