TheCoreWithin

http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/me ... -010.shtml
Overhead View of our galaxy (it's painted... obviously...)

http://www.kiroastro.com/writings/perspective
Size Comparisons of celestial bodies...

Dust wrote:http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/me ... -010.shtml
Overhead View of our galaxy (it's painted... obviously...)

http://www.kiroastro.com/writings/perspective
Size Comparisons of celestial bodies...

Thanks Dust, that comparison is really interesting, I knew of the difference but actually seeing the proportions is stunning, especially if you see those other big stars compared to our sun.

earth is quite small ;P

http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/

A collection of photos shot by astronauts. They have quite a view up there :)

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observin ... 75326.html

http://comets.skyhound.com/

Interesting... But I don't think I will find it...

http://www.nikon.co.jp/main/eng/feelnik ... e/nano.swf

A great size comparison. Or tiny. :)

Really makes you think how in the general scheme of things you really are nothing!!

http://wms.selene.jaxa.jp/index_e.html

The japanese space agency launched a moon probe last year. Here are some pictures.

Here the homepage of the project:
http://www.selene.jaxa.jp/index_e.htm

An other prome managed to land on mars, NASA's Phoenix is now operating from the pole and taking pictures and samples:

http://fawkes4.lpl.arizona.edu/imageCategories.php

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoen ... ander.html

http://www.nasa.gov/mov/230220main_9247_web2.mov

Isn't that incredibly cool? Mankind has a satelite on mars that can make pictures of a mars lander. And that with a lag of over 3 minutes!

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/fa ... sfact.html

http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMTDTUG3HF_index_0.html

A realy cool mission ends soon.
Ulysses has shown the poles of the sun. Has left the ecliptic of this solar system.

Well... I like space probes :)

Check out the movies:

http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMTDTUG3HF_index_1.html
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMPB1VG3HF_index_0.html

The best blog I've found on the web so far (the only one worth reading)
http://marsandme.blogspot.com/

It's a mars rover driver's diary, delayed by five years.

http://articles.latimes.com/2009/mar/22 ... na-lunar22
http://neverworld.net/lunar/
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00094
http://www.moonviews.com/archives/2009/ ... f_the.html

Very nice pictures of the new hubble mission

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphot ... 823159021/:
http://www.astrophoto.fr/