Using many of the 33,000 pictures of Jupiter and its Galilean satellites that were taken by Voyager 1 in March 1979 and Voyager 2 in July 1979, Davies and his colleagues have put together geodetic control networks that will be used internationally by astronomers and planetary scientists in the...
Over three decades ago, NASA'sVoyager 1 spacecraft— which has journeyed deeper into space than any other mission — captured this image from a whopping 3.8 billion miles away. "The planet occupies less than a single pixel in the image and thus is not fully resolved,"NASA explains. ...
This is the classic image of Uranus, taken by NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft during its 1986 flyby of Uranus. During this mission, Voyager 2 came within 81,500 kilometers of the cloudtops of Uranus. Until then, the best pictures of Uranus came from telescopes on Earth. Nothing compared to...
First discovered by NASA's Voyager mission in the 1980s, these dark rings only last for two or three rotations around Saturn. Thanks to Hubble, astronomers now know the rings to be a seasonally-driven phenomenon. Through a Dragon's eye (Image credit: NASA) Tuesday, December 10, 2024: ...
From the World of Coca-Cola, you can photograph the facade of the aquarium. As for the inside, each one has a favourite gallery to photograph – I love the Ocean Voyager tunnel. Best time to visit You’ll find it full most of the time, so start the day early. You’ll probably need...
The planets, the Kuiper belt, the Oort cloud, and the nearest star are all shown here, with Voyager 1, presently 155.5 AU from the Sun, our most distant artificial spacecraft. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Around each stellar system, Oort clouds span multiple light-years: tens of trillions...
This is one of the most famous pictures of Jupiter and its Great Red Spot. This was captured by NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft as it was speeding past the giant planet. Did you enjoy these images of Jupiter? There are many more on Universe Today. For example, this is a picture ofJupite...
When Hitler, rocked by the defeat at Stalingrad, brought renowned panzer expert Heinz Guderian back as Inspector General of Armored Troops, on 1 March 1943, he demanded and acquired control of the panzer arm - but was stunned and saddened to learn that, in his appointment order, the StuG ...
(with the Warsaw Concerto) andNow, Voyagerwith the famous cigarettes. But I’m sure I must have seen bothCitizen KaneandCasablancaon their first time round with no notion that these were films of a different order from the usual twice-weekly fare. It was only towards the end of the war...
In December 2009 my fiancee and I were married at Voyager Beach Resort, an excellent hotel near Mombasa, Kenya. The hotel was all inclusive, with very good food, facilities and outstanding service from all staff. All our wedding arrangements were made by the hotel and our day was perfect, ...