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Best ever photo of Black Hole’s jets
by yaska77 An international team (including NASA-funded researchers) has produced the most detailed image ever of particle jets erupting from a supermassive black hole in a nearby galaxy. Credit:...
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Total lunar eclipse – 15th June 2011
by yaska77 As featured in our Astronomy Events for June list, a total lunar eclipse will take place tomorrow (15th June), the first of two this year with the second occurring on 10th December. This...
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Confused galaxy spins both ways
by yaska77 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 7479 (released today) has been created from observations of both visible and near-infrared wavelengths. The tightly wound arms of the...
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New comet to swing by the Sun in 2013
by yaska77 Astronomers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa have recently discovered a new comet expected to be visible to the naked eye in early 2013. Found by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope on Haleakala...
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Mercury – hardly ever visible when it is truly dark
by tte-77 Mercury profile from Mariner - Credit: NASA In his book “The Solar System and Back” (Doubleday, 1970), famed science writer Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) argued that the planet Mercury: “… is...
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