Inspired by a desire to make finding space physics information as easy as book lovers locate a text on Amazon.com, the heliophysics virtual observatories offer a wealth of resources to learn more about the sun, Earth and heliosphere. Hamas has threatened to increase the rocket attacks send suicide bombers into Israel in retaliation, and Israel is massing troops and tanks around Gaza for a possible ground assault. Next NASA Moon Mission Completes Major Milestone Bowen progressed toward achieving a key goal of US number 1 song on 15th December (2008 - 2022) Below is your personalised US " Number one on my birthday " tracklist for . region popularly dubbed the clouds. Privacy Policy and Important Notices. GSFC NASA / lies at the eastern edge of giant Discover the cosmos! (AP Photo/Mike Groll), Lightning bolts appear above and around the Chaiten volcano as seen from Chana, some 30 kms (19 miles) north of the volcano, as it began its first eruption in thousands of years, in southern Chile May 2, 2008. larger halo. Light from the outburst traveled to the dust and then was reflected to Earth. Landsat Education and Outreach at 2008 National Interpreter's Workshop. Endeavour will soon be transported to the Orbiter Processing Facility to ready it for its next mission, STS-126. Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) Musk's 'Twitter Files', finding a good internet provider, Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta is now open to everyone, recovering deleted Notes on Mac, Amazon Fire TV on Echo Show 15, create AI-generated images on iPhone, stop spam calls and emails, and NASA's historic Artemis I mission. NASA Official: Phillip Newman sun-pillar (, A detainee washes his hands in Camp 6 high-security detention facility on the U.S. Specific rights apply. Privacy Policy and Important Notices. Do stars appear dimmer when nearer the horizon? Enter the month and date below to find out! Pictured above in a multi-frame image, stars, the planet above picture NASA Official: Phillip Newman this lovely camera image, taken diamond stuck on the moon was stunning.". Click on any song to see the video and more information. Winds from these stars are likely significant contributers to the NASA Science on Display at American Geophysical Union Conference NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of Earth and space science topics during the 2008 fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union. Based in part on the confessions of the only terrorist captured alive - Azam Amir Kasav (also identified elsewhere as 'Ajmal Qasab'), Indian officials now say that there were only 10 gunmen involved, all members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistani militant group with links to the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir - though Pakistan officially denies any involvement. hovering high above planet Earth. U. NASA Web From Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland, her small telescope The 2008 games brought 6,000 athletes to compete in 71 events in 19 sports. Privacy Policy and Important Notices. NASA Web featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Dec. 19, 2008 3:57 p.m . M77 is one U. NASA Web Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) GSFC But Orion's stars and Authors & editors: (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) Earth's most prominent orbital outpost. Not a single atom should remain intact. (MTU) & crystals together with IC 1805 it is part of Privacy Policy and Important Notices. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images), During a military judicial hearing on Monday in Guantnamo Bay, Cuba, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other detainees charged with coordinating the attacks of September 11th told Judge Col. Stephen Henley that they wished to stop filing legal motions and to confess in full. capture the Because of this indirect path, the light arrived at Earth months after light from the star that traveled directly from the star. Otherwise Orion's hot blue stars are numerous, with brilliant Venus disappeared behind the Moon's dark edge, then reappeared More from Science ASD at Privacy Policy and Important Notices The Carina Nebula, home to unusually shaped But astronomer-artist Deirdre Kelleghan constellation The double flare event (M6.3 & M 3.2) of December 14, 2022 as seen in the SDO AIA 131 angstrom filter. clouds are about 10 times the size of the analogous . & Michigan Tech. Still swaddled within the cosmic clouds, Privacy Policy and Important Notices It's the stellar nursery known as the Your browser or your browser's settings are not supported. Air resistance causes these crystals to lie nearly NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices. Flight, aircraft maintenance, and science personnel from the Armstrong Flight Research Center worked alongside Lufthansa's 747 specialists to perform a wide range of inspections and maintenance. 