The 50 years of Nasa in pictureCreated on 1 October 1958, NASA, American space agency, is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2008. This picture is surely the most emblematic of his success: send the first man on the moon. It was July 20, 1969 with Apollo 11.

Shuttle EndeavorAt the beginning of the conquest of space, [...]

February 2010Valentine’s Day will be celebrated for love, under a new moon, February 14 at 2:51. The positions of the planets are precise February 15 to 22 hours in Paris (48 ° 51 N, 2 ° 20 east longitude).

The sky in January 2010The ashen light of the moon can be observed from 17 to 21. [...]

Life there is 3.8 billion yearsWe must wait some days (a few hundred million years) appear to see the miracle of life.

Previously, the material was inert. And then there are 3.8 billion years, some molecules have acquired the ability to self assemble and replicate. Life was born.

Plants, there 475 million yearsPlant organisms produce their [...]

Galaxy: The galaxy Messier 81 is recognizable by its spiral shape. But she is not alone as the Milky Way to have this particular form. This type of galaxy can contain billions of stars.

Exoplanets: The planets are planets revolving around a star other than the sun. The first extrasolar planet was discovered in 1995 by [...]

Compass

Name: Circinus

Comments

Visibility: 20 ° North and 90 ° South

Hemisphere: South

Form: a compass. It is a small constellation difficult to collect because it has no bright stars. It lies at the feet of the Centaur.

Celestial Objects

Stars shining: 0

Constellations neighboring

Centaur

Bird of paradise

Fly

Loup …

Cygnus (the Northern Cross)

Name: cygnus

Comments

Visibility: 90 ° North and 40 ° South

Hemisphere: Northern

Form: a bird. [...]

Today NASA released stunning pictures of galaxies, stars and nebulae new cameras captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. “Hubble is back, ready to explore new worlds, listening to the depths of space and to map the invisible backbone of the universe” , U.S. space agency said in a statement. The observatory, in danger of being [...]