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Blue Orb on the Horizon

Blue Orb on the Horizon

This view from NASAs Cassini spacecraft features a blue planet, Uranus, imaged by Cassini for the first time. Uranus is a pale blue in this natural color image because its visible atmosphere contains methane gas and few aerosols or clouds.

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NASA's ACRIMSAT Observes Venus Transit

NASA's ACRIMSAT Observes Venus Transit

Observations of the total solar irradiance made with the ACRIM3 instrument on NASAs ACRIMSAT satellite on June 5 and 6, 2012, tracked the effect of the transit of Venus, which lasted about six hours.

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In Tune with Neptune

In Tune with Neptune

NASAs New Horizons Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) observed Neptune on June 23, apl2010, as part of a test of the critical optical navigation Annual Checkout (ACO)-4.

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Star Treatment

Star Treatment

NASAs New Horizons team calibrates the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) by taking pictures of the open star cluster M7.

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Surface Warmth on a Venus Volcano

Surface Warmth on a Venus Volcano

This figure shows the volcanic peak Idunn Mons in the Imdr Regio area of Venus. The topographic backbone (brown color) was derived from data obtained by NASAs Magellan spacecraft and the overlay was derived from data from ESAs Venus Express Spacecraft.

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