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26 Amazing Photos of our Solar System

From the surface of Venus, to the rings of Saturn, here are 26 amazing photos of our solar system. Subscribe to American Eye 26. Solar Flare 2017 25. Solar Flare 1973 24. Simply Massive 23. Sunrise on Mercury 22. The First 21.…

First black hole photo explained

Astronomers revealed the first image ever taken of the event horizon of a supermassive black hole, captured by an array of eight ground-based radio telescopes located around the world. Bob McDonald, host of CBC's Quirks & Quarks,…

How We First Saw the Earth From Space

The first time humans saw the whole earth from space was thanks to a photograph taken by astronaut Bill Anders on the 24th December 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission. The photo, known as 'Earthrise' for the first time showed us what our…