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Messier 81

One of the brightest galaxies in planet Earth's sky is similar in size to our Milky Way Galaxy: big, beautiful Messier 81. Also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's galaxy for its 18th century discoverer, this grand spiral can be found toward the northern constellation of Ursa Major, the Great Bear. The sharp, detailed telescopic view reveals M81's bright yellow nucleus, blue spiral arms, pinkish starforming regions, and sweeping cosmic dust lanes. But some dust lanes actually run through the ...Read more

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17th January 2022 at 16:33
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16th January 2022 at 14:07
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6th January 2022 at 18:25
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5th January 2022 at 10:54
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This is a small section of the Cygnus supernova blast wave which appears as a delicate streak of light. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Blair; acknowledgment: Leo Shatz
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4th January 2022 at 10:01
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3rd January 2022 at 12:12
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1st January 2022 at 09:04
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31st December 2021 at 11:25
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30th December 2021 at 13:57
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DEM L249, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, is an unusual supernova remnant. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and Y. Chou (Academia Sinica, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
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29th December 2021 at 13:58
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The Prawn Nebula is a massive stellar nursery located in the constellation Scorpius, about 6,000 light years from Earth Hubble
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28th December 2021 at 13:50
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In this image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures a side-on view of NGC 3568, a barred spiral galaxy roughly 57 million light-years from the Milky Way in the constellation Centaurus.
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27th December 2021 at 13:44
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