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... 2013 December 6 . Gamma-Ray Earth and Sky . Image Credit: International Fermi Large Area Telescope Collaboration , NASA , DOE . Explanation: For an Earth-orbiting gamma-ray telescope, Earth is actually the brightest source of gamma-rays , the most energetic form of light. ... While that interaction blocks harmful radiation from reaching the surface, those gamma-rays dominate in this remarkable Earth and sky view from the orbiting Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope's Large Area Telescope. ...

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Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Solar System . ... Comets and Asteroids . ... Milky Way . ... Space Flight . ... Earth Satellites . ... At its close on Saturday 23 April, there will be the Cosmic Threats to Earth Public Lecture Event (followed by the End of the World Ceilidh to cheer everyone up). ... аThere have been several such impacts in EarthтАЩs history. ... Of the three my greatest concern would and asteroid impact; simply because it has happened before. ...

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... If the Earth is round, the Sun must be north of the equator in northern summer, and south of the equator in northern winter. ... From the Earth's perspective, the Sun is spiraling from north to south and back again along the ecliptic (see figure 7 ). ... The round Earth, at the summer solstice. ... If the rotation axis of the Earth is tilted with respect to its orbit, the equator bobs back and forth, causing the Sun to be north for half the year, and south for the other half (see figure 9 ). ...

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... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. February 5, 1996 . COBE Dipole: Speeding Through the Universe . Credit: NASA , COBE , DMR , Four-Year Sky Map . ... The Milky Way Galaxy orbits in the Local Group . ... The map indicates that the Local Group moves at about 600 kilometers per second relative to this primordial radiation . ... About APOD | ...

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