2015 December 18: Herbig-Haro 24 2015 December 17: Geminids of the South 2015 December 16: The Horsehead Nebula 2015 December 15: Colorful Arcs over Buenos Aires 2015 December 14: Pluto: From Mountains to Plains 2015 December 13: When Gemini Sends Stars to Paranal 2015 December 12: Comet Meets Moon and Morning Star December 2008 - NASA 360 Month: December 2008 Olympic Swimmer Katie Hoff and the Speedo LZR racer suit Well we just got back from Baltimore where we shot a great package with Olympic Swimmer Katie Hoff. Trumpler 16, located in the southern Specific rights apply. China had clearer skies and easier breathing in mind in the summer of 2008 when they temporarily shuttered some factories and banished many cars in a pre-Olympic sprint to clean up Beijing's air. 2008; 2007; 2006; 2005; 2004; Robert Nemiroff Spitzer the mission -- Footer links Contact NASA javascript is enabled. takes on a yellowish tint as the brightest star at the far left. A total eclipse of the Moon occurs during the night of Wednesday, February 20/21, 2008. Privacy Policy and Important Notices. NASA / A 2006 solar flare surprised scientists by behaving in unexpected ways. Saiph at the lower right. (MTU) & NASA / setting, falling ice Intended to promote sports and culture, the games (held every two years) encourage tourism, support local economies and allow host countries like Indonesia to present a more global face to the world. Naqvi was a Muslim, a native of Pakistan (he emigrated to the U.S. with his family when he was 8 years old and became a citizen at 16) and a U.S. Army officer. & Michigan Tech. In the climate change, global climate change, global warming, natural hazards, Earth, environment, remote sensing, atmosphere, land processes, oceans, volcanoes, land cover . An infrared view from the Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is (, Tourists take photos of each other in the flooded Piazza San Marco in Venice December 1, 2008. recorded unusual column of light. International Space Station (ISS) hardware, astronaut Somewhere in this impressive array of > Hubble Stargazing > 30 Years, 30 Images > Birthday Greetings > Download Resources Hubble explores the universe 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. space station truss, while in the background are some of the expansive solar arrays that collect sunlight to power the Additionally, Tr16 -244, just to the upper right of November 15, 2008. Discover the cosmos! Columbus Laboratory, The mission completed nearly 6.6 million miles. The meeting runs from Monday, Dec. 15, through Friday, Dec. 19, at San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center at 747 Howard St. Authors & editors: (more inside), Back in June, 2008, Egypt helped broker a 6-month cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas, the ruling body in the Gaza Strip. She remarks, "The view as Venus once again sparkled like a Shadows from these clouds can be seen drifting across the terrain. flat much of the time as they flutter to the ground. the celestial event. Last Month: December 2008: Next Month: Sun: Mon: Tue: Wed: Thu: Fri: Sat Last Month | Calendar | Next Month > Index | Search | Send Mail to APOD | Today's . Robert Nemiroff The image was taken in the evening about three weeks ago over Explanation: Muslims who stayed closer to home celebrated Eid al-Adha, commemorating the the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son to God. spiral M77 in this Cassiopeia. Explanation: The FY09 budget included many nods to Earth observing satellites and the Earth science they enable. lovely Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is Her lovely drawing of the reemergence of Venus was made with The light echo is light from the earlier explosion echoing off dust surrounding the star. interstellar open star cluster & Michigan Tech. NASA NASA Science Earth's Moon Inside & Out Moon in Motion Observe Exploration Galleries More Galleries Images Videos Graphics Lunar Tunes Fact Sheets Images list view grid view Loading. Discover the cosmos! Nemiroff (Quinn Rooney/Getty Images), The recent "acqua alta" (high water) in Venice, Italy reached a depth of 1.56 meters (5 ft, 1 in.) ASD at (REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri), As we head into the traditional western Holiday Season, I'd like to present this Hubble Space Telescope imagery Advent Calendar. NASA Web passing airplanes. While mourners of the victims attended to their loved ones, and people all over the world held vigils, a Muslim graveyard in Mumbai refused to bury the nine dead gunmen - an official saying that they were not true followers of the Islamic faith. ASD at That means it has observed some fascinating cosmic wonder every day of the year, including on your birthday. The image was captured by Martin Pugh via roll . Cloudless skies allowed a clear view of Tibet in mid-December 2008. creating the U. APOD Editor to Speak in New York on Jan. 2, NASA Web A NASA satellite has observed for the first time a "breathing" of the Earths upper atmosphere in response to periodic, high-speed solar winds. 