<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font size="4" face="Geneva" class="">hi all...</font><div class=""><font size="4" face="Geneva" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Geneva" size="4" class=""> Last week was quite amazing, living near Kennedy Space Center…I hope you were able to share some of the events with the kids or give them the info so they could follow at home…the Atlas launch was super pretty as it was sunset….as it rose, the contrail changed colors and became multi colored; then last night we had the Space X with astronauts….during the week I did a 2 hour virtual presentation with India and Cambodia…I guess I have done about 8 of these with different countries…there is nothing like doing it in person, the interface with the kids is magical…it is both ways, the connection is amazing, I can’t explain it but I feel it and I know the kids do too…the time afterwards when they want to take pictures or share hugs…it is simply beyond comprehension but so much fun…as I’m writing this I am watching the docking of the Dragon capsule to the ISS…very interesting… just safely docked...</font></div><div class=""><font face="Geneva" size="4" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""><span class="">W</span><span class="">e have to remember to do our best, enjoy everything we do, believe in ourselves, and let those we care about most know (I always say this, we all need to take it to heart) …hugs & smiles... :-) :-) STAY SAFE, TAKE CARE, Love ya, Gabe</span></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Geneva" size="4" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Geneva" size="4" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Geneva" size="4" class="">A big event this week…I hope you can share with the kids: go to this link… </font><a href="http://post.spmailtechnol.com/f/a/4WhZ22rb3raxSH9fj_1RNw~~/AAQxAQA~/RgRhk9ryP0QbaHR0cHM6Ly9nby5uYXNhLmdvdi8zazg2dlBtVwNzcGNCCgBIcqeyX88eYFVSGGdhYmVAZWR1Y2F0ZW1vdGl2YXRlLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~" style="font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Geneva" size="4" class="">https://go.nasa.gov/3k86vPm</font></a><font face="Geneva" size="4" class=""> & </font><font face="Geneva" size="4" class="">#SeeingTheSeas </font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><a href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/go.nasa.gov/3k86vPm__;!!PvBDto6Hs4WbVuu7!Y7EHpCrKq-Nt9hxUGE-gUbp2wUmuHjVCC1D-9EAHe17a48KYTVbNUgmC6g5_e6BT-cKK$" target="_blank" style="font-family: Geneva; 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max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; font-family: inherit;"><span class="hnhda86s qv66sw1b ns63r2gh mau55g9w aigsh9s9 m6dqt4wy fe6kdd0r nxhoafnm hpfvmrgz c8b282yb hzawbc8m rwim8176 ik7dh3pa a8c37x1j fgxwclzu keod5gw0 h7mekvxk oi732d6d c1et5uql d2edcug0 oo9gr5id" dir="auto" style="display: block; word-wrap: break-word; max-width: 100%; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.1429; font-weight: 700; min-width: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.75rem; color: var(--primary-text); word-break: break-word;"><span class="stjgntxs a8c37x1j ni8dbmo4 l9j0dhe7" style="display: -webkit-box; position: relative; overflow: hidden; font-family: inherit; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2;"><span class="" style="font-family: inherit;">Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite Launch - Virtual NASA Social - #SeeingTheSeas</span></span><span class="stjgntxs a8c37x1j ni8dbmo4 l9j0dhe7" style="display: -webkit-box; position: relative; overflow: hidden; font-family: inherit; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2;"><span class="" style="font-family: inherit;"><br class=""></span></span><span class="stjgntxs a8c37x1j ni8dbmo4 l9j0dhe7" style="display: -webkit-box; position: relative; overflow: hidden; font-family: inherit; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 2;"><span class="" style="font-family: inherit;"><img apple-inline="yes" id="2632619F-7BB8-47C0-A8F7-72AFE7BF405D" src="cid:3F17EF04-78D5-4091-9F5C-DD491817115F" class=""></span></span></span></h2></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;" class=""><font face="Geneva" size="4" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">#SeeingTheSeas<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;" class=""><font face="Geneva" size="4" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is a U.S.-European cooperative effort designed to measure sea-level, temperature, humidity, and support improved weather predictions. </span></font></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(41, 40, 40); color: rgb(41, 40, 40); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">SeeingTheSeas from space: the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is a U.S.-European partnership that will collect the most accurate data yet on global sea level. .</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="caret-color: rgb(41, 40, 40); color: rgb(41, 40, 40); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">NASA is targeting 12:17 p.m. EST (9:17 a.m. PST) Saturday, Nov. 21, for the launch of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite, the first of two identical satellites to head into Earth orbit five years apart to continue sea level observations for at least the next decade.