Space Imaging Progress..

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Jupiter and Earth imaged together by NASA’s STEREO/HI-1A / via

This is what happens when Two Black Holes Collide.

This is the animation of the final stages of a merger between two black holes. What is particularly interesting about this animation is that it highlights a phenomenon known as Gravitational Lensing.

What is Gravitational Lensing?

Mass bends Light. What? 

Yeah, mass can bend Light. The gravitational field of a really massive object is super strong. And this causes light rays passing close to that object to be bent and refocused somewhere else.

The more massive the object, the stronger its gravitational field and hence the greater the bending of light rays - just like using denser materials to make optical lenses results in a greater amount of refraction.

Here’s an animation showing a black hole going past a background galaxy.

This effect is one of the predictions of Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity 

PC: cfhtlens, Urbane Legend

Amazing photos of U.S. spacewalks throughout the years.

Kennedy Space Center | by North Sky Photography

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NASA Unveils New, Close-Up Image of Ceres’ Bright Spots

http://www.sci-news.com/space/science-ceres-bright-spots-occator-crater-03223.html

Tadashi was unaware of what Hiro was doing, since he had fallen back asleep in under five minutes. He couldn't feel any movement, though he would wake up to the slightest sounds. youneedsomeupgrades

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Hiro woke, rubbing his eyes and staring at the dark ceiling, slowly sitting up and dangling his feet off the bed. His eyes scanned the room searching for his sound asleep brother. As his eyes found him he tiredly stood out of bed and almost drunkly walked over to the bed, setting his hands on the bed, closing his eyes. “Dashi.. Tadashi, you awake?”

Cygnus entering the atmosphere, photographed by Alexander Gerst on the ISS.