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Galaxies in a Grain of Sand

Posted on 13 July 2022 by Henry Gee

Take a grain of sand and hold it up at the sky at arm’s length. That grain of sand covers a patch of sky equivalent to that captured by the spectacular new image from the NASA James Webb Space Telescope … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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A Houstonian’s Reluctant Ode to Atlantis, STS-135 [12]

Posted on 8 July 2011 by KristiV

*Soundtrack: Last Rendez-Vous (Ron’s Piece) ~ Jean Michel Jarre I’m not a technophile, and harbor no Top Gearian tendencies to become emotional over a BMW or an Opel Cadet or a flight in a jet fighter; I’m much more likely … Continue reading →

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