</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;" class=""><span class="normaltextrun"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="line-height: 12.84000015258789px; font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Geneva" size="4" class="">TOMORROW: Tuesday, November 17</font></span></p><ol style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><li class=""><span style="line-height: 12.84000015258789px; font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Geneva" size="4" class="">Join mission experts at a <a href="http://post.spmailtechnol.com/f/a/Su2ChEMCo3ZwAz3mxdKlmg~~/AAQxAQA~/RgRhk9ryP0QkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucmVkZGl0LmNvbS9yL2Fza3NjaWVuY2UvVwNzcGNCCgBIcqeyX88eYFVSGGdhYmVAZWR1Y2F0ZW1vdGl2YXRlLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~" target="_blank" class="">Reddit AMA </a><span style="line-height: 13.91px;" class="">at </span>10 a.m. PST/1 p.m. EST </font></span></li><li class=""><font face="Geneva" size="4" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">Catch the <a href="http://post.spmailtechnol.com/f/a/z5Muo8ULoH4D3jM7qqoBNA~~/AAQxAQA~/RgRhk9ryP0QkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmFzYS5nb3YvbmFzYXNjaWVuY2VsaXZlVwNzcGNCCgBIcqeyX88eYFVSGGdhYmVAZWR1Y2F0ZW1vdGl2YXRlLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~" target="_self" class="">NASA Science Live: Rising Seas episode</a> at 9:30 a.m. PST/12:30 p.m. EST</span></font></li></ol><div style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="caret-color: rgb(41, 40, 40); color: rgb(41, 40, 40); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="caret-color: rgb(41, 40, 40); color: rgb(41, 40, 40); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;" class=""><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><font color="#292828" face="Geneva" size="5" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(41, 40, 40); font-style: normal;" class="">ATLAS V pictures….</span></font></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;" class=""><span class="normaltextrun"><img apple-inline="yes" id="C623A391-3793-4FDB-BD69-EE75DFC4B99F" src="cid:62AB6DF3-98C4-43F2-9339-215A23724E52" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="14151A4B-4443-4C27-AD25-5AC899A473BA" src="cid:D5F0AFCF-78F1-4E8A-9CB7-B180921CBEDF" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="1C5FA39D-4E23-440E-85B2-F193E5397CC7" src="cid:B80E7207-2093-4EEF-B194-DDE0F8428F30" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="24DE9510-1725-4BC2-8FB5-7911DCFCC1F4" src="cid:EF1BE178-E841-47FA-9341-DB2255663A2B" class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;" class=""><span class="normaltextrun"><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;" class=""><span class="normaltextrun"><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;" class=""><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-style: normal;"><font face="Geneva" size="5" class="">SPACE X Pictures</font></span><font face="Geneva" size="5" class="">…</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;" class=""><font face="Geneva" size="5" class="">this is a cool link on what it is like inside the capsule….</font><font face="Geneva" size="4" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT6BC68UzeY" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT6BC68UzeY</a> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;" class=""><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-style: normal;"><img apple-inline="yes" id="09B40D5F-AC1B-4800-AFF7-0FEA1BD75599" src="cid:2EBAC7EE-3D76-43E0-B3FB-B2DF8F021E50" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="6E298D29-9E13-4020-958A-E9B4BD71C89F" src="cid:872C4C57-B2C6-4621-8DB2-4675057B26A3" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="DDDC6183-C80C-42D5-B7FB-2577DF5F03AE" src="cid:8A0F778E-C506-42E6-89AC-2F68812B53E0" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="58FA200D-A37A-4EA3-89F0-3C825C124267" src="cid:B284113C-18E8-4CFC-A932-ED9F9DC20301" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="25BD54F7-6227-453A-929D-6D1641DFC895" src="cid:16338454-4399-401A-B4D4-2522016F3208" class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;" class=""><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-style: normal;"><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;" class=""><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-style: normal;"><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;" class=""><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-style: normal;"><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;" class=""><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-style: normal;"><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;" class=""><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-style: normal;"><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;" class=""><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-style: normal;"><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;" class=""><span class="normaltextrun" style="font-style: normal;"><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;" class=""><span class="normaltextrun"><div class="hv4rvrfc osnr6wyh dati1w0a" style="padding-left: 16px; 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font-size: 28px;" class=""><font face="Geneva" class="">Join the Artemis Generation!