Human Orbit

thedemon-hauntedworld:

Ghost Head Nebula (Detail)

Credit: NASA/Hubble, color/effects thedemon-hauntedworld 

just–space:

The Pleiades Open Cluster

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weeklywatch:

2001: A Space Odyssey 

futuristech-info:

NASA astronauts on the ISS are about to eat the first space grown vegetables ever

astronomyandastrophotography:

spaceexp:

Space Shuttle interior - galley

Source: 5DII

skunkbear:

Here’s an example of photoacoustic imaging! A combination of light and sound were used to reveal the network of tiny veins in the iris (that’s the colored part of the eye) of a mouse. 

Scientists hope that this technique can someday be used to monitor brain activity in real time and high definition. Read up on how the process works here.

Image:  Lihong Wang/Optical Imaging Laboratory/Washington University, GIF by Meredith Rizzo