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APOD: 2018 November 7 - NGC 6188: The Dragons of Ara
yesterday by rgl7194
Explanation: Dark shapes with bright edges winging their way through dusty NGC 6188 are tens of light-years long. The emission nebula is found near the edge of an otherwise dark large molecular cloud in the southern constellation Ara, about 4,000 light-years away. Born in that region only a few million years ago, the massive young stars of the embedded Ara OB1 association sculpt the fantastic shapes and power the nebular glow with stellar winds and intense ultraviolet radiation. The recent star formation itself was likely triggered by winds and supernova explosions, from previous generations of massive stars, that swept up and compressed the molecular gas. With image data from the Chilescope Observatory, a false-color Hubble palette was used to create this gorgeous wide-field image and shows emission from sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms in red, green, and blue hues. The field of view spans about four full Moons, corresponding to about 150 light years at the estimated distance of NGC 6188.
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yesterday by rgl7194
NASA's Fermi Mission Shows How Luck Favors the Prepared - YouTube
yesterday by mcjhn
This video timeline explores the historical progress of research into three cosmic messengers -- gravitational waves, gamma rays and neutrinos -- that Fermi helped bring together.
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yesterday by mcjhn
Astronomers discover super-Earth around Barnard's star • Phys.org
It's only six lightyears away. Look, we should go - perhaps they could lend us money. Or we could sell them bitcoin. Same thing.
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2 days ago by charlesarthur
<p>Astronomers have discovered a planet in orbit around one of the closest stars to the Sun, Barnard's star.
The study was co-led by researchers from Queen Mary University of London, and from the Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya and the Institute of Space Sciences/CSIC in Spain.
The potentially rocky planet, known as Barnard's star b, is a 'super-Earth' with a mass of at least 3.2 times that of the Earth, and it orbits around its host star once every 233 days.
The results, published in the journal Nature, show the planet lies at a distant region from the star known as the 'snow line'. This is well beyond the habitable zone in which liquid water, and possibly life, could exist.
The planet's surface temperature is estimated to be around -170 degrees Celsius meaning it is likely to be a frozen world which is uninviting to Earth-like life.
However, if the planet has a substantial atmosphere the temperature could be higher and conditions potentially more hospitable.</p>
It's only six lightyears away. Look, we should go - perhaps they could lend us money. Or we could sell them bitcoin. Same thing.
2 days ago by charlesarthur
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Zooniverse
2 days ago by soto97
The Zooniverse enables everyone to take part in real cutting edge research in many fields across the sciences, humanities, and more. The Zooniverse creates opportunities for you to unlock answers and contribute to real discoveries.
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2 days ago by soto97
Meteor showers as seen from space
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3 days ago by speckz
3D visualization of NASA meteor shower data. Scientifically accurate and fully interactive.
3 days ago by speckz