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Portrait of NGC 3628
Sharp telescopic views of NGC 3628 show a puffy galactic disk divided by dark dust lanes. Of course, […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on April 14, 2023 by Farzin

NGC 2419: Intergalactic Wanderer
Stars of the globular cluster NGC 2419 are packed into this Hubble Space Telescope field of view toward […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on April 13, 2023 by Farzin

NGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda
The large stellar association cataloged as NGC 206 is nestled within the dusty arms of the neighboring Andromeda […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on April 12, 2023 by Farzin

Why is Polaris called the North Star? First, Polaris is the nearest bright star toward the north spin […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on April 11, 2023 by Farzin

To some, it looks like a giant chicken running across the sky. To others, it looks like a […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on April 10, 2023 by Farzin

Where is the center of the Egg Nebula? Emerging from a cosmic egg, the star in the center […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on April 9, 2023 by Farzin

Majestic on a truly cosmic scale, M100 is appropriately known as a grand design spiral galaxy. It is […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on April 8, 2023 by Farzin

Rigel Wide
Brilliant, blue, supergiant star Rigel marks the foot of Orion the Hunter in planet Earth’s night. Designated Beta […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on April 7, 2023 by Farzin

Terran 1 Burns Methalox
Relativity’s Terran 1 Rocket is mostly 3D-printed. It burns a cryogenic rocket fuel composed of liquid methane and […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on April 6, 2023 by Farzin

Rubin s Galaxy
In this Hubble Space Telescope image the bright, spiky stars lie in the foreground toward the heroic northern […]

This entry was posted in Astronomy and tagged astronomy NASA on April 5, 2023 by Farzin