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🔭 Andromeda and Friends

Image Credit & Copyright: Piotr Czerski

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This magnificent extragalactic skyscape looks toward the Andromeda Galaxy, the closest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way. It also accomplishes a Messier catalog trifecta by including Andromeda, cataloged as Messier 31 (M31), along with Messier 32 (M32), and Messier 110 (M110) in the same telescopic field of view. In this frame, M32 is just left of the Andromeda Galaxy's bright core with M110 below and to the right. M32 and M110 are both elliptical galaxies themselves and satellites of the larger spiral Andromeda. By combining 60 hours of broadband and narrowband image data, the deep telescopic view also reveals tantalizing details of dust lanes, young star clusters, and star-forming regions along Andromeda's spiral arms, and faint, foreground clouds of glowing hydrogen gas. For now, Andromeda and friends are some 2.5 million light-years from our own large spiral Milky Way.

November 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM

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November 15, 2025 at 6:16 AM

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He's trying to drown out the 40 Ghosts of Presidents Past mocking him for making James Buchanan look like a decent leader.

Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 1d

Trump blares Phantom of the Opera at the White House with an empty Friday schedule

November 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM

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🔭 Florida Northern Lights

Image Credit & Copyright: Samil Cabrera

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Northern lights have come to Florida skies. In fact, the brilliant streak of a Northern Taurid meteor flashes through the starry night sky above the beach in this sea and skyscape, captured from Shired Island, Florida on November 11. Meteors from the annual Northern Taurid meteor shower are expected this time of year. But the digital camera exposure also records the shimmering glow of aurora, a phenomenon more often seen from our fair planet's higher geographical latitudes. Also known as aurora borealis, these northern lights are part of recent, wide spread auroral activity caused by strong geomagnetic storms. In the last few days, stormy spaceweather has been triggered by multiple Earth impacting coronal mass ejections and intense solar activity.

November 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM

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🔭 Orion and the Running Man

Image Credit & Copyright: R. Jay Gabany

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$Few cosmic vistas can excite the imagination like The Great Nebula in Orion. Visible as a faint, bland celestial smudge to the naked eye, the nearest large star-forming region sprawls across this sharp colourful telescopic image. Designated M42 in the Messier Catalogue, the Orion Nebula's glowing gas and dust surrounds hot, young stars. About 40 light-years across, M42 is at the edge of an immense interstellar molecular cloud only 1,500 light-years away that lies within the same spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy as the Sun. Including dusty bluish reflection nebula NGC 1977, also known as the Running Man nebula at left in the frame, the natal nebulae represent only a small fraction of our galactic neighbourhood's wealth of star-forming material. Within the well-studied stellar nursery, astronomers have also identified what appear to be numerous infant solar systems.$

November 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM

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So it turns out that style of face is eternal

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hey gang

November 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM

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🔭 A Super Lunar Corona

Image Credit & Copyright: Eric Houck

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The Moon is pictured in the centre. ARound the Moon are colourful rings. The rings are nearly circular but have gaps. This but structured clouds are seen around the scene and at the bottom of the frame. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

November 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM

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🔭 Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt

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The planet Jupiter appears full frame in apparent colours of a variety of blues and some pink bands. The Great Red Spot is visible on the lower left as a dark spot. Jupiter's Moon Ganymede is visible on the upper left. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM

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🔭 Micro Moon vs. Super Moon

Image Credit & Copyright: Şenol Şanlı"

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Two full Moons are shown. They are different sizes because the Micro Moon image on the left was captured when the Moon was near its furthest from the Earth, while the Super Moon on the right was captured when the Moon was near its closest to the Earth. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

November 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM

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I want to be angry about the compromise, but I'm also wondering if it was possible for Dems to get anything they wanted beyond what they got (SNAP funded thru September, reversing shutdown layoffs, promise for a Senate vote on ACA credits). Even if it passes, it has to go back through the House

November 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM

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🔭 Road to the Galactic Centre

Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Abramyan

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The picture shows the a composite image of Monument Valley, Utah, USA in the foreground, and the plane of the Milky-Way Galaxy including the Galactic Centre in the background. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

November 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM

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Emily C. Hughes

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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 7d

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers

James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.

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November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM

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Dinosaur!
1985 dinosaur documentary hosted by Christopher Reeve. My folks recorded a copy on VHS from a TV broadcast. That poor tape ended up falling apart due to repeated viewings.

