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Day Meets Night in This Amazing Astronaut Photo of Earth from Space

        A photograph shared by NASA astronaut Christina Koch shows the boundary between day and night on Earth. (Image: © NASA) #Astronaut #InternationalSpaceStation #ChristinaKoch #NASA An evocative new photo from the International Space Station shows what it's like to fly along the line between darkness and daylight on planet Earth. Expedition 59 astronaut Christina Koch posted the eerie view on Twitter May 20 from one of the windows of the station; the view includes a glimpse of one the orbiting complex's solar arrays. Below, night gradually gives way to daylight as clouds streak above the Earth's surface. "A couple times a year, the @Space_Station orbit happens to align over the day/night shadow line on Earth," Koch wrote with the posted photo. "We are continuously in sunlight, never passing into Earth's shadow from the sun, and the Earth below us is always in dawn or dusk. Beautiful time to cloud watch." Koch added the hashtag #nofil...

Aliens definitely exist and they could be living among us on Earth, says Britain's first astronaut

#HelenSarman #Aliens #Astronaut Alie ns  definitely exist, Britain's first astronaut has said -- and it's possible they're living among us on Earth but have gone undetected so far. Helen Sharman, who visited the Soviet Mir space station in 1991,  told the Observer  newspaper on Sunday that "aliens exist, there's no two ways about it." "There are so many billions of stars out there in the universe that there must be all sorts of different forms of life," she went on. "Will they be like you and me, made up of carbon and nitrogen? Maybe not." Then, in a tantalizing theory that should probably make you very suspicious of your colleagues, Sharman added: "It's possible they're here right now and we simply can't see them." Sharman was the first of seven Britons to enter space. The chemist spent eight days as a researcher on the space mission when she was 27, making her one of the youngest people ...

Jeanette Epps would have been the first black astronaut to live on the Space Station

Jeanette Epps.NASA Johnson/Shutterstock #Astronaut #InternationalSpaceStation #JeanetteEpps #JohnsonSpaceCenter #Racism, #Sexism NASA bumped her, and she says they never told her why. Jeanette Epps was preparing for a historic launch to the International Space Station in January when NASA suddenly pulled her off the mission without warning. Epps is still waiting for an explanation, the Houston Chronicle reported. In a January press release, NASA announced that Epps would not be part of the Expedition 56/57 crew as previously announced and that she would "return to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to assume duties in the Astronaut Office and be considered for assignment to future missions." Rachel Becker of The Verge noted that although other African Americans had been to the International Space Station, Epps would have been the first to live and work there on a long-term basis. On June 6, the six-month mission launched without Epps. NA...

Coachella 2019: 20 Must-See Photos

#Coachella #Astronaut #ArianaGrande #BillieEilish #BlackPink #DonaldGlover  The Astronaut that became a Coachella icon in 2014 returned in 2019. (Courtesy of Coachella) Ariana Grande was the youngest-ever headliner in Coachella history. (Courtesy of Coachella) Billie Eilish, 17, drew an impressive crowd when she performed at the Outdoor Stage Saturday night. (Courtesy of Coachella) BLACKPINK is a K-Pop group hailing from South Korea. They performed at the Sahara Tent Friday evening. (Courtesy of Coachella) Donald Glover, known as Childish Gambino, put on a theatrical show that rivaled Beyonce's Coachella performance. (Courtesy of Coachella) CHVRCHES lead singer Lauren Mayberry performs in a white and black ensemble at the Mojave Tent. (Courtesy of Coachella) The "Colossal Cacti" by Office Kovacs consists of seven colored cacti which make a fun (and shaded!) gathering space. (Courtesy of Coachella) Tame Impala played three n...