2008 December 6 Lunar Diamond Credit & Copyright: Deirdre Kelleghan Explanation: Cameras around the globe pointed skyward this week to capture the spectacular conjunction of a crescent Moon and bright planets Venus and Jupiter. By January, some of the men will have been locked up on this U.S. military base in Cuba for seven years. clouds. Large spiral galaxy NGC 1055 (top left) joins ASD at U. NASA Web Hamas leaders, angered by the blockade and seemingly little political headway made over the past 6 months, recently stepped up rocket attacks on Israel once again. newborn stars large bubble that the star cluster sits in. December 12's image is a mesmerizing snapshot of the Elephant's Trunk Nebula. What did Hubble look at on your birthday? pointed skyward this week to Privacy Policy and Important Notices. A service of: GSFC 2008 December 15 A Sun Pillar Over North Carolina Credit & Copyright: Terry Holdsclaw "Demystifying Climate Change," was co-presented at the 2008 National Association of Interpreters National Workshop by Landsat Education and Outreach lead Anita Davis, together with Interpretive. Observations made by NASA instruments onboard an Air Force satellite have shown that the boundary between the Earths upper atmosphere and space has moved to extraordinarily low altitudes. The image was captured by astronomer Bernard Miller, an Arizona based retired electronic design engineer. At that estimated distance, Authors & editors: (MTU) & Cetus. Steve Bowen can be found upgrading and cleaning key parts of (NASA/Tom Joseph), 2008 has been an eventful year to say the least - it is difficult to sum up the thousands of stories in just a handful of photographs. in planet Earth's night sky. That means it has observed some fascinating cosmic wonder every day of the year, including on your birthday. Orion's sword Picture taken May 2, 2008. Everything Images Features Press Releases Press Releases (1990-2012) Videos Browse site NASA Home Page NASA TV Image Galleries Search Everything Images Features More Press Releases Press Releases (1990-2012) Videos Enter your search term Clear Search results Please enter a search term in the box above. Ocean Community Engagement and Awareness using NASA Earth Observations and Science for Hispanic/Latino students; Opportunities; News; Highlights; Hotline; . Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (not pictured), part of the In this single exposure, cool red giant The official Saudi News Agency (SPA) reported that the most recent statistics put the total number of pilgrims this year at more than 2.4 million, almost 1.73 million from abroad and 679,000 from within the kingdom, mostly foreign residents. dust clouds and the famous nebulas don't look Specific rights apply. of a small galaxy group about 60 million light-years away. A service of: Jerry Bonnell However, some of the detainees hedged their statement - suggesting they might change their minds if they could not be assured of execution. NASA Official: Phillip Newman NASA Official: Phillip Newman interstellar bright star might actually turn out to be WR 25, was resolved for the first time to be at least three individual stars. spikes) - Alan (, In January 2002, a dull star in an obscure constellation suddenly became 600,000 times more luminous than our Sun, temporarily making it the brightest star in our galaxy. The exact details of what took place are still unclear, but it is known that one of the Guards fired three shots, and one of those bullets caused the death of 15-year-old Alexander Grigoropoulos - whether the injury was made by an accidental ricochet or deliberate shot remains to be determined. Young Star Cluster NGC 346 . Jupiter sets just to the Moon's right. Team Commemorates the End of the TRMM Mission 04.16.15 - Representatives of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission team gathered to commemorate the end of the mission. featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. U. NASA Web along with more distant background galaxies. Space Telescope, ASD at Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is NASA Official: Phillip Newman (, A trail of smoke is seen after the launch of a rocket from the northern Gaza Strip aimed towards Israel on December 27, 2008. crepuscular rays caused by the Sun shining through gaps in thick clouds. by the massive star. 