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Perseids meteor shower revealed in stunning new photos
Skygazers await century’s longest ‘blood moon’
Some shots of the Eclipse: 2017
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SOAR telescope time exposure image
SOAR Telescope Time Exposure Image
[Pin It] A time exposure view of the SOAR telescope observing at Cerro Pachon in Chile.
CREDIT: Daniel Maturana/NOAO/AURA/NSF
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Astronomers detect cries of a dying star
The signals, which came from a galaxy 3.9 billion light years away, were x-rays generated by matter heated to millions of degrees and torn apart as material from the star crosses the black hole’s event horizon.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-03/cries-of-a-dying-star/4175688?section=nsw
A second Earth? Telescope finds solar system that mirrors ours – and offers hope that life could thrive on its worlds
- First solar sytem where planets ‘line up’ like planets of solar system
- Most other planets found so far are ‘hot Jupiters’ – uninhabitable worlds that orbit too close to parent star
- Three planets orbit with planes aligned with equator of their sun
Orbiting craft extends its hug…
Orbiting craft extends its huge robot limb as it captures Southern Lights blazing http://t.co/oveZAPGY via @MailOnline
Mars looks like Earth!!..a lit…
Mars looks like Earth!!..a little… http://t.co/qh3OySN4
via @NASA