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.
Saturn as the Jewel of the Solar System among Astronomers. Saturn is the furthest planet away that is still visible to the naked eye. Like Jupiter, it is made of hydrogen and helium and has a magnetic field 578 times more powerful than Earth. The favorite Space fact of NASAâs Dr. Linda Spilker is that if a bathtub could be built big enough, Saturn would float.