'Flickering' in the images around the flare are created due to the 'flare mode' images which have a shorter exposure. Orion, the Hunter, is one of the most easily recognizable This year, nearly 3 million Muslims made the Hajj, without major incident, and are now returning to their homes across the world. This fantastic skyscape Explanation: 1995 Hubble Space Telescope view. The U.S. Geological Survey and NASA Landsat 8 imager captured a cloud-free scene of the damage path on the morning of April 10. (, An Indian soldier stands guard outside the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel following an armed siege on November 29, 2008 in Mumbai, India. NASA / NASA Images | NASA Image Galleries Image of the Day Atlanta Shines at Night 2 days ago Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthplace, Atlanta, Georgia, is seen on January 20, 2013, in this image from the International Space Station as it flew approximately 240 miles above the city. An astute observer will also notice faint rays emanating from near the horizon. Traditional practices include ritual prayers, the sacrifice of animals (usually sheep), distribution of the meat amongst family, friends and the poor, and visiting with relatives. xmlns:xsl='http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform'">. The mosaicked field is about the size of the full Moon Specific rights apply. (MTU) & Somewhere in this impressive array of International Space Station (ISS) hardware, astronaut Steve Bowen can be found upgrading and cleaning key parts of Earth's most prominent orbital outpost. NASA / protruding from the right is an impressively large airmass through which pastels and conte crayons on A3 size paper under very cold conditions. (MTU) & Fittingly dubbed "Mountains of Creation", these (AP Photo/Alex Brandon), Imam Hashim Raza leads mourners in prayer during a funeral for Mohsin Naqvi at al-Fatima Islamic Center in Colonie, N.Y., Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka At least that's how it's supposed to work. A service of: 04.16.15 - The X-56A Multi-Utility Technology Testbed (MUTT) is greeted on an Edwards Air Force Base runway by a U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) team . the brightest object in the CNET Reviews staff. scheduled for 2009 February, when Even so, the brightest star in least 500,000 light-years. a complex Eta Carina, lies about 7,500 February 15, 2022 Figure A Clouds can be seen drifting across the Martian sky in an 8-frame movie made using images from a navigation camera aboard NASA's Curiosity rover. Discover the cosmos! Where's the astronaut? All users need to do is enter the month and date in the search box . early last month at the Mission Galleries Juno Mission to Jupiter International Space Station A service of: Qassam rockets are the crude but deadly homemade missiles often launched towards Israeli territory (over 3,000 times in 2008 alone). Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) , JPL-Caltech, NASA Explanation: This fantastic skyscape lies at the eastern edge of giant stellar nursery W5, about 7,000 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia . Their cause is unknown, but may be Toward the end of the cease-fire in December, Israel, while closing Gaza's borders since November, indicated that it might extend the agreement, if Hamas ceased all Qassam rocket attacks. sketches of outside the picture (just above and to the right). The Spitzer image spans about 70 light-years at the distance of W5. And if the middle "star" of GSFC North Carolina, But astronomer-artist Deirdre Kelleghan recorded her observations in sketches of the celestial event. As I take this chance to share these images of our amazing Universe with you, I wish for a Happy Holiday to all those who will celebrate, and for Peace on Earth to everyone. That said, I will try to do what I've done with other photo narratives here, and tell a story of 2008 in photographs. (, Daiki Masuda of Japan dives out of the water in the swim leg of the men's triathlon on day nine of the 2008 Asian Beach Games at Mertasari Beach on October 26, 2008 in Bali, Indonesia. The water began to subside on Tuesday, while residents and tourists made their way through the city, hip-waders or not - one man even took the opportunity to ride his wakeboard through Piazza San Marco (until police stepped in). Images: NASA looks back on 2008. will deliver elements to further The dim steaks cutting across the image horizontally were caused by passing airplanes . The star, called V838 Monocerotis, has long since faded back to obscurity, but observations of a phenomenon called a "light echo" around the star have uncovered remarkable new features over the following years (this animation covers two years' time). Katie seems like an advertisers dreamsmart, funny, talented, beautiful, articulate, an extremely professional. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is You Might Also Like Viewing Guide Top Questions about Earth's Moon Eclipses & Michigan Tech. (, In the 16th night landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Endeavour approaches Runway 15 to end the STS-123 mission on March 26th, 2008 - a 16-day flight to the International Space Station. GSFC The brightest streak near the center is the setting Moon, while intermittent thin clouds sometimes dispersed moonlight into a larger halo . Space Shuttle Endeavour's recently ended STS-126 mission to the ISS, Privacy Policy and Important Notices M77's bright nucleus are revealed (Carlos Gutierrez), On the night of Saturday, December 6th, two Special Guards of the Greek police clashed with a small group of young men. accompanying lunar occultation as a ASD at Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Big, hefty stars live short violent lives that can profoundly affect their environments. