Wow, That’s Gorgeous :o

Wow, that’s gorgeous :o

That’s gotta be one of the most beautiful nebulae I’ve laid eyes on! And, it looks like a heart too!

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IC 1805: The Heart Nebula : What energizes the Heart Nebula? First, the large emission nebula dubbed IC 1805 looks, in whole, like a human heart. The nebula glows brightly in red light emitted by its most prominent element: hydrogen. The red glow and the larger shape are all powered by a small group of stars near the nebula’s center. In the center of the Heart Nebula are young stars from the open star cluster Melotte 15 that are eroding away several picturesque dust pillars with their energetic light and winds. The open cluster of stars contains a few bright stars nearly 50 times the mass of our Sun, many dim stars only a fraction of the mass of our Sun, and an absent microquasar that was expelled millions of years ago. The Heart Nebula is located about 7,500 light years away toward the constellation of Cassiopeia. Coincidentally, a small meteor was captured in the foreground during imaging and is visible above the dust pillars. At the top right is the companion Fishhead Nebula. via NASA

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Galileo, what a man

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Reality is often disappointing

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acosmicgeek

4 years ago

Can you kill a star with iron?

Since the energy required to fuse iron is more than the energy that you get from doing it, could you use iron to kill a star like our sun?

I read this article when answering a question on quotev and it’s fascinating!

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acosmicgeek

4 years ago

Lookin’ Good!

I’ve been wanting to be an Astronaut for Halloween but sadly I live in Florida and the heat might suffocate me in a full suit! Perhaps a nice NASA shirt and hat and maybe a fake ID badge and I can go as a scientist :D

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Artemis Generation Spacesuit Event : Amy Ross, a spacesuit engineer at Johnson Space Center, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, watch as Kristine Davis and Dustin Gohmert wear prototype spacesuits. (via NASA)

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acosmicgeek

4 years ago

They’re so lonely :(

Wait I guess that means I’m an electron since I’m #foreveralone. I feel like I should be sad about this but electrons are cool so I can’t really be lol.

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Poor electrons

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acosmicgeek

4 years ago

Omg particles are such players - JUST CHOOSE ONE!!!

But yeah wave-particle duality is kinda confusing sometimes lol

Like, how is it both? I dunno! Maybe I’ll read up on that later ...

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Photons : Hello I’m a particle . Oh yeah but i behave like a wave too , isn’t that beautiful !!

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acosmicgeek

5 years ago

Okay I love the Big Bang Theory (as in the actual scientific theory about the start of our universe) but also the TV show.

(Sheldon was my favorite)

Anyway I didn’t know there was a full version of the theme song and I really like it :)

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acosmicgeek

4 years ago

Could We Build a Real-Life Death Star?

... why.

There are no aliens - so the only thing we could use this as is like a nuke - but that would destroy the entire Earth xD

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acosmicgeek

4 years ago

Poor, poor moon :(

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“boy, girl, time for dinner!”

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acosmicgeek

4 years ago

It’s easy to forget that thousands of comets, asteroids, and meteors are near us everyday. They seem like such a rarity.

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Cosmonaut Ivan Vagner obtained this image of the comet NEOWISE a few hours ago from the International Space Station. He says that the dust tail looks very good from there. It is worth enlarging the image.

via reddit

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acosmicgeek

4 years ago

I felt that

I mean they are pretty connected, so even if you choose one you’ll probably have to deal with the other.

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