</font></span></h3><div style="color: var(--primary-text);" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="D6553929-A3BC-494E-8C45-D5500A129207" src="cid:3BF417C9-D7BC-4742-9A6A-B97DEBFA0759" class=""></div><div style="color: var(--primary-text);" class=""><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/" style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Geneva" size="5" class="">https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/</font></a></div><div style="color: var(--primary-text);" class=""><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Geneva" size="4" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">We're celebrating our 20th year of continuing presence aboard the International Space Station in low Earth orbit this year, and we're about to send the first women and next men to the Moon as part of our Artemis lunar exploration program. we can prepare for human missions to Mars.</span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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Frequently, the dream of being an astronaut is the spark that inspires people around the world to do what they love and discover and expand the knowledge that benefits all of us earthlings.</span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Geneva" size="4" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">If you're ready to join, print your Artemis Generation certificate.</span></font></div><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="Geneva" size="4" style="color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; outline: none; list-style: none; border: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; touch-action: manipulation; text-align: inherit; display: inline; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: normal;" class=""><span style="color: var(--blue-link); list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; touch-action: manipulation; text-align: inherit; box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/.../artemis_generation_certificate.pdf" class="">https://www.nasa.gov/.../artemis_generation_certificate.pdf</a></span></font></div></div><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><header class=" tbl-explore-more-site-header" style="margin: 30px 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: "Open Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; overflow: visible; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); white-space: normal;"><h1 style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 34px; font-size: 28px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">NASA's Curiosity rover snaps stunning selfie on Mars (photo)</h1><div class="byline-social" style="margin: 0px; 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Curiosity snagged three samples of drilled rock at this site on its way out of the Glen Torridon region, which scientists believe preserves an ancient habitable environment." class="optional-image expandable lazy-image-van loaded" sizes="(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)" data-normal="https://vanilla.futurecdn.net/space/media/img/missing-image.svg" data-srcset="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NB3BaBuHQbrynUjYaP6oLf-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NB3BaBuHQbrynUjYaP6oLf-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NB3BaBuHQbrynUjYaP6oLf-970-80.jpg 970w" data-original-mos="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NB3BaBuHQbrynUjYaP6oLf.jpg" data-pin-media="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NB3BaBuHQbrynUjYaP6oLf.jpg" srcset="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NB3BaBuHQbrynUjYaP6oLf-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NB3BaBuHQbrynUjYaP6oLf-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NB3BaBuHQbrynUjYaP6oLf-970-80.jpg 970w" data-was-processed="true" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: block; top: 0px; left: 0px; position: absolute; height: 443px; width: 602px;"><div class="expand icon icon-expand-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 32px; height: 32px; background-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; opacity: 0.5; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); cursor: pointer; text-align: center;"></div></figure><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block; width: 602px; font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Geneva" size="4" class=""><span class="caption-text" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">NASA's Curiosity Mars rover took this selfie at a location nicknamed "Mary Anning" after a 19th century English paleontologist. Curiosity snagged three samples of drilled rock at this site on its way out of the Glen Torridon region, which scientists believe preserves an ancient habitable environment. </span><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word; display: inline-block;">(Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)</span></font></figcaption></figure><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; width: 602px; height: auto;" class=""><font face="Geneva" size="4" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">NASA's <a href="https://www.space.com/17963-mars-curiosity.html" data-component-tracked="1" class="hawk-link-parsed" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;"><u style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Mars rover Curiosity</u></a> has taken another selfie, just a few months before its six-wheeled cousin joins it on the Red Planet.