Tag Archives: Earth

Wise Words by Neil Armstrong

Posted on October 13, 2013 by ~ wolfrayetstar

Posted in Infographics, Wise Words | Tagged Earth, Moon, Neil Armstrong, Quotation, Space, Stellar Eyes | Leave a comment

Wave at Saturn: What the Earth and Moon Look Like From There

Posted on July 21, 2013 by ~ wolfrayetstar

Did you wave at Saturn on Friday? Here’s how you and everyone else on Earth looked to the Cassini spacecraft, 898.4 million miles away: “The image above is a color-composite made from raw images acquired by Cassini in red, green, and blue … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Carl Sagan, Cassini, Earth, JPL, Moon, NASA, Pale Blue Dot, Saturn, Wave at Saturn | Leave a comment

Posted on February 16, 2013 by ~ wolfrayetstar

Originally posted on lovethesepicture.com:
This is stargazing mixed with stunning long exposure photography while orbiting the Earth at about 17,000 miles per hour. These star trails from space were captured by astronaut photographer Don Pettit. This is a composite…

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Aurora, Earth, Earth's orbit, International Space Station, ISS, Meteor, Star trails | Leave a comment

Infographic: Earth’s Location in the Universe

Posted on January 22, 2013 by ~ wolfrayetstar

Bigger resolution here: http://scaleofuniverse.com/universe-medium.jpg (Click on the image from this web source to magnify it.) This amazing infographic is showing Earth’s location in the cosmos; in the Solar system, solar interstellar neighborhood, Milky way galaxy, local galactic group, local superclusters and … Continue reading →

Posted in Infographics | Tagged Earth, Earth's location in the universe, Infographics, Stargazing, Stellar neighborhood, Supercluster, The Universe | Leave a comment

Infographic: The Nearest Stars to Earth

Posted on December 21, 2012 by ~ wolfrayetstar

The nearest stars to Earth are in the Alpha Centauri triple-star system, in a distance of about 4.37 light-years. One of these stars, Proxima Centauri, is slightly closer than the other two stars from this triple system, it lies at a distance … Continue reading →

Posted in Astronomy and Skywatching | Tagged Alpha Centauri, Earth, Epsilon Eridani, Infographics, List of nearest stars, Procyon, Sirius, Spectral types, Tau Ceti | Leave a comment

Earth from Space Video

Posted on December 15, 2012 by ~ wolfrayetstar

Music: Brian Eno – An Ending (Ascent)

Posted in Space Exploration | Tagged Brian Eno, Earth, ESA, NASA, Orbit, Video | Leave a comment

Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot

Posted on November 23, 2012 by ~ wolfrayetstar

“Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and … Continue reading →