Darth Ambiguous say "Relax"

15 February 12 (Permalink)

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The Rosette Nebula
APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day)
Image Credit & Copyright: Brian Davis

30 September 11 (Permalink)

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whatthespace:

Eta Carinae (part of Carina nebula)

6 August 11 (Permalink)

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bookowl:

You have to visit this site and look at all of the amazing images and icons in the history of science. A grand tour!

(via What are some of the most important, iconic, and/or beautiful scientific images? - Quora)

From the sketches of da Vinci and Copernicus to Neil Armstrong’s lone footprint on the moons surface and Hubbles view of the pillars of creation, this is a fantastic collection. Here are some of my favourites:

What are yours?

14 May 11 (Permalink)

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maury-it:

APOD: 2011 May 11 - The Southern Cliff in the Lagoon.

As Liz Lemon once said “I want to go there”.

26 April 11 (Permalink)

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maury-it:

APOD: 2011 April 24 - The Cat’s Eye Nebula from Hubble.

9 April 11 (Permalink)

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The cynics are right nine times out of ten by Marty Desilets
Photo taken in Jacobsburg State Park, Pennsylvania during the day (the shadows on the path are the giveaway), then merged with a NASA nebula image in photoshop. Stunning.

28 February 11 (Permalink)

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fuckyeahnebulas:

NGC 2174

6 January 11 (Permalink)

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fuckyeahnebulas:

Pelican Nebula

It’s like someone spilt Pantone inks across the Milky Way!

(Source: sourient)

14 December 10 (Permalink)

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unknownskywalker:

The Greatest Stars

The small open star cluster Pismis 24 lies in the core of the NGC 6357 nebula in Scorpius, about 8,000 light-years away from Earth. Pismis 24-1, the brightest object in the center of this image, is two stars orbiting one another that are each estimated to be 100 solar masses.

Spectroscopic observations with ground-based telescopes reveal that one of the stars is actually a tight binary that is too compact to be resolved even by Hubble. This divides the estimated mass for Pismis 24-1 among the three stars. Although the stars are still among the heaviest known, the mass limit has not been broken due to the multiplicity of the system.

• Source: NASA

If we are all made of stardust, then I’m gonna call “it” on this quadrant. Magnificent.

2 December 10 (Permalink)

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tasteless-and-unoriginal:

Who knows what lurks in the Veil Nebula? © Stephen Scott 2010

Thanks to The Urania Project and FuckYeahNebulas for the original image (and for the last time, they know it’s not the correct spelling, it’s just the other name is already taken. Sheeeeesh).