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Shot of Boston as taken from aboard the ISS by UrtheCast's Ultra HD Iris camera

Astronomy

UrtheCast releases first Ultra-HD full-color video content from the International Space Station

Today, Canadian company UrtheCast is celebrating the release of three full-color videos shot from its Ultra HD Iris imaging device, mounted on the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS).

Visible in the top right is a Soyuz spacecraft, ready to ferry three ISS crewmen back to Earth (Photo: NASA)

Astronomy

HDEV allows us detailed views of our planet from space

As of April 30, NASA has been running its High Definition Earth Viewing Experiment (HDEV), granting viewers the breathtaking experience of observing their planet in exquisite detail from space.

Artist's conception of the blue exoplanet HD 189733b, orbiting a star 63 light years distant (Image: NASA, ESA, M. Kornmesser)

Astronomy

First color reveal of an exoplanet has the blues

Hubble observations made while it passed behind its primary star last December, reveal the hot Jupiter-like planet known as HD 189733b is a deep cobalt blue in color, marking the first time that the color of an exoplanet has been measured.