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Who Will Dare to Sail the Wine-Dark Sand in Hebes Chasma?

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The Milky Way by alex6259.

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The Milky Way above the Altiplano region of west-central South America, by Daniel Koran.

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Every piece of every one and every thing you love, of every thing you hate, of every thing you hold precious, was assembled in the first few minutes of the life of the Universe

Professor Brian Cox, Wonders of the Universe

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The Mercury 13: Women with the 'right stuff' 

Perhaps I can dare to be a little more ambitious this week. 

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Greg Dunn and Brian Edwards use photolithography to create these brain images on gold leaf panels, which will be displayed in The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.

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Pilot Captures Amazing Thunderstorm Photo at 37,000 Feet Over the Pacific Ocean

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Juno meets Jupiter. 

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GoPro on a rocket. 

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“Galactic Rock.”

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A Topographically Accurate Lunar Globe Designed with Data From NASA

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Distant galaxy SMM J2135-0102.

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The cracking blue ice of the Himalayas. Brilliant!

February 6, 2016.

Credit: NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly’s Twitter Account

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“We Can’t Live Without Cosmos”

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Happy Sunday!

January 31, 2016.

Credit: NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly’s Twitter Account

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Viewpoint: Challenger and the misunderstanding of risk - BBC News

How Nasa managers' lack of understanding over the concept of risk led to the Challenger disaster.

“We may not want to listen to the pessimists, but we should at least talk to the engineers.”