</span></font></p><div id="ad-unit-1" class="ad-unit" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; width: 602px; height: auto;" class=""><font face="Geneva" size="4" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">Curiosity, which touched down inside the 96-mile-wide (154 kilometers) <a href="https://www.space.com/16708-mars-rover-curiosity-landing-site-infographic.html" data-component-tracked="1" class="hawk-link-parsed" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;"><u style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Gale Crater</u></a> in August 2012, snapped a selfie on Oct. 25 at a locale mission team members named "Mary Anning." 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font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="margin: 0px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 23px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both;" class="">By <span class="no-wrap by-author" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://www.livescience.com/author/brandon-specktor" rel="author" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(2, 108, 162); text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Brandon Specktor</span> - <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Senior Writer</span></a></span> <time itemprop="datePublished" class="no-wrap chunk relative-date" datetime="2020-11-12T12:00:00Z" style="margin: 0px 1ex 0px 4px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: nowrap;">5 days ago</time></div><p class="strapline" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28px; font-size: 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">Eta Carinae has been exploding for nearly 200 years, and now we're firing lasers at it. </p><br class=""><br class=""></div></header><section class="content-wrapper" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; overflow: visible;"><div class="box" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: table; float: left; clear: both; width: 602px;"><picture style="font-size: 16px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit;" class=""><source type="image/webp" alt="Lasers fly through space toward the glowing Carina Nebula" class=" hero-image block-image-ads" srcset="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a5TtYR9uH2SkBtgLZaksmn-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a5TtYR9uH2SkBtgLZaksmn-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a5TtYR9uH2SkBtgLZaksmn-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a5TtYR9uH2SkBtgLZaksmn-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a5TtYR9uH2SkBtgLZaksmn-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w" sizes="(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)" data-original-mos="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a5TtYR9uH2SkBtgLZaksmn.jpg" data-pin-media="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a5TtYR9uH2SkBtgLZaksmn.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><source type="image/jpeg" alt="Lasers fly through space toward the glowing Carina Nebula" class=" hero-image block-image-ads" srcset="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a5TtYR9uH2SkBtgLZaksmn-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a5TtYR9uH2SkBtgLZaksmn-480-80.jpg 480w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a5TtYR9uH2SkBtgLZaksmn-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a5TtYR9uH2SkBtgLZaksmn-970-80.jpg 970w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a5TtYR9uH2SkBtgLZaksmn-1024-80.jpg 1024w" sizes="(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)" data-original-mos="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a5TtYR9uH2SkBtgLZaksmn.jpg" data-pin-media="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a5TtYR9uH2SkBtgLZaksmn.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><img src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a5TtYR9uH2SkBtgLZaksmn-320-80.jpg" alt="Lasers fly through space toward the glowing Carina Nebula" class=" hero-image block-image-ads" srcset="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a5TtYR9uH2SkBtgLZaksmn-320-80.jpg 320w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a5TtYR9uH2SkBtgLZaksmn-480-80.jpg 480w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a5TtYR9uH2SkBtgLZaksmn-650-80.jpg 650w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a5TtYR9uH2SkBtgLZaksmn-970-80.jpg 970w, https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a5TtYR9uH2SkBtgLZaksmn-1024-80.jpg 1024w" sizes="(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)" data-original-mos="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a5TtYR9uH2SkBtgLZaksmn.jpg" data-pin-media="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/a5TtYR9uH2SkBtgLZaksmn.jpg" style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: block; width: 602px;"></picture><div class="caption-text" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"><font