Andromeda

I meant to post yesterday, but I had a lesson in being a grownup instead. And this morning, I could have posted, but I started reading book 10 of the How to Train Your Dragon series, the book I thought would be the last of the series. I was wrong; there’s at least one more

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Space collisions are massive, unbelievably powerful events.

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Although 1 PANSTARRS (C/2011 L4) is past its peak, which occurred in early March, it still remains a worthy target this spring. In April, target the comet through binoculars or a small telescope. It passes 2.5° west of the Andromeda Galaxy on the 3rd and then crosses into Cassiopeia on the 9th. By m …

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We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. – T.S. EliotHave you ever looked up at the night sky and wondered, “Where ARE we in all that?” Astronomers have found some amazing answers to that question. ..

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Tweet The City on the Edge of Forever – Astronomical images by NASA (Public Domain). Historical images by Library of Congress (PD). Brownstone, sky and editing by sookietex. #startrek +William Shatner +The Big Bang Theory I, ( +sookie tex) the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public ..

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The City on the Edge of Forever

The Chandra X-Ray Obersvatory image below shows an envelope of 60-million-degree gas around a young cluster of stars, known as the Arches cluster, the most compact cluster of stars known in our galaxy which boasts 150 or so massive, young stars contained within a diameter of one light-year.

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Image of the Day –Arches Star Cluster Near Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole

In Brief: Alastair Reynolds’ epoch-spanning, pan-galactic novel features very intelligent, very human characters questing after universal mysteries while confronting the seeds of violence and intrigue sowed from within their own neo-utopian society. Pros: Reynolds, who worked for years as an astroph …

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I remember the tune of “It’s a Small World.” I remember it from the crib, a melody echoing back to me almost from the womb. I remember when it was a small world, and I knew nothing about Mozambique or the Andromeda galaxy. I remember feeling red-faced and confused at my family’s profuse compliments …

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How do telescopes let us see so far into space? Everything you need to know about how telescopes work. Why is your eye so bad at seeing things far away? Human eyes can see long distances.

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Present Day 2 Billion years from now the of the approaching Andromeda galaxy is noticeably larger 3.75 Billion years, Andromeda fills the field of view 3.85 Billion years, the sky is ablaze with new star formation 3.9 Billion years, star formation continues 4 Billion years, Milky Way is warped and A …

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