The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography • Found Images: 2024 July
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: NGC 602: Oyster...
NGC 602: Oyster Star Cluster Explanation: The clouds may look like an oyster, and the stars like pearls, but look beyond. Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy some 200...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: M83: Star Streams...
M83: Star Streams and a Thousand Rubies Explanation: Big, bright, and beautiful, spiral galaxy M83 lies a mere twelve million light-years away, near the southeastern tip of the very long constellation...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: A Beautiful...
A Beautiful Trifid Explanation: The beautiful Trifid Nebula is a cosmic study in contrasts. Also known as M20, it lies about 5,000 light-years away toward the nebula rich constellation Sagittarius. A...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Mount Etna Milky...
Mount Etna Milky Way Explanation: A glow from the summit of Mount Etna, famous active stratovolcano of planet Earth, stands out along the horizon in this mountain and night skyscape. Bands of diffuse...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: NGC 7789:...
NGC 7789: Caroline's Rose Explanation: Found among the rich starfields of the Milky Way, star cluster NGC 7789 lies about 8,000 light-years away toward the constellation Cassiopeia. A late 18th...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Iridescent Clouds...
Iridescent Clouds over Sweden Explanation: Why are these clouds multi-colored? A relatively rare phenomenon in clouds known as iridescence can bring up unusual colors vividly -- or even a whole...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Exoplanet Zoo:...
Exoplanet Zoo: Other Stars Explanation: Do other stars have planets like our Sun? Surely they do, and evidence includes slight star wobbles created by the gravity of orbiting exoplanets and slight...
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The Communications Center: Breaking Science News • WEBB admires bejeweled...
WEBB admires bejeweled ring of the lensed quasar RX J1131-1231phys.org | 2024 July 5 This new picture of the month from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope features the gravitational lensing...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Noctilucent...
Noctilucent Clouds over Florida Explanation: These clouds are doubly unusual. First, they are rare noctilucent clouds, meaning that they are visible at night -- but only just before sunrise or just...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: A Sagittarius...
A Sagittarius Triplet Explanation: These three bright nebulae are often featured on telescopic tours of the constellation Sagittarius and the crowded starfields of the central Milky Way. In fact, 18th...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Globular Cluster...
Globular Cluster Omega Centauri Explanation: Globular star cluster Omega Centauri packs about 10 million stars much older than the Sun into a volume some 150 light-years in diameter. Also known as NGC...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Jones-Emberson 1...
Jones-Emberson 1 Explanation: Planetary nebula Jones-Emberson 1 is the death shroud of a dying Sun-like star. It lies some 1,600 light-years from Earth toward the sharp-eyed constellation Lynx. About...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Solar System...
Solar System Family Portrait Explanation: In 1990, cruising four billion miles from the Sun, the Voyager 1 spacecraft looked back to make this first ever Solar System family portrait. The complete...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Meteor Misses...
Meteor Misses Galaxy Explanation: The galaxy was never in danger. For one thing, the Triangulum galaxy (M33), pictured, is much bigger than the tiny grain of rock at the head of the meteor. For...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: The Tadpole...
The Tadpole Galaxy from Hubble Explanation: Why does this galaxy have such a long tail? In this stunning vista, based on image data from the Hubble Legacy Archive, distant galaxies form a dramatic...
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The Communications Center: Breaking Science News • WEBB: Vivid portrait of...
Vivid portrait of interacting galaxies marks Webb's second anniversaryphys.org | 2024 July 12 A duo of interacting galaxies commemorates the second science anniversary of NASA's James Webb Space...
View ArticleThe Communications Center: Breaking Science News • Sulfur was Key to the...
by Ken CroswellThe find suggests all rocky planets get wet soon after birth, boosting the chances for life.Link: Science NewsStatistics: Posted by Mercury — Mon Jul 15, 2024 5:36 pm — Replies 0 —...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Cometary Globules...
Cometary Globules Explanation: What are these unusual interstellar structures? Bright-rimmed, flowing shapes gather near the center of this rich starfield toward the borders of the nautical southern...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Villarrica...
Villarrica Volcano Against the Sky Explanation: When Vulcan, the Roman god of fire, swings his blacksmith's hammer, the sky is lit on fire. A recent eruption of Chile's Villarrica volcano shows the...
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