Dumbbell nebula
Just to the east of M27, the "Apple Core" nebula, there's a star that can be seen in binoculars. And this star hosts a giant planet. The star is slightly smaller and cooler...
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Abell 383 in 60 Seconds Narrator (April Hobart, CXC): Dark matter is mysterious. We know that it is invisible material that does not emit or absorb any type of light, but we can detect it through the...
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Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have seen dramatic changes in the atmosphere of a faraway planet. Just after a violent stellar flare bathed it in intense X-ray radiation, the...
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The fiery subject of this new Hubble image may seem like it would be more at home in a Tolkien novel, but, it is actually a nebula known as the Ring Nebula, or Messier 57. Although this nebula is one...
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The fiery subject of this new Hubble image may seem like it would be more at home in a Tolkien novel, but, it is actually a nebula known as the Ring Nebula, or Messier 57. Although this nebula is one...
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