The blue star near the center of this image is Zeta Ophiuchi. Zeta Ophiuchi is actually a very massive, hot, bright blue star plowing its way through a large cloud of interstellar dust and gas in this image from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer.
Zeta Ophiuchi -- Runaway Star Plowing through Space Dust
Hurricane Zeta damage to NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility – South side of Bldg. 110 the Vertical Assembly Building (VAB).
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Hurricane Zeta damage to NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility – East side of Bldg. 110 the Vertical Assembly Building (VAB).
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Hurricane Zeta damage to NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility – East side of Bldg. 110 the Vertical Assembly Building (VAB).
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The giant star Zeta Ophiuchi, a young, large and hot star located around 370 light-years away, is having a hocking effect on the surrounding dust clouds in this infrared image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope.
Massive Star Makes Waves
iss064e002148 (Oct. 28, 2020) --- Hurricane Zeta was pictured from the International Space Station as the category two storm churned in the Gulf of Mexico nearing Louisiana.
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iss064e002177 (Oct. 28, 2020) --- Hurricane Zeta was pictured from the International Space Station as the category two storm churned in the Gulf of Mexico nearing Louisiana. At lower right, is a portion of one of the Northrop Grumman resupply ship's cymbal-shaped UltraFlex solar arrays.
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iss064e002219 (Oct. 28, 2020) --- Hurricane Zeta was pictured from the International Space Station as the category two storm churned in the Gulf of Mexico nearing Louisiana. In the upper foreground, is Russia's Progress 76 resupply ship docked to the Pirs docking compartment.
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