Wednesday / October 4, 2006

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This image released today by NASA shows the wrinkled border of the Saturn moon Enceladus. This is the region of Enceladus (505km, or 314 miles across) that is known to be presently geologically active.

A tatoo is seen in the back of Spain´s inmate Ainhoa Zubiri while she gets ready to perform in the 2006 "Miss Spring" contest held at the Santa Monica Female prison in Lima. Fourteen women participated in the event, including inmates from Holland, Paraguay, Mexico and Perú. Most foreigners in Peruvian prisons were caught trying to smuggle drugs.

Picture released today by the European Space Agency that shows an artist´s impression of a Jupiter-sized planet passing in front of its parent star. Such events are called transits. When the planet transits the star, the star´s apparent brightness drops by a few percent for a short period. Through this technique, astronomers can use the Hubble Space Telescope to search for planets by measuring periodic changes in a star´s luminosity.

This image released today by NASA shows the wrinkled border of the Saturn moon Enceladus. This is the region of Enceladus (505km, or 314 miles across) that is known to be presently geologically active. Ver más.