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Great find !!!

(( and beautiful .... ))

How is data collected by these cubes relayed back to the students that put them together? Has this kind of release been done more than once? Are these cubes made by students from various universities? There must be some kind of application process to the ISS officials to be allowed to participate in...

Despite the fascinating visual effect of the little cubes being set aflight, the involvement of students and the great poetry above, my first thoughts go to the problems of tracking them as they possibly become "space trash" that could collide with satellites and maybe even interfere someh...

It seems to me that the horse head in this cloud has already become less distinct than the first pictures that I saw of it years ago.

YOWSA !!!

Had me wondering as to the possibilities that a mathematical formula could be "strung out" on something when it was generating this ??

Then wondering how such a structure could be made into a workable habitat on some strange planet with transport tubes linking modules ....

I do like a slight deviation on APOD's part from pure astronomical subjects ~~ I finally "got" what these light/sun pillars were all about.

And look at that street lined with those white-barked birch trees. I love them; unfortunately, they aren't a Southern tree ...

........... Well, it is quite an achievement. I hope that have good results with it...all Politics aside... However...WE need to get back into the swing of things.... :---[===] * Yes, all politics aside, I'm glad to see that there is a rover on the moon. I just wish that we (i.e., our country) coul...

Wow ~~ as simple as that !! Thanks, neufer!!

Re:: the map of Antarctica above ... It seems that from the South Pole, every point is "north". If "west" is to one's right when looking at a map facing northward, Antarctica's "west" would change as one turned around ... As silly as it sounds, how did West and East Ant...

Thanks Owlice !!!

Thanks for all your work APOD Crew ~~ now I have to go find a decent printer .....

Being the ol' country gal that I am, I can easily judge in my mind how tall a tree is ~or~ how far down the road a post is ~or~ approximately how many acres in a pasture BUT trying to grasp the enormity of space in that picture is mind-blowing (dark matter or whatever it is out there).

Then I wondered if the black hole could ever collapse and if it did, what would happen to our galaxy ..... if the black hole did collapse, could another one form there? You could think of a black hole as being the ultimate form of collapsed matter. I don't think it's even possible for it to collaps...

Since I'm not trained in this field at all, I usually struggle with the terminology and vocabulary style used here. It took me halfway through the links to realize that Sagittarius A* isn't a star but the point that marks the central black hole. As I was reading the links, I started wondering how ou...

Thanks for the good link to the San Pedro info. I don't want to travel there by myself but if any possibility of a group gets together, I'd like to be notified.

I'd love to visit this place ~~ are there any tour groups that travel here?

I found it absolutely amazing that, from an unexpected and largely unverified meteor spotting back in 1930, a prediction for a possible re-sighting could be made for June 10, 2013 ..... How could enough information be captured back then to be able to make this prediction?

geckzilla ~~ thanks for taking the time to find the links ~~ I was living here in NW FL in 2003 ~~ really sorry that I missed the Oct 2003 aurora .....

Could we ever see the aurora here in NW Florida? To be that strong, would it mess up radio/TV/satellite transmissions?

Ann ~~ thanks for taking the time to research and provide the info above. I was still in my "double wow" response to the photo when I came over here. I'm always amazed how much work is being done to understand what is out there ...

A beautiful picture!! Merry Christmas to all you good folks !!

I liked seeing the different versions of the elipse ~~ lucky you to be able to see it in real time!

Good Morning. Many of the craters seem to have a little "hill" in the middle of them. Is this a usual effect when some debris hits the surface?

Awesome but so frustrating! I'd love to be able to rotate a view of this nebula in 3-D so the complete shape could be seen.

WOW!!! I would have been so mesmerized that I'd probably have forgotten to take the picture .....