Eastern Time Zone. The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing 17 U.S. states in the eastern part of the contiguous United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama in Central America, and the Caribbean Islands.
This close-up view shows the galaxy MACS0647-JD, the farthest object yet known, as it appears through a gravitational lens imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxy is 13.3 billion light-years from Earth and formed 420 million years after the Big Bang.
The ring closest to Uranus is about 23,600 miles (37,191 kilometers) from the planetâs center. The farthest is about 38,000 miles (51,456 kilometers) away. Unlike Saturnâs rings, which are broad and bright, the rings of Uranus are very narrow and dark.