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AstronomyMilky Way Galaxy
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The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy - this means that it's a spiral galaxy that has a central bar shaped structure that is made up of stars. Spiral galaxies have a spiral structure that exten... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
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23 January 2013
Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945
Image Credit & Copyright: SSRO-South, J. Harvey, S. Mazlin, D. Verschatse, J. Joaquin Perez, (UNC/CTIO/PROMPT)
Large spiral galaxy NGC 4945 is s... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
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30 September 2012
A Galaxy Collision in NGC 6745
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration
Acknowledgment: Roger Lynds (KPNO/NOAO) et al.
Gala... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85399 Views
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20 December 2012
M33: Triangulum Galaxy
Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler, Subaru Telescope (NAOJ)
Image data: Subaru Telescope, Robert Gendler, Brigham Young University Obs., Johann... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85399 Views
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11 January 2013
The Fornax Cluster of Galaxies
Image Credit & Copyright: Marco Lorenzi
How do clusters of galaxies form and evolve? To help find out, astronomers continue to study the second... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85399 Views
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16 January 2013
NGC 1309: Spiral Galaxy and Friends
Image Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive, ESA, NASA; Processing - Martin Pugh
A gorgeous spiral galaxy some 100 million light-years distant, NGC 13... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85399 Views
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24 February 2013
M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy in Dust and Stars
Image Credit: N. Scoville (Caltech), T. Rector (U. Alaska, NOAO) et al., Hubble Heritage Team, NASA
The Whirlpool Galaxy is a classic... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85399 Views
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8 November 2012
Arp 188 and the Tadpole's Tail
Image Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive, ESA, NASA; Processing - Bill Snyder (Heavens Mirror Observatory)
In this stunning vista, based on image d... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85399 Views
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2 January 2013
The Einstein Cross Gravitational Lens
Image Credit & Copyright: J. Rhoads (Arizona State U.) et al., WIYN, AURA, NOAO, NSF
Most galaxies have a single nucleus -- does this gal... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85399 Views
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5 December 2012
Plasma Jets from Radio Galaxy Hercules A
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Baum & C. O'Dea (RIT), R. Perley and W. Cotton (NRAO/AUI/NSF),
and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85399 Views
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10 November 2012
Polar Ring Galaxy NGC 660
Image Credit: Gemini Observatory, AURA, Travis Rector (Univ. Alaska Anchorage)
NGC 660 is featured in this cosmic snapshot, a sharp composite of broad a... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85399 Views
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17 December 2012
NGC 922: Collisional Ring Galaxy
Image Credit: NASA, ESA; Acknowledgement: Nick Rose
Why does this galaxy have so many big black holes? No one is sure. What is sure is that NGC... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85399 Views
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8 February 2013
NGC 6822: Barnard's Galaxy
Image Credit & Copyright: Stephen Leshin, Collaboration: Deidre Hunter and LARI
Grand spiral galaxies often seem to get all the glory, flaunti... |
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TechnologySamsung Galaxy Nexus banned in US
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An American judge has banned the sale of Samsung's new Galaxy Nexus mobile phone in the United States after Apple claimed it copied some of the technology used in its iPhone.Apple spokeswoman Kri... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85399 Views
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24 November 2012
NGC 1365: Majestic Spiral with Supernova
Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh
Barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365 is truly a majestic island universe some 200,000 light-years acr... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85399 Views
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8 March 2013
Looking Through Abell 68
Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage/ESA-Hubble Collaboration - Acknowledgment: Nick Rose
Want to use a cluster of galaxies as a telescope? It's easier t... |
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why continue?
63 Posts • 20542 Views
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Every grain of sand or pebble on the beach doesn't seem very important does it? But each together, combined as a whole makes up the beach. Every stone or blade of grass or single daisy doesn'... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85399 Views
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8 January 2013
Grand Spiral Galaxy NGC 7424
Image Credit & Copyright: SSRO-South (S. Mazlin, J. Harvey, D. Verschatse, R. Gilbert) & Kevin Ivarsen (UNC/CTIO/PROMPT)
The grand, winding arm... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85399 Views
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14 September 2012
Elliptical M60, Spiral NGC 4647
Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Giant elliptical galaxy M60 and spiral galaxy NGC 4647 do look like an odd couple in this s... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85399 Views
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2 February 2013
Herschel's Andromeda
Image Credit: ESA/Herschel/PACS & SPIRE Consortium, O. Krause, HSC, H. Linz
This infrared view from the Herschel Space Observatory explores the Andr... |
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Let darth Vader Read Your Mind
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he couldnt get it...... the milkyway galaxy. |
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mysterious light travel
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Okay, that should have been, and making every GALAXY appear like it is moving away from its peers. :D |
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TechnologySamsung Galaxy Nexus banned in US
2 Posts • 2937 Views
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It's probably a little too late since Samsung's Galaxy III is right around the corner. |
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JokesYo' Mama Jokes?
163 Posts • 103417 Views
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Youre mama so fat she has galaxy's orbiting around her 1000000000 chins!!!!*lol**lol**yuck**lol* |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
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23 March 2013
Infrared Portrait of the Large Magellanic Cloud
Credit: ESA / NASA / JPL-Caltech / STScI
Cosmic dust clouds ripple across this infrared portrait of our Milky Way's satellite g... |
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