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Hubble's Deepest View of the Universe Unveils Bewildering Galaxies across Billions of Years
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Publisher: Space Telescope Science Institute, Formal Education Group
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This HubbleSite press release features the famous Hubble Deep Field image. It describes how the picture was taken and explains its significance.
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1996/news-1996-01.html
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Astronomy Picture of the Day: Zodiacal Light
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Publisher: Goddard Space Flight Center
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This Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) shows Zodiacal light - light reflected from interplanetary dust, as seen from an observatory in New Mexico. The site includes a description…
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081214.html
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APOD: Himalayan Horizon from Space
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R. Nemiroff and J. Bonnell
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This Astronomy Picture of the Day depicts the Himalayan mountain range in Nepal. The photograph was taken from the International Space Station. Links provide background information…
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap011226.html
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IRAS View of the Constellation Orion
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Publisher: Infrared Processing and Analysis Center
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This webpage provides an image of the constellation Orion captured by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite, with the areas of interstellar dust warmed by starlight clearly visible.…
https://old.ipac.caltech.edu/outreach/Gallery/IRAS/orion.html
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Spy Satellite’s Downing Shows a New U.S. Weapon Capability
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This Washington Post article presents the implications of the U.S. Navy shoot-down of a U.S. spy satellite in February, 2008 for space weapons and their control. A link is provided…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/21/AR20080...
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Skylab Debris Hits Australian Desert; No Harm Reported
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This archived New York Times news article provides information about the Skylab space station's reentry into the atmosphere. The response of the President, precautionary measures…
https://www.nytimes.com/1979/07/12/archives/skylab-debris-hits-australia...
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Space Debris
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Publisher: Wikimedia Foundation
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This Wikipedia article provides information about space debris, the objects in orbit around Earth left over from earlier space missions. The article introduces the history of orbital…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_debris
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NASA Images of California Wildfires
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Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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This NASA "Looking at Earth” webpage shows several satellite images of the October 2007 wildfires in Southern California. Several images illustrate how infrared penetrates the smoke…
https://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/socal_wildfires_oct07.h...
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The Times Looks Back: Sputnik
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This page, from the New York Times, provides a series of news articles published in 1957 after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite. A narrative outlines…
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/partners/aol/special/sputnik...
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Physics in Action: Black Holes
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Physics Central; Publisher: American Physical Society
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Find out how stars die, how what happens to them depends on their mass, and how very large stars can become black holes, which have such strong gravity that not even light can escape…
http://www.physicscentral.org/explore/action/blackholes.cfm
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