Venus - NASA Visions of the Future Spiral Galaxy NGC 1309

Venus - NASA Visions of the Future Spiral Galaxy NGC 1309When the surface of Venus is anything but pleasant, a floating city in the clouds may be only slightly less uncomfortable. Spacecraft now allow us the luxury to study planetary transits at times of our choosing from unique locations across the solar system. The rare science opportunity of observing these cosmic crossings has long inspired bold voyages to exotic vantage points, such as James Cook's trek to the South Pacific to watch Venus and Mercury

and the fiery plumes of glowing hydrogen that blast out of its central regions

which means Mount Olympus in Latin

In the heart of the Tarantula nebula lies 30 Doradus

the twin spacecraft revealed details about Jupiter

It has been observed and studied with telescopes for more than two centuries

Object Name: Whirlpool Galaxy

and they form a glowing ring around each pole that is bigger than our home planet

or hill is something NASA is working to discover with rovers and with humans someday too

long before Hubble brought us this spectacular view

Release Date: May 13

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