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One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate’
Hubble’s work pushed the field of astronomy forward, starting with his paper demonstrating that some objects exist outside ...
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Hubble Telescope spies newborn stars in famous Orion Nebula (photo)
Located about 1,300 light-years from Earth, these young stars, also known as protostars, reside in a hotbed for star formation: the Orion Nebula, which is the nearest massive star-forming region to ...
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Seen The Comet? Now See It With ‘Shooting Stars’ From Halley’s Comet
As there wasn’t enough excitement about comets this month, here’s a chance to see the impact of Halley's Comet, the most famous ... s source constellation, Orion. Its most famous signpost ...
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Some Color Astrophotos
Clockwise from upper left: Rosette Nebula [1000 mm, f/8, Konica SRG3200, 2 x 10 min, stacked] Great Andromeda Galaxy (M31) [500 mm, f/4, Fuji Super G 800, 3 x 16 min, stacked] Comet Hale-Bopp [500 mm, ...
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Hubble may have saved its most gorgeous photo for last this year
If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA’s powerful Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope combined to ...
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Orion’s Sword Sparkles in Wyoming Skies Tonight
With the Moon now out of the way, this is a great time to look at the spectacular Sword of Orion region which contains the wonderful Orion Nebula notes the ...