Obsessed With This Magical Wide-field View Of The Eagle Nebula. At The Center Lies The Iconic “Pillars

Fluorite

Locality: Jaimina Mine, Caravia, Asturias, Spain

Blue Quartz

Locality: Torre Alhaquime, Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain

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Quartz Var. Eisenkiesel

Locality: Tinejdad Mine, Er Rachidia Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco

Pipe Nebula

The Carina nebula, captured from Australia’s Siding Spring observatory

The dagger that belonged to Pharaoh Tutankhamun has a curious extraterrestrial composition.

King Tut –who ruled over the land of the Pharaohs – continues to amaze the archeological community. Researchers concluded that the iron sheet of the dagger that once belonged to the ‘Boy’ Pharaoh was made from a material that belonged to a meteorite. The scientific study was led by Italian-Egyptian researchers who used X-ray fluorescence to analyze the dagger which dates back to the XIV century BCE.

The mystery behind one of the two daggers found beside the mummy of the Pharaoh is now solved, it originated in space, or better said, the sheet that makes up the dagger was fabricated from materials found in meteorites (source)

The Great Red Spot on Jupiter gets smaller by 580 miles per year

Better late than never!

This week’s comic: Rogue Planets

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/03/13/a-guide-to-lonely-planets-in-the-galaxy/

http://www.space.com/11699-rogue-alien-planets-milky-common.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAsACBDi_sk

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