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Saturn broods while a storm dissipatesA lovely image of Saturn and its moon Tethys and Enceladus, courtesy of Cassini.
Tethys is the moon...
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Delicate coils on the Martian surface
The Athabasca Valles region of Mars is dotted with hundreds of these spirals, as observed by the HiRISE...
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Quieted Storm
Cassini examines Saturn and the planet’s northern hemisphere, which was ravaged by a huge storm for much...
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(source: incomprehensibleuniverse)
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Beautiful shot of sunspot group AR1339 taken by an amateur astronomer. AR1339 has already produced an X class solar flare and a non Earth-directed...
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The “peanut with jets”, comet Hartley 2, as photographed by the EPOXI craft during its closest approach on November 4, 2010.
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Galaxies at the End of the Era of Ionization
Scientists have used ESO’s Very Large Telescope to probe the early Universe at several different...
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Kleine Ina Nachtmusik
This piece of the moon is a piece of a larger picture… the largest lunar mosaic that I’ve ever made (click on the photo and...
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Some comet gone ‘n fucked up Ganymede.
![Largest Observed SMBH In The Compact Lenticular Galaxy “NGC1277”: [http://wp.me/p19dZk-tU]. #Astronomy #Astrophysics CC.@remcovdboschView Postshared via WordPress.com](http://25.media.tumblr.com/c7e60da8f2d07e4b5f3beec0981d014f/tumblr_mgf4et7kbV1qmvjq0o1_500.jpg)
Largest Observed SMBH In The Compact Lenticular Galaxy “NGC1277”: [http://wp.me/p19dZk-tU]. #Astronomy #Astrophysics CC.@remcovdbosch
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NASA & ESA Telescopes Find Evidence for Asteroid Belt Around Vega
Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a large asteroid belt around the star Vega, the second brightest star in northern night skies. The scientists used data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and the European Space Agency’s Herschel Space Observatory, in which NASA plays an important role. The data are consistent with both stars having inner, warm belts and outer, cool belts separated by a gap. This architecture is similar to the asteroid and Kuiper belts in our own solar system.
Hyades & Pleiades | R.A.s: 3h 47m - 04h 28m; Dec.: +24° 07′ - +15° 45′| (Taurus Open Star Clusters)
These two star clusters are actually stellar nurseries, a birthplace for stars. Along astronomical timeliness, the Pleiades are very recent events, born after the dinosaurs were extinct on the Earth. The stars are very hot, giant stars and in stellar lives, bigger is not better. Larger stars live a fast paced life, burning through their fuel at an incredible rate. The newborn Pleiades will have lived their lives and be in the last stages of stellar evolution before our Sun even begins to show signs of old age. Though planets may form around these stars, intelligent life will never have the chance to evolve.
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Oldest Galaxy Ever Observed: Z ~ 10 Candidate UDFj-39546284 In The HUDF & XDF: [http://wp.me/p19dZk-tD]. #Astronomy #Astrophysics
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Saturn Vortex Bigger Than Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Continues To Amaze
The remarkable disturbance that began in Saturn’s northern hemisphere late in 2010 was initiated by…
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Phobos, the largest and innermost of two Martian moons, is the darkest moon in the entire Solar System. Its unusual orbit and color indicate that it may be a captured asteroid composed of a mixture of ice and dark rock. The above picture of Phobos near the limb of Mars was captured last month by the robot spacecraft Mars Express currently orbiting Mars. (Credit: G. Neukum (FU Berlin) et al., Mars Express, DLR, ESA; Acknowledgement: Peter Masek)
ATEL #3715: MASTER auto-detection system at Blagoveshchensk (MASTER-Amur) has detected new transient source at the position of (R.A., Dec) = 08h 14m 43.89s, +12d 54m 59s.7 (J2000) 2011-10-24 18:58:57 (UT). The optical transient is believed to be a supernova and is seen clearly two images (see link below). We have reference images with no optical source. There is no minor planet at this place.
About: We have the SDSS J081443.33+125503.8 galaxy with unknown z and 23.0 mag in g SDSS and the SDSS J081443.90+125500.0 star with g=21.8 close to OT position. The discovery image is available at: http://bit.ly/uWYBCd.
