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Albireo is regarded as one of the finest multiple star systems in the night sky. It consists of a golden-colored giant star and a cooler blue-dwarf star. Albireo is easily separated through a small telescope.
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Little is known about dark energy, except that it's repulsive. This strange force causes matter to scatter rather than attract. Dark energy makes up 68% of the universe's mass-energy density.
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Enaiposha is 3 times bigger and 8 times as massive as Earth. The planet's density means a chunk of it must be lighter than rock but heavier than gas. It is likely that Enaiposha is a water world.
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3C 273 is the brightest quasar in the sky and the second to be discovered. In 1963, Cyril Hazard used an occultation by the moon to establish its position.
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
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The Carina Nebula boasts three rare Wolf-Rayets (WR), the hottest stars in the universe. They illuminate and ionize a dark nebula called a Bok globule.
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
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Unusually, Gamma Velorum, a blue star, has been recently renamed. Its new name Regor, "Roger" backwards, honors Roger Chaffee, an astronaut who died in the Apollo 1 fire.
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
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The Cat's Eye nebula is one of the most complex of all planetary nebulae, possibly due to the interaction of a close binary system at its center.
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
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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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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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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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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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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.