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This volcano in Indonesia emits electric-blue “lava” 

Kawah Ijen, in Indonesia’s Ijen volcano complex, is the biggest “acidic volcanic crater lake” in the world. It also happens to emit lava which appears luminescent and electric-blue. The lava, like all other lava, starts out red. Then it hits the “pockets.” (Photos via @reubenwu)

The Twin Jet Nebula, or PN M2-9, is a striking example of a bipolar planetary nebula. Bipolar planetary nebulae are formed when the central object is not a single star, but a binary system, Studies have shown that the nebula’s size increases with time, and measurements of this rate of increase suggest that the stellar outburst that formed the lobes occurred just 1200 years ago. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt

(via The Twin Jet Nebula | ESA/Hubble)

Meteorite Shower Over McCloud Falls, California

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I can’t believe Mars has more water than California.

Wernher von Braun’s space station concept in Collier’s, March 22, 1952 - (source)

Water found

This just in, NASA’s study published today reveals that they’ve found liquid water on Mars. It’s confirmed.

Space imaging progress..

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Integrated Space Plan, a 100-year plan to take mankind out of the solar system, has been updated.

The original Integrated Space Plan, created in 1989 >>