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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Science Pics in the News: Jan 12, 2011

NASA's Image of the Day: The Triangulum Galaxy

Image Credit: NASA/Swift Science Team/Stefan Immler

"Holes in the Sun's corona" Article on PhysOrg

Image Credit: JPL/NASA

Universe Today has an incredible panorama image of the milky way on their Article, "Treasure Hunting With Astrophotography"

Image Credit: ESO

NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) released a few new images today. 
"Galactic City at the Edge of the Universe"

Image Credit: Subaru/NASA/JPL-Caltech
"Standard Candle in the Wind"

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Iowa State

Probably the picture most common on different news sites today, a trillion pixel picture of the night sky! (click to embiggen) Article on ScienceDaily

Image Credit: M. Blanton and the SDSS-III team

HiRISE released a few new pictures of Mars today.  Man do I love these!
"Active Gullies on Martian Sand Dunes"

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
"Inverted Topography near Juventae Chasma" (on Mars)

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
"Russell Crater Dune Gullies" (on Mars)

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

Today on Short Sharp Science, "The sundogs of Stockholm"

Image Credit: Peter Rosén

And finally: a super high speed camera captures video of water droplets bouncing on the surface of a hot pan.  These single droplets sending up steam is picturesque!  "Series of video clips showing the leidenfrost effect in action; taken for the highly anticipated book Modernist Cuisine the Art and Science of Cooking, due for release in March 2011"



 
Video Credit: Found via Gizmodo, uploaded to YouTube by ModernistCuisine


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