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GOES Satellite Captures Spring Equinox (by NASA Goddard Photo and Video)
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GOES Satellite Captures Spring Equinox (by NASA Goddard Photo and Video)
Spin up of a Supermassive Black Hole
Illustration Credit: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
NGC 6357: Cathedral to Massive Stars
Image Credit: NASA, ESA and Jesús Maíz Apellániz (IAA, Spain)
thedailywhat: Space Shot of the Day: 100,000 Stars
If you’re running on Chrome browser, check out Google’s latest Experiment project that visualizes the precise location of at least 100,000 stars in our Milky Way galaxy, using various imagery and data pulled from NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA). For your frame of reference, there are approximately 200 to 400 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy.
(Source: chrome.blogspot.com)
Arp 188 and the Tadpole s Tail
Image Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive, ESA, NASA; Processing - Bill Snyder (Heavens Mirror Observatory)
Image Credit & Copyright: Adam Block, Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter, University of Arizona
Image Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive, ESA, NASA; Processing - Martin Pugh
Magnificent CME Erupts on the Sun - August 31 (by NASA Goddard Photo and Video)