The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion’s Belt in the constellation of …
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๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ It’s so big it is easy to miss. The entire Veil Nebula spans six times the diameter of the full moon, but is so …
Reg Saddler – Dust and the Western Veil Nebula Read More
๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ What are those strange rings? Rich in dust, the rings are likely 3D shells — but how they were created remains a topic …
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Popularly called Thor’s Helmet, NGC 2359 is a hat-shaped cosmic cloud with wing-like appendages. Heroically sized even for a Norse god, Thor’s Helmet is about 30 light-years across. In fact, …
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Americaโs first venture into space was a feat of scientific ingenuity and also one of human daring. It is no wonder that, in the early days of the Space Race, …
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๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ค๐ข In the featured image taken by Akatsuki late last month, Venus was captured in infrared light showing a surprising amount of atmospheric …
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A star that is “oอlอdอeอrอ tอhอaอnอ tอhอeอ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐”? is baffling scientists, suggesting there might be something fundamentally wrong with the Big Bang theory. Detailed measurements of the expansion rate of …
Oldest Star that older than the Universe Read More
The ozone layer sits in the stratosphere between 15 km and 30 km above the earth and shields us and other living things from the sunโs harmful ultraviolet radiation. Ozone …
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Theoretical physicist who made revolutionary contributions to our understanding of the nature of the universe The image of Stephen Hawking โ who has died aged 76 โ in his motorised …
‘Mind over matter’: Stephen Hawking โ obituary by Roger Penrose Read More
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope depicts NGC 6302, commonly known as the Butterfly Nebula. NGC 6302 lies within our Milky Way galaxy, roughly 3800 light-years away in …
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