Paki
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Paki
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Longtime Dem. Wife, Mom, Grandma. Proud American. Pro Choice.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Cotton Candy Nebula.
July 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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SN 1993J
Image, Hubble, NASA/STscS
Galaxy M81
Constellation Ursa Major
Discovered 1993 my amateur astronomer Francisco Garcia Diaz using a 10" Newtonian Telescope
Distance 11 million light years
SN 1993J was a binary system until one of the stars drew enough mass off the other it exploded.
February 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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The clarity is absolutely spectacular…..The Pillars of Creation by the James Webb Space Telescope 💫😲💫✨💫💙💫
January 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Absolutely incredible 💫✨💫✨💫✨💫

Can you believe this extended, luminescent ribbon is a spiral galaxy? It's like our Milky Way but seen directly from its side

(Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Filippenko, R. Jansen)
December 30, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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Absolutely breathtaking ….A pan across the stunning star cluster Westerlund 2... 💫👏💫👏💫👏💫👏💫

(Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScIAURA), A. Nota (ESASTScI), and the Westerlund 2 Science Team)
December 28, 2024 at 1:23 AM
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget

Pls do the same.
December 26, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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the core of the omega nebula 🌌

image credit: eso
December 26, 2024 at 2:22 AM
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Twelve million light-years away lies the galactic masterpiece Messier 83, also known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy.

Its swirling spiral arms display a high rate of star formation and host six detected supernovae.
December 26, 2024 at 12:10 PM
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Andromeda
December 26, 2024 at 10:37 AM
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Eight years ago, a budding scientist gave a commercial airline pilot a gift that would link the two for life.

Since then, they'd met in person and linked up on social media. But when she boarded a flight a week ago, she didn't expect to see him.

Then an announcement came over the PA system.
A pilot raced through the airport to surprise an old friend: the woman who saved his life | CNN
When Allie Reimold boarded Flight 2223 in Houston a week ago, she didn’t expect to see the pilot whose life she had saved.
cnn.it
December 22, 2024 at 8:47 PM
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December 21, 2024 at 12:22 PM
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“we are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.”
- carl sagan
December 21, 2024 at 1:18 AM