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more about #map dermot: Don't forget - the Mercury probe took most of these images from 3 separate flybys. The orbital mission won't begin until March 2011 - that's when we'l... more » Blue_Thark: Hmm. The Galactica crew must have settled Mercury as well as Earth all those millennia ago. That's the only explanation for why these photos could res... more » John Hazard: I would guess, unless we find something really valuable there, that Mercury will be the last planet in the Solar System we explore. Mars and Venus hav... more » Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee.: sending this off to the print shop tomorrow - this'll look great in my classroom! more » twophrasebark: This doesn't show any of the Stargate missions. more » Ruthless, If you let me: Mysterious black box: I wonder what was censored above Pioneer 10 & below Ganymede in the lower right corner? Must be an alien space station. more » acrobatic rabbit: a graphic designer's orgasm. thanks io9! more » LittleDragon: That is a beautiful map. Would love to have a giant version on my wall. more » Janglesatwest: Only 200 missions in 50 years? Why does it seem that number should be higher? That's not hit against NASA and others, they really are making the mot o... more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: "First craft to approach Uranus." TEEHEEHEE! I wonder if Johann Bode saw all this schoolboy humor coming? more » TemporalSword: That's pretty cool. more » Belabras: I love the map. Just wish the page displayed it bigger. more » -
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Plan Your Space Vacation with the First Ever Map of Mercury
If you're planning a trip to Mercury, you'll need the first map ever released of the solar system's innermost planet, a mosaic of photos from the Mercury missions. More » -
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50 Years, 200 Missions, One Enormous Map
Have trouble keeping track of the nearly 200 past and current missions to explore our solar system and beyond? National Geographic's elegant infographic displays 50 years of space exploration in a colorful map of our planetary neighbors. More » -
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A Vector Map of the Unnamed Methane Sea on Titan
Peter Minton is a California teacher who loves to make vector maps in his spare time. His favorite places to map are islands and coastlines, and so when the Cassini-Huygens probe sent back images from Saturn's moon Titan he was happy to discover the geographical features he loves most. There, on the pole of Titan, was a sea full of islands. An unnamed methane sea, but still mappable using vectoring software. This is the map he created, with longitude and latitude lines. More » -
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3D Map of the Milky Way Reveals Billowing Hydrogen Light Clouds
This is part of the first 3D map of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. Over 200 thousand objects are included in the map, which was made up of images from a telescope in the Canary Islands that took hydrogen emission-sensitive pictures of the night sky. The result is that the brighter areas show "hotter" spots where stars are being born. Image via Institute of Astronomy/University of Cambridge. Milky Way Mapped in 3D [Discover News]
