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Located over 50 million light years away, the large, distorted spiral NGC 1532 is seen locked in a gravitational struggle with dwarf galaxy NGC 1531 (right of center), a struggle the smaller galaxy will eventually lose.
Image Credit: Michel Meunier, Laurent Bernasconi, Janus Team
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When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers, 'tis near Halloween ππ€πΎ
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Kepler-186f is the first Earth-sized planet ever found that also orbits in its starβs habitable zone. Although its size and orbit are known, its mass and composition are not - however, existing models suggest that it could have a rocky terrain and an atmosphere, making it potentially the most Earth-like planet discovered so far.
Massive stars end their lives with a bang: exploding as spectacular supernovas, they release huge amounts of mass and energy into space. These explosions sweep up any surrounding material, creating bubble remnants that expand into interstellar space. At the heart of bubbles like these are small, dense neutron stars or black holes, the remains of what once shone brightly as a star.
Credit: ESA/XMM-Newton/ L. Oskinova/M. Guerrero; CTIO/R. Gruendl/Y.H. Chu
Autumn Path by AnthonyPresley
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The Instrument Deployment Camera (IDC), located on the robotic arm of NASAβs InSight lander, took this picture of the Martian surface on Nov. 26, 2018, the same day the spacecraft touched down on the Red Planet. The cameraβs transparent dust cover is still on in this image, to prevent particulates kicked up during landing from settling on the cameraβs lens. This image was relayed from InSight to Earth via NASAβs Odyssey spacecraft, currently orbiting Mars.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Β My ambition is handicapped by laziness. -C. Bukowski Β Β Me gustan las personas desesperadas con mentes rotas y destinos rotos. EstΓ‘n llenos de sorpresas y explosiones. -C. Bukowski. I love cats. Born in the early 80's, raised in the 90's. I like Nature, Autumn, books, landscapes, cold days, cloudy Windy days, space, Science, Paleontology, Biology, Astronomy, History, Social Sciences, Drawing, spending the night watching at the stars, Rick & Morty. I'm a lazy ass.
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