Dinosaur! Hosted by Christopher Reeve (1985)

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November 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM

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🔭 A Full Moon at Perigee

Image Credit & Copyright: Betul Turksoy

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What is big, bright, and beautiful, can wear a cape made of clouds, and is at the closest point in its elliptical orbit around planet Earth? A full moon at perigee of course, captured here near moonset in predawn skies on November 5 from Kayseri, Turkiye. Full moons that happen at (or very near) perigee, and so are slightly larger and brighter than full moons on average, have become popularly known as supermoons. In fact, this full moon at perigee is the closest and brightest of the three supermoons of 2025. Rising as the Sun sets, this full moon follows this October's Harvest Moon and is traditionally known to some as the Hunter's Moon.

November 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM

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🔭 A Dark Seahorse in Cepheus

Image Credit & Copyright: Jordi Jofre

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Spanning light-years, this suggestive shape known as the Seahorse Nebula floats in silhouette against a rich background of of stars and glowing hydrogen gas. Seen toward the royal northern constellation of Cepheus, the dusty, dark nebula is part of a Milky Way molecular cloud some 1,200 light-years distant. It is also listed as Barnard 150 (B150), one of 182 dark markings of the sky cataloged in the early 20th century by astronomer E. E. Barnard. Packs of low-mass stars are forming within, but their collapsing cores are only visible at long infrared wavelengths. Still, the luminous depths of the Milky Way in Cepheus add to this stunning galactic skyscape.

November 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM

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🔭 NGC 253: Dusty Island Universe

Image Credit & Copyright: Adam Block

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Shiny NGC 253 is one of the brightest spiral galaxies visible, and also one of the dustiest. Some call it the Silver Coin Galaxy for its appearance in small telescopes, or just the Sculptor Galaxy for its location within the boundaries of the southern constellation Sculptor. Discovered in 1783 by mathematician and astronomer Caroline Herschel, the dusty island universe lies a mere 10 million light-years away. About 70 thousand light-years across, NGC 253 is the largest member of the Sculptor Group of Galaxies, the nearest to our own Local Group of Galaxies. In addition to its spiral dust lanes, tendrils of dust seem to be rising from its galactic disk laced with young star clusters and star-forming regions in this colourful galaxy portrait. The high dust content accompanies frantic star formation, earning NGC 253 the designation of a starburst galaxy. NGC 253 is also known to be a strong source of high-energy x-rays and gamma rays, likely due to black holes near the galaxy's centre.

November 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM

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🔭 Spiral Galaxy NGC 3370 from Hubble

Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess, K. Noll

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A spiral galaxy covers the right part of the image. Brown dust and blue stars trace the spiral arms. On the left part of the image are several more red galaxies far in the distance. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

November 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM

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🔭 Comet Lemmon Beyond Lomnický Peak

Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Barsa

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An image of the night sky over distant mountains features a comet with long tails. One of the tails goes nearly to the edge of the picture on the upper right. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

November 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM

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In Memoriam:

Cheney Haunted By People He Didn't Manage To Kill In Iraq War

November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM

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🔭 A Double Helix Lunar Eclipse

Image Credit & Copyright: Chunlin Liu

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A wide angle image of the night sky is punctuated by a radio telescope on the lower left. Two bands of light run through the sky: the Milky Way and zodiacal light. The bands intertwine like a double helix. Near the top is an orange orb that is a totally eclipsed moon. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

November 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM

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🔭 A Horseshoe Einstein Ring from Hubble

Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

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A dark star field with several small galaxies features a yellowish galaxy in the centre. Surrounding this galaxy is a blue nearly circular horseshoe shaped object. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

November 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM

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This sounds good but I have a hard time imagining it tasted much different than most of the other BBQ chip variants.

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Lay's Wavy Cowboy BBQ Beans Chips (2015-2015): Part of Canada's "Do Us a Flavour" contest, meant to honor/evoke Canadian regional dishes, this wavy potato chip entry from Western Canada was meant to taste like smoky, sweet bbq baked beans cooked over a fire

November 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM

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Hallie Shoffner

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Tom Cotton hasn’t held a town hall in 8 years. It’s no concern of his if your family has food.

#yzma #arkansas #politics #food #snap

November 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM

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One of my favorite films. Saw it in theater with my parents and their friends, they were in the middle of a Deadlands RPG campaign when it came out so we found it to be a great dark comedy as well.