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The Communications Center: Breaking Science News • HST: Stellar sculptors in...
HST: Stellar sculptors in NGC 346 (in UV & Opt)NASA/ESA | | 2025 April 2 This new image showcases NGC 346, a dazzling young star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud. The Small Magellanic Cloud...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: A Happy Sky over...
Nice try, but a smiley face? Hardly. The "eyes" are just too far away. Also, "the brightest planet on the sky"? I've noticed this usage in a few other APODs of late. What ever happened to the more...
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something puzzled me about the picture of Caloris Basin, as long as we're discussing Mercury: there are striations radiating from a cenral crater that appear to be fracture lines of the surface crust,...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Lunar Dust and...
How come there's no tire tracks in the dust on either side of the tire?Statistics: Posted by Guest — Thu May 01, 2025 8:59 pm — Replies 8 — Views 1579
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Young Star...
TY for both replies. I am impressed that the mostly true color photo is quite colorful.Statistics: Posted by zendae — Fri May 02, 2025 4:26 pm — Replies 5 — Views 124
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Titan: Moon over...
From the "near center is" link, here is the Shangri-La region. Yes, I can see the resemblance to the blurry dark/light regions of this APOD:Statistics: Posted by johnnydeep — Sat May 03, 2025 5:28 pm...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Barred Spiral...
Here are the pieces of the puzzle labeled, with the nucleus labeled "N" and the various nearby star clusters labeled L1, L2, etc. Seems that the diffraction spikes might be coming from the pair of...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Spin up of a...
our current level of physical theory is not adequate to fully describe what a black hole does to spacetime.Please say more about what theory is still inadequate to fully describe! For example, could...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Planet Lines...
I find it quite interesting that the width of the Venus and crescent Moon lines, despite being quite different in angular width in the sky, reflect from the waves a similar width of line. Does a...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: The Doubly Warped...
If ever you're in space and notice a black hole getting smaller and smaller, do NOT conclude you are safely receding from it! It's the opposite!(from the video)Statistics: Posted by Christian G. — Tue...
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The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related • NewJWST: New Pictures...
Gorgeous image!Statistics: Posted by Christian G. — Wed May 07, 2025 12:47 am — Replies 25 — Views 59146
View ArticleThe Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related • I'm trying to find...
The photo you took is very sharp and beautiful.Geometry Vibes UnblockedStatistics: Posted by GeraldineBond — Wed May 07, 2025 4:33 pm — Replies 1 — Views 27199
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Galaxy Wars: M81...
Galaxy Wars: M81 versus M82Humans make wars, galaxies bond!And colorfully burst with stars in doing so!M81M82_CAT_960.jpgYep! And given that the stars almost never collide, this is not a war, but...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: M1: The...
1500 km/s sounds incredible indeed but if you're too accustomed to reading this figure about the Crab Nebula, you can always switch scales to refresh your mind and consider that each week, this object...
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