He's taken some crackers. Always great to see the astronauts pics taken from the ISS.

Some of the photos are truly awe-inspiring, and what it must be like to be up there seeing them with your own eyes ..

there are squillions of astronaut images of the earth, and if you fancy a browse then a fantastic resource is rlGateway to Astronaut Photography of Earthrl

If you click on the right-side icon ("view the results with cooliris) then you can use the blue slider to scroll along a virtual wall of hundreds of images. Firts, make the wall full-screen (icon at bottom right) then wander along at whatever speed you like, and select any image that takes your fancy

There are several ways to view, thumbnails, galleries, collections etc and a clickable icon displays a map identifying the spot on Earth pictured. You can also download images in various res, and they are click-zoomable, for example here's a detail of one showing a night scene, with the aurora and the glow of dawn beautifully imaged. And whaddya know, as it is a night exposure, you can even see the stars

See full size herehttp://prnt.sc/azem45rl

Thanks for that, FA. That's a brilliant site.

On Monday May 9th we are treated to a transit of Mercury crossing the face of the Sun. In the UK it will start at around noon and will take over 7 hours, so as long as you get a clear view of the Sun anytime in that timeslot, and have suitable viewing equipment to keep your eyes safe, everyone can watch it. This video tells you what you need to know. Most local amateur astronomy clubs will be out observing it so maybe get to your local one and peek through some decent telescopes. www.space.com/32780-mercury-tran ... video.html

On Monday May 9th we are treated to a transit of Mercury crossing the face of the Sun. In the UK it will start at around noon and will take over 7 hours, so as long as you get a clear view of the Sun anytime in that timeslot, and have suitable viewing equipment to keep your eyes safe, everyone can watch it. This video tells you what you need to know. Most local amateur astronomy clubs will be out observing it so maybe get to your local one and peek through some decent telescopes. www.space.com/32780-mercury-tran ... video.html

In the most mindblowing bit of astronomical information I've chanced on for a long time, it turns out that the Milky Way has literally hundreds of previously unknown nearby galaxies, that have never been seen before, simply due to being hidden by the Milky Way.

This is an artists's impression, but the positions of the galaxies and their relative shapes and sizes are represented accuratelyhttp://www.sciencealert.com/images/articles/processed/Stills_Cam-4_Frame-1300_adjusted_1024.jpg" >

The Parkes radio telescope in Aus studied the nearby galaxies. It looked at a total of 883 galaxies, and of which, one third have never been seen before.

As one of the astronomers put it
At the end of the article is a good animation illustrating where these galaxies are in relation to us.

As Mars moves closer, here's a great shot of Vallis Marineris, Mars' Grand Canyon on steroids



This evening, Mars will be as close as it has been since 2005, and here's a handy viewing guide and link, but if you have a clear view south, you'll easily see both Saturn and Mars.

rl

If you're still up, the ISS will be back round at about 01:44

The Juno mission is entering the crucial stages this week, and it's worth looking at their website for some great features.

rlhttps://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/rl

A great feature is going to be the Junocam where everyone can get actively involved in the mission. You can upload your own images of Jupiter to help mission planners, vote on points of interest to point the spacecraft at for imaging, and download the Raw images straight to your PC.

It's going to be great.

Its all a big fake story because as you well know, the earth is flat.

Don't be silly man , any images will be the creation of CIA , protecting us from viewing the combined US/Nazi base already there , it's the main drop off for the long range trips to Alpha Centauri

You got me fellas.

It's all an intricate web of lies and deceit devised by masonic satanists who have created the most convoluted, ridiculously impossible charade of all time.

Two great images from space this week -

Amazing image of the aurora at Jupiter's south pole, taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft from just 2,600 miles above.



rlhttp://www.space.com/33957-jupiter-north-pole-southern-auroras-first-photos.htmlrl

And secondly, the search for the lost comet lander, Philae, is finally over



rlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37276221rl


And last but by no means least, Asteroid 17473 (1991 FM3) is now, officially, [sizeAsteroid Freddiemercury[/size
4.08349609375:5