Wednesday, January 17, 2024
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Space is Deep
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Lisa
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Puppis is a rich southern constellation straddlng the Milky Way that was originally part of the ancient Greek constellation of Argo Navis until it was divided into three parts in the 18th century
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
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Space is Deep
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Lisa
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The distinctive shape of the stunning Hourglass Nebula has fired much debate over its formation among astronomers.
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
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Space is Deep
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Lisa
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I am too tired to go get the astronomy book off the shelf so everybody gets to make up their own fun space fact this week
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
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Space is Deep
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Lisa
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Ensisheim is the oldest meteorite fall that can be positively dated. It was carefully preserved by being hung from the roof of the parish church in Ensisheim, Alsace.
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
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Space is Deep
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Lisa
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9,000 years ago a Milky Way star exploded in a supernova, leaving behind the Veil Nebula. This nebula is physically huge, containing one filament, NGC 6960, known as the Witch's Broom Nebula, and another, NGC 6995, known as The Bat Nebula.
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
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Space is Deep
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Lisa
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LDN 43 is a nebula which bears an astonishing resemblance to a vast cosmic bat flying amongst the stars on a dark Halloween night. In the constellation Ophiuchus, this molecular cloud is dense enough to block light from background stars.
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
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Space is Deep
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Lisa
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Van Maanen 2 is the closest known solitary white dwarf to the Solar System. It is a dense, compact stellar remnant no longer generating energy and has equivalent to about 68% of the Sun's mass but only 1% of its radius.
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
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Space is Deep
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Lisa
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Lisa
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The Cartwheel Galaxy was once a normal spiral galaxy but is now recovering from a head-on collision with a smaller runaway galaxy many millions of years earlier in its history.
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Situated in the globular cluster M4, the pulsar PSR B1620-26 rotates more than 90 times per second and has a mass of about 1.3 solar masses.
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Space is Deep
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Lisa
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In 1572, Tycho Brahe observed a supernova in the constellation Cassiopeia and recorded its brightness changes in exceptional detail. This brilliant new object helped astronomers reject the idea that the heavens were immutable.
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Lisa
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Prometheus is a small, potato-shaped moon orbiting just inside Saturn's multi-stranded F ring. They are connected by a fine thread of material, and it is possible that Prometheus is pulling particles out of the F ring.
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Space is Deep
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Lisa
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The meteorite Glatton was discovered by English civil servant Arthur Pettifor on May 5, 1991. While out planting onions, he heard a loud whining noise and noticed a conifer waving around. Underneath the tree was a small lukewarm stone.