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MISSION SUCCESS! Our Solar System show was incredible, and we’re so thankful to everyone who helped it happen!
![A NASA spacecraft has captured stunning footage of Tuesday’s (Feb. 21) partial solar eclipse, which left our star looking briefly like a huge celestial Pac-Man. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) was watching Tuesday morning when the new moon crossed part of the sun’s face in a partial eclipse that was visible only from space. SDO snapped a video and photos of the solar eclipse from its lofty perch 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) above Earth. [Full Story]
- From Space.com’s 100 Best Space Photos of 2012](http://25.media.tumblr.com/35d1958e0128c17f71ddbd58be7f4330/tumblr_mfg0utIXWv1rfcqp7o1_1280.png)
A NASA spacecraft has captured stunning footage of Tuesday’s (Feb. 21) partial solar eclipse, which left our star looking briefly like a huge celestial Pac-Man.
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) was watching Tuesday morning when the new moon crossed part of the sun’s face in a partial eclipse that was visible only from space. SDO snapped a video and photos of the solar eclipse from its lofty perch 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) above Earth. [Full Story]
- From Space.com’s 100 Best Space Photos of 2012
Source: space.com
![A remarkable nighttime panorama taken from the International Space Station captured a dazzling cobweb of city lights as the orbiting complex flew roughly 240 miles (386 kilometers) overhead. [Full Story]
- From Space.com’s 100 Best Space Photos of 2012](http://24.media.tumblr.com/dd1fefe2011a63e079f83ca2c5e0e4cd/tumblr_mfg0poaaof1rfcqp7o1_1280.jpg)
A remarkable nighttime panorama taken from the International Space Station captured a dazzling cobweb of city lights as the orbiting complex flew roughly 240 miles (386 kilometers) overhead. [Full Story]
- From Space.com’s 100 Best Space Photos of 2012
Source: space.com
T-MINUS 5 DAYS TILL OUR SOLAR SYSTEM SHOW! Where does Voyager fit into the equation? You’ll just have to wait and see ;)
Source: Daily Mail
Source: Daily Mail
The Voyager probe has been travelling towards the outer reaches of the solar system since 1977 - it has enough batteries to last until 2020, scientists estimate.
Source: Daily Mail
![A massive solar flare — the strongest one so far this year — erupted on Jan. 27, 2012 from the same active region of the sun that triggered a raging solar tempest earlier this week. [Full Story]
- From Space.com’s 100 Best Space Photos of 2012](http://24.media.tumblr.com/0b690cef62300a5e7735decaf439b9fc/tumblr_mfg0nab9D41rfcqp7o1_1280.jpg)
A massive solar flare — the strongest one so far this year — erupted on Jan. 27, 2012 from the same active region of the sun that triggered a raging solar tempest earlier this week. [Full Story]
- From Space.com’s 100 Best Space Photos of 2012
Source: space.com
