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App of the Day: NASA iPhone App (Free)

NASA, who have been doing some ace stuff online recently, have now launched their free NASA iPhone App [iTunes link]. The app is exactly what you expect: an easy an quick way to follow the news, new photos and videos of missions, explorations.

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More screencaps after the jump. Read more

NASA Discovers Humongous Ribbon in Heliosphere

NASA has discovered a new ribbon in the heliosphere, forcing every heliosphere scientist to review their knowledge and discoveries. Billions and billions of $ just went up in dust.

Humongous Hubble Telescope Galaxy Photography

The galaxies NGC 4402 and NGC 4522, respectively, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys: mega size pictures (30 and 40MB each).

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Source: Discover Magazine.

Awesome HDR Atlantis Shuttle picture

High Dynamic Range (HDR) photos from the Atlantis space shuttle.

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More pictures at Air&Space Mag.

Coolest sun corona photo

This photo was taken during last week’s longest sun eclipse. You won’t see a better one until the next eclipse of the sun.

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Photo credit: Koen van Gorp (Yes, he’s Belgian and has no paid hosting!) [via NASA]

Space station tour in HD

Cool video by NASA. An astronaut takes us round a space station.

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