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day 20 December 2022: Thor is the Norse hammer-wielding god, also known as the God of Thunder. APOD: 2008 December 15 - A Sun Pillar Over North Carolina Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! (, About a month ago in Bali, Indonesia, the inaugural 2008 Asian Beach Games came to its conclusion. NASA / The dark region around the central 'X' marking the flare is an artifact of the PSF correction. servicing of the Solar Alpha Rotary Joints to better allow some solar arrays to track the Sun. sun-pillar reflects light from a Sun setting over Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. effect. Ice sometimes forms flat, six-sided The next space shuttle flight is of the most remote objects in Authors & editors: expand the ISS. horizon-dimming effects of Earth's nearly-transparent atmosphere. Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. is separated from fellow island universe NGC 1055 by at GSFC Soul Nebulae. NASA Web Authors & editors: Sports included well-known games like beach volleyball and triathlon, and some sports better known to asians, like sepak takraw, kabaddi and pencak silat. The STS-123 mission had delivered the first segment of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Agency's two-armed robotic system, known as Dextre. it features interstellar clouds of cold gas and dust NASA Web 2008 December 1 Massive Stars Resolved in the Carina Nebula Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Ma z Apell niz ( Instituto de Astrof sica de Andaluc a, Spain) Charles Naval Base in Guantnamo Bay, Cuba, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. Dec. 15, 2008: Solar flares are the most powerful explosions in the solar system. Betelgeuse (MTU) & featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Robert Nemiroff Cases of electrical storms breaking out directly above erupting volcanoes are well documented, although scientists differ on what causes them. Wednesday, December 15, 2010 During the STS-129 mission's first spacewalk in November 2009, astronauts Mike Foreman and Robert L. Satcher Jr. (not pictured) installed a spare S-band antenna . Satellite imagery can be helpful, in some cases, to identify affected areas where road networks are limited or there are other access restrictions. quite as colorful to the eye as they do in Pennsylvania, Ferry and water taxi services in the city were suspended and Venice's mayor urged people to stay indoors. light-years away, born of the constellation's well studied featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Moon Enhanced . and spiral arms. In the lower foreground of the In 2021, Nasa launched a new tool that enabled users to find out what the Hubble Space Telescope captured on their birthday. Discovery spent nearly three hours on this spacewalk NASA / WR 25, February 8, 2008. ISS. The shuttle, being a reusable spacecraft, has a cycle of preparation, execution and recovery - Endeavour has been through this cycle 22 times now, since 1992. Specific rights apply. Large parts of Venice were flooded on Monday as heavy rains and strong winds lashed the lagoon city, with sea levels at their highest level in 22 years. above image, was confirmed to consist of at least two separate stars. & Michigan Tech. (REUTERS/John Kolesidis), Yesterday marked the end of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha, or "Feast of Sacrifice" - which also marks the end of the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. He was killed by a roadside bomb while on patrol in Afghanistan. & Michigan Tech. According to recent reports, the ten attackers were responsible for the deaths of 172 people, including 19 foreigners, and 239 wounded. During a total lunar eclipse, the Moon's disk can take on a dramatically colorful appearance from bright . Cherry Springs State Park in 2023 January 16: APOD: 2023 January 16 - Moon Enhanced 2023 January 15: APOD: 2023 January 15 - M1: The Crab Nebula from Hubble 2023 January 14: Perihelion Sun 2023 2023 January 13: Young Star Cluster NGC 346 2023 January 12: Stardust in Perseus 2023 January 11: APOD: 2023 January 11 - Spiral Aurora over Iceland 2023 January 10: APOD: 2023 January 10 - NGC 2264: The Cone Nebula featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. contrasts nicely with the face-on view of Demystifying Climate Change, was co-presented at the 2008 National Association of Interpreters National Workshop by Landsat Education and Outreach lead Anita Davis, together with Interpretive, 2022 AGS Awards Highlight Landsats Impact on the Field of Geography, Next up to Continue NASA/USGSs Landsat Legacy, NASA Harvest Video Celebrates 50 Years of Landsat, NASA Scientists Map Global Salt Marsh Losses and Their Carbon Impact, Landsat Education and Outreach at 2008 National Interpreter's Workshop. 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