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Inside the Eagle Nebula

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In 1995, a now famous picture from the Hubble Space Telescope featured Pillars of Creation, star forming columns of cold gas and dust light-years long inside M16, the Eagle Nebula. This remarkable false-color composite image revisits the nearby stellar nursery with image data from the orbiting Herschel Space Observatory and XMM-Newton telescopes. Herschel's far infrared [...]

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NGC 6369 the Little Ghost Nebula

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This pretty planetary nebula, cataloged as NGC 6369, was discovered by 18th century astronomer William Herschel as he used a telescope to explore the medicinal constellation Ophiucus. Round and planet-shaped, the nebula is also relatively faint and has acquired the popular moniker of Little Ghost Nebula. Planetary nebulae in general are not at all related [...]

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The Case of the Missing Supernova Companion

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Where's the other star? At the center of this supernova remnant should be the companion star to the star that blew up. Identifying this star is important for understanding just how Type Ia supernova detonate, which in turn could lead to a better understanding of why the brightness of such explosions are so predictable, which [...]

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M1 the Crab Nebula From Hubble

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This is the mess that is left when a star explodes. The Crab Nebula, the result of a supernova seen in 1054 AD, is filled with mysterious filaments. The filaments are not only tremendously complex, but appear to have less mass than expelled in the original supernova and a higher speed than expected from a [...]

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A Horseshoe Einstein Ring From Hubble

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What's large and blue and can wrap itself around an entire galaxy? A gravitational lens mirage. Pictured above, the gravity of a luminous red galaxy (LRG) has gravitationally distorted the light from a much more distant blue galaxy. More typically, such light bending results in two discernible images of the distant galaxy, but here the [...]

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Light Echoes From V838 Mon

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For reasons unknown, star V838 Mon's outer surface suddenly greatly expanded with the result that it became the brightest star in the entire Milky Way Galaxy in January 2002. Then, just as suddenly, it faded. A stellar flash like this has never been seen before. It's true that supernovae and novae expel matter out into [...]

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Across the Center of Centaurus A

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A fantastic jumble of young blue star clusters, gigantic glowing gas clouds, and imposing dark dust lanes surrounds the central region of the active galaxy Centaurus A. This image from the Hubble Space Telescope has been processed to present a natural color picture of this cosmic maelstrom. Infrared images from the Hubble have also shown [...]

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Project Dependent Understanding Watch Videos Get Free Assets|Unbelievable Science Toys and Kits An

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So what kind of science toys are there to select from? You can get started with a thing simple like a slinky spring or a fundamental chemistry set (boy or girl safe and sound), then you have the choice of a junior microscope or a robotics kit. If they're a lot more biology inclined children [...]

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The Butterfly Nebula From Hubble

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Few butterflies have a wingspan this big. The bright clusters and nebulae of planet Earth's night sky are often named for flowers or insects, and NGC 6302 is no exception. With an estimated surface temperature of about 250,000 degrees C, the central star of this particular planetary nebula is exceptionally hot though -- shining brightly [...]

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Spiral Galaxy NGC 3370 From Hubble

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Is this what our own Milky Way Galaxy looks like from far away? Similar in size and grand design to our home Galaxy (although without the central bar), spiral galaxy NGC 3370 lies about 100 million light-years away toward the constellation of the Lion (Leo). Recorded above in exquisite detail by the Hubble Space Telescope's [...]

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MACS 1206 a Galaxy Cluster Gravitational Len

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It is difficult to hide a galaxy behind a cluster of galaxies. The closer cluster's gravity will act like a huge lens, pulling images of the distant galaxy around the sides and greatly distorting them. This is just the case observed in the above recently released image from the CLASH survey with the Hubble Space [...]

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Celestron Nexstar 114GT 114mm Go-to Reflector Telescope

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Celestron NexStar 114GT Specifications **Brightness Rating of 3.5 **Limiting Stellar Magnitude of 12 -- **114mm (4.5") Reflector -- **1000mm f/9 Focal Length -- **Star Pointer Finderscope -- **Motorized Altazimuth Mount -- **25mm SMA (40x) and 10mm SMA (100x) Eyepieces -- **Accessory Tray -- **Fully Computerized -- **4,000 Object Database -- **Assembled Weight: 15.5 lbs. -- [...]

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How to Improve My Knowledge About Astronomy?

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I'm so interested in science, mostly in astronomy. I'm 13 years old and I don't know how can I improve my knowledge about it. Can you tell me a good way to memorize stuff and how can I know more about astronomy. Where i can learn things apart from science in school. Tags: astronomy, good [...]

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Will We Ever Be Able to See God, Through a Powerful Telescope, Like Hubble?

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Tags: hubble space telescope, powerful telescope, Optical and Infrared, james webb space telescope

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NASA Hubble Space Posters, Star V838 Monocerotis

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Incredible Images From NASA's Hubble Space Project! The posters are printed on high quality photo quality stock, and measure approximately 23 by 28 inches. Most popular Hubble posters: V838 Monocerotis,Abell 1689,The Tadpole,The Lure of the Rings,The Sombrero Galaxy, Antennae Galaxies, Evaporating Planet,Omega-Swan Nebula, Helix Nebula ,Pencil Nebula Tags: high quality, hubble space telescope, Hubble Space [...]

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HH 47 a Young Star Jet Expands

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Stars remain where they are. Nebulas appear the same. Day after day. Year after year. Given the vast distances in astronomy, even fast moving objects will not appear to change their appearance in a human lifetime. Typically. A recent spectacular exception to this, however, is the supersonic jet in the star forming Herbig Haro 47. [...]

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Herschel Views the Milky Way

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With a 3.5 meter diameter mirror, larger than the Hubble Space Telescope, ESA's Herschel Space Observatory explores the Universe at infrared wavelengths. Herschel is named for German-born British astronomer Frederick William Herschel who discovered infrared light over 200 years ago. Herschel's sensitive cameras have combined to deliver this spectacular skyscape looking toward the constellation of [...]

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A Jet From Galaxy M87

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What's causing a huge jet to emanate from the center of galaxy M87? Although the unusual jet was first noticed early in the twentieth century, the exact cause is still debated. The above picture taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1998 shows clear details, however. The most popular hypothesis holds that the jet is [...]

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Why Hasn't the Hubble Space Telescope Spotted Anyone "Coming Back"?

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Tags: Type Ia supernova, hubble space telescope, james webb space telescope, Optical and Infrared

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A Young Supernova in the Nearby Pinwheel Galaxy

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A nearby star has exploded and telescopes all over the world are turning to monitor it. The supernova, dubbed PTF 11kly, was discovered by computer only two days ago as part of the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) sky survey utilizing the wide angle 1.2-meter Samuel Oschin Telescope in California. Its rapid recovery makes it one [...]

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