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A new photo of the Sombrero galaxy from @NASAWebb
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently imaged the Sombrero galaxy with its MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument), resolving the clumpy nature of the dust along the galaxy’s outer ring. This image includes filters representing 7.7-micron light as blue, 11.3-micron light as green, and 12.8-micron light as red. Researchers say the clumpy nature of the dust, where MIRI detects carbon-containing molecules called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, can indicate the presence of young star-forming regions. However, unlike some galaxies studied with Webb, including Messier 82, where 10 times as many stars are born than the Milky Way galaxy, the Sombrero galaxy is not a particular hotbed of star formation. The rings of the Sombrero galaxy produce less than one solar mass of stars per year, in comparison to the Milky Way’s roughly two solar masses a year.
November 29, 2024 at 11:02 PM
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NGC 1566: A Spiral Galaxy from Webb and Hubble
NGC 1566: A Spiral Galaxy from Webb and Hubble Image Credit & Copyright: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. Lee (STScI), T. Williams (Oxford), R. Chandar (UToledo), D. Calzetti (UMass), PHANGS Team Explanation: What's different about this galaxy? Very little, which makes the Spanish Dancer galaxy, NGC 1566, one of the most typical and photogenic spirals on the sky. There is something different about this galaxy image, though, because it is a diagonal combination of two images: one by the Hubble Space Telescope on the upper left, and the other by the James Webb Space Telescope on the lower right. The Hubble image was taken in ultraviolet light and highlights the locations of bright blue stars and dark dust along the galaxy's impressive spiral arms. In contrast, the Webb image was taken in infrared light and highlights where the same dust emits more light than it absorbed. In the rollover image, the other two sides of these images are revealed. Blinking between the two images shows which stars are particularly hot because they glow brighter in ultraviolet light, and the difference between seemingly empty space and infrared-glowing dust.
November 30, 2024 at 2:32 AM
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The Whirlpool Galaxy

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The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, is a spiral galaxy located 31 million light-years away. It highlights the attributes of a typical spiral galaxy, including graceful, curving arms, pink star-forming regions, and brilliant blue strands of star clusters. NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI) and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
November 30, 2024 at 6:20 PM
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Here’s my photograph from a snowy Grand Canyon, AZ. 🏜️
November 30, 2024 at 2:28 PM
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It never stops being weird watching homophobes dance to YMCA, the most popular gay anthem of all time.
November 29, 2024 at 11:39 PM
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Six decades later, Star Trek may still be the only franchise based on the ideas that diversity is strength, justice is the measure of civilization, bounty is to be shared, peace is worth the price, and all these things can be achieved.

We need more shows that look ahead and find goodness.
November 29, 2024 at 11:50 AM
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The block list feature is actually amazing.
November 30, 2024 at 12:34 AM
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Too many to count...
November 20, 2024 at 3:47 PM
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Hey yall. New here. Time to be gay as hell in a new place
November 21, 2024 at 2:45 AM