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What’s happening to this spiral galaxy? Although details remain uncertain, it surely has to do with an ongoing […]

Do you see it? This common question frequently precedes the rediscovery of one of the most commonly recognized […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on May 9, 2017 by Farzin

This was once a beach — on ancient Mars. The featured 360-degree panorama, horizontally compressed, was taken by […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on May 8, 2017 by Farzin

What’s all of the commotion in the Tadpole nebula? Star formation. Dusty emission in the Tadpole nebula, IC […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on May 7, 2017 by Farzin

Some 4 billion light-years away, massive galaxy cluster Abell 370 only appears to be dominated by two giant […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on May 6, 2017 by Farzin

No, hamburgers are not this big. What is pictured is a sharp telescopic views of a magnificent edge-on […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on May 3, 2017 by Farzin

There it is! The Cygnus supply ship was a welcome sight to the astronauts on the International Space […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on May 2, 2017 by Farzin

The bright source near the center is a neutron star, the incredibly dense, collapsed remains of a massive […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on May 1, 2017 by Farzin

This is what Saturn looks like from inside the rings. Last week, for the first time, NASA directed […]

Two luminous arches stretched across the dome of the sky on this northern spring night. After sunset on […]