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Pic of the Day: The Hustle and Bustle of Our Solar System

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Now, this is a beautifully made diagram. It illustrates, according to NASA’s website, ‘the differences between orbits of a typical near-Earth asteroid (blue) and a potentially hazardous asteroid, or PHA (orange).’ ‘Our yellow sun sits at the center of the crowd, while the orbits of the planets Mercury, Venus and Mars are shown in grey.   …Continue Reading


Pic of the Day: Stunning View of the Transit of Venus

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This picture was capture on June 5, 2012, by Hinode, an international mission launched by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA to study the sun. It shows the last transit of Venus before December 2117. I couldn’t find a more beautiful, amazing picture than this one. I really like the composition and the   …Continue Reading