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While elegant and symmetrical spiral galaxies are favorites of picture-book stargazers, I prefer ragged, bedraggled-looking galaxies because they betray violent and fascinating physical processes at their cores. Many such galaxies... Read More
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When did the first stars and galaxies form in the universe? How brightly did they burn their nuclear fuel? Scientists will seek to gain answers to these questions with the launch of the Cosmic Infrared Background ExpeRIment (CIBER) on a Black Brant XII suborbital sounding rocket between 11 and 11:59 p.m. EDT, June 4 from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia....
Astronomers using ESO’s Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) in Chile has captured a stunning new image of cosmic clouds in the constellation of Orion. The new image shows a part of a bigger complex called the Orion Molecular Cloud located about 1,350 light-years away. This region is a rich melting pot of bright nebulae, hot young [...]
The galaxy NGC 4214 glows brightly in this photo captured by space photographer Jeffrey O. Johnson.
Source: Bad Astronomy
Credit: Phil Plait
