Amazing Universe

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Eclipse
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Galaxy Explosion
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Earth. The most amazing photo of Earth ever taken is from Russia's latest weather satellite, the Electro-L at approximately 36,000 kilometers above the equator. Unbelievably astounding.
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A New Marker Might Better Track the Solar Cycle
Approximately every 11 years the Sun becomes violently active, putting on a show of magnetic activity for aurora watchers and sungazers alike. But the timing of the solar cycle is far from precise, making it hard to determine the exact underlying physics. Typically astronomers use sunspots to map the course of the solar cycle, but…
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The majority of the stars in our Galaxy, the Milky Way, reside in a single huge disc, known as the Galactic Plane, spanning 100 000 light-years across. The Sun also resides in this crowded stellar hub, lying roughly halfway between its centre and its outer edges.
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Comet Hyakutakewas: Japanese amateur astronomer Yuji Hyakutake’s second comet discovery, and the third comet discovered in 1996. The comet came within 8 million miles of Earth on March 25. It was very well placed for viewing because it was be near the “North Star” (Polaris). It appeared, to the naked eye, like a fuzzy ball with a trailing edge!
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Black Holes Have Simple Feeding Habits (NASA, Chandra, 6/18/08)
This composite NASA image of the spiral galaxy M81, located about 12 million light years away
an image of some very pretty stars in the night sky with red and blue colors
The Rose Nebula
an image of the planet saturn taken from space
Stalking Uranus: A Complete Guide to the 2014 Opposition Season
Uranus as seen through the automated eyes of Voyager 2 in 1986. (Credit: NASA/JPL).
the night sky is lit up with stars and clouds as seen from an airplane window
Earth at night