face="Geneva" size="3" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">Lasers fly through space toward the glowing Carina Nebula</span></font></div><div class="credit" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word;"><font face="Geneva" size="3" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">(Image: © ESO/G. Hüdepohl)</span></font></div></div><div itemprop="articleBody" id="article-body" class="bodyCopy auto text-copy" style="margin: 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; position: relative; word-break: break-word;"><div itemprop="image" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; width: 602px; height: auto;" class=""><font face="Geneva" size="4" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">Four orange laser beams blaze through the Milky Way while an angry purple nebula transfixes us with its death-stare. Happily (or sadly, depending on how much news you've consumed this week), <a href="https://www.livescience.com/earth.html" data-component-tracked="1" class="hawk-link-parsed" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(2, 108, 162); text-decoration: none;"><u style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Earth</u></a> is not doomed; in fact, it's an Earthly telescope that's launching the lasers in this epic image from the European Southern Observatory (ESO).</span></font></p><div id="ad-unit-1" class="ad-unit" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; vertical-align: baseline; width: 602px; height: auto;" class=""><font face="Geneva" size="4" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">Dubbed <a href="https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2045a/" data-original-href="https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2045a/" data-component-tracked="1" class="hawk-link-parsed" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(2, 108, 162); text-decoration: none;"><u style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">ESO's picture of the week</u></a>, this shot looks like a cosmic battle to the death, but it actually captures a clever astronomical trick that scientists use to peer across time and space. The purple star system pictured here is the Carina Nebula, sometimes called the <a href="https://www.livescience.com/65861-eta-carinae-erupts-red-white-and-blue.html" data-component-tracked="1" class="hawk-link-parsed" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(2, 108, 162); text-decoration: none;"><u style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Eta Carinae</u></a> nebula in honor of its most famous star system. Eta Carinae — actually a pair of two giant stars — has been steadily exploding in a spectacular eruption of gas and dust for nearly 200 years. Though the system is located about 7,500 <a href="https://www.livescience.com/56115-what-is-a-light-year.html" data-component-tracked="1" class="hawk-link-parsed" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(2, 108, 162); text-decoration: none;"><u style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">light-years</u></a> from Earth, this ever-brightening explosion has rendered it one of the most luminous star systems in the Milky Way.</span></font></p></div></section></article></div></div></div></section></div></span></div></div></div></div><div class="" dir="auto" style="font-style: normal;"><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="dati1w0a ecm0bbzt hv4rvrfc ihqw7lf3" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" style="padding: 4px 16px 16px;"><div class="j83agx80 ew0dbk1b cbu4d94t irj2b8pg" style="flex-direction: column; margin-bottom: -5px; margin-top: -5px; display: flex;"><div class="knvmm38d qzhwtbm6" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span class="knj5qynh oo9gr5id d9wwppkn qv66sw1b mau55g9w aigsh9s9 iv3no6db fe6kdd0r nxhoafnm hpfvmrgz c8b282yb hzawbc8m jq4qci2q ik7dh3pa a8c37x1j fgxwclzu keod5gw0 oi732d6d c1et5uql d2edcug0 a3bd9o3v" dir="auto" style="line-height: 1.3333; display: block; word-wrap: break-word; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; word-break: break-word;"><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab c1et5uql ii04i59q kvgmc6g5 hcukyx3x" style="word-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px;"><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="frvqaej8 h2mp5456 l82x9zwi bxzzcbxg afxsp9o4 jcgfde61 mk2mc5f4 tvfksri0 pw54ja7n ed0hlay0 lxuwth05 ccm00jje uo3d90p7 qbxu24ho goun2846 s44p3ltw ozuftl9m ue3kfks5" style="border: 1px solid var(--divider); border-bottom-left-radius: 8px; margin-left: 12px; border-top-right-radius: 8px; margin-right: 12px; border-top-left-radius: 8px; border-bottom-right-radius: 8px;"><div class=""><div class="hqeojc4l" style="margin-top: -1px;"><div class="jxk88fls n851cfcs rops0bsn l9j0dhe7" style="margin-right: -13px; position: relative; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: -13px;"><div class="l9j0dhe7" style="position: relative;"><div class="c6a7hszh ec3q8w93 sf5mxxl7 l9j0dhe7" style="height: 265px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle;"><br class=""><div class="spgzblqs c6a7hszh sf5mxxl7 l9j0dhe7" style="position: relative; vertical-align: middle; height: 262px;"><font color="#1c1e21" face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, .SFNSText-Regular, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></body></html>