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Strangest Exoplanet Ever found 😵🔥

Even through a Gas Giant, it is similar to some planets in our Solar System! This exoplanet is so close to its home star, WASP-127 - a K-Type star, that it completes an orbit around it in just a little over four days and temperatures at its surface surpass 1,000° C.

What distinguishes WASP-127b from other planets? Its density. While only being 1.4 times bigger than Jupiter, it’s 1/5 of Jupiter's mass, which makes it the least dense exoplanet ever found.

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An HDR Moon capture, during a total solar eclipse in Wyoming. 🌖💫 This image is one of the most detailed depictions of the Moon ever taken, after an extraordinary amount of digital processing.
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This Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope image of NGC 5895.

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NGC 5895 (other designations - MCG 7-31-43, ZWG 221.42, PGC 54366) is a spiral galaxy (Sc) in the constellation Bootes.

This Very Large Telescope FORS2 image of Messier 99.

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Messier 99 or M99, also known as NGC 4254, is a grand design spiral galaxy in the northern constellation Coma Berenices approximately 15,000,000 parsecs (49,000,000 light-years) from the Milky Way. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain on 17 March 1781. The discovery was then reported to Charles Messier, who included the object in the Messier Catalogue of comet-like objects. It was one of the first galaxies in which a spiral pattern was seen. This pattern was first identified by Lord Rosse in the spring of 1846.

The past, present and future (??) of Mars!!🤯

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As the name implies, this reflection nebula associated with the star Rigel looks suspiciously like a fairytale crone. Formally known as IC 2118 in the constellation Orion, the Witch Head Nebula glows primarily by light reflected from the star. The color of this very blue nebula is caused not only by blue color of its star, but also because the dust grains reflect blue light more efficiently than red. A similar physical process causes Earth's daytime sky to appear blue.

Image Credit: NASA/STScI Digitized Sky Survey/Noel Carboni

IC 63 😍

The author of this photo is Astro Jim (Astrobin.com).

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IC 63 is being shaped by radiation from a nearby unpredictably variable star, Gamma Cassiopeiae, which is slowly eroding away the ghostly cloud of dust and gas. This celestial ghost makes the perfect backdrop for the upcoming feast of All Hallow's Eve — better known as Halloween.

JWST could help hunt for habitable alien worlds 🔭

Astronomers have analyzed the distant Earth-like planet TRAPPIST-1e to develop a framework that will help scientists determine if any planets outside the solar system could harbor life or could be fit for human life.

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Time to say goodbye to NASA’s InSight Mars lander

After nearly four years spent on the Martian surface, NASA’s InSight lander is coming to the end of its life as the spacecraft’s power generation continues to decline because of dust blown on the lander’s solar panels. The InSight team is now taking steps to make sure the lander continues working as long as possible with what power remains.

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Read more - https://www.cosmosx.online/time-to-say-goodbye-to-nasas-insight-mars-lander/

SLS returns to the pad for next Artemis launch attempt

NASA is targeting the next launch attempt of the Artemis I mission for Monday, Nov. 14 with liftoff of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft planned during a 69-minute launch window that opens at 12:07 a.m. EST. Artemis I is an uncrewed flight test to launch SLS and send Orion around the Moon and back to Earth to thoroughly test its system before flights with astronauts.

Image Credit: Jordan Sirokie

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5 intresting facts about earth

5 intresting facts about Earth - Cosmosx 1. Earth is not flat, but it's not perfectly round either Earth has never been perfectly round. The planet bulges around the equator by an extra 0.3 percent as a result of the fact that it rotates about its axis. Earth's diameter from North to South Pole is 12,714 kilometers (7,900 miles), while thr...

This Planewave CDK24 Telescope image of NGC 4568. The author of this image is Howard Trottier (astrobin.com).

Wikipedia:

NGC 4568 (other indications - UGC 7776, IRAS12340 + 1130, MCG 2-32-152, VCC 1676, ZWG 70.188, VV 219, KCPG 347B, PGC 42069) is a galaxy in the constellation Virgo.

This Hubble Space Telescope image of SGAS J143845+145407.

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This intriguing observation from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a gravitationally lensed galaxy with the long-winded identification SGAS J143845+145407. Gravitational lensing has resulted in a mirror image of the galaxy at the centre of this image, creating a captivating centrepiece.

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This Insight Observatory image of NGC 2835. The author of this photo is Lancelot365 (astrobin.com)

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NGC 2835 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located in the constellation Hydra. It is located at a distance of circa 35 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 2835 is about 65,000 light years across. It was discovered by Wilhelm Tempel on April 13, 1884. NGC 2835 is located only 18.5 degrees from the galactic plane.

This Hubble Space Telescope image of Abell S1063.

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Abell S1063 is a cluster of galaxies located in the constellation Grus.

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This Hubble Space Telescope image of Necklace Nebula.

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The Necklace Nebula — which also goes by the less glamorous name of PN G054.2-03.4 — was produced by a pair of tightly orbiting Sun-like stars. Roughly 10 000 years ago, one of the aging stars expanded and engulfed its smaller companion, creating something astronomers call a “common envelope”. The smaller star continued to orbit inside its larger companion, increasing the bloated giant’s rotation rate until large parts of it spun outwards into space. This escaping ring of debris formed the Necklace Nebula, with particularly dense clumps of gas forming the bright “diamonds” around the ring.

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This Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 3603.

Wikipedia:

NGC 3603 is a nebula situated in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way around 20,000 light-years away from the Solar System. It is a massive H II region containing a very compact open cluster (probably a super star cluster) HD 97950.

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This is the image of LDN 134. The author of this photo is Robert Shepherd (astrobin.com)

Info: LBN 10 is the main object in this field and covers much of the vertical field. Embedded in this LBN region is the dark nebula LDN 134. This dark nebula is divided into three parts LDN 134 a, b, c.

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This is the image of NGC 4490. The author of this photo is Kevin Morefield (astrobin com).

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NGC 4490, also known as the Cocoon Galaxy, is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. It lies at a distance of 25 million light years from Earth. It interacts with its smaller companion NGC 4485 and as a result is a starburst galaxy. NGC 4490 and NGC 4485 are collectively known in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as Arp 269. NGC 4490 is located 3/4° northwest of beta Canum Venaticorum and with apparent visual magnitude 9.8, can be observed with 15x100 binoculars. It is a member of Herschel 400 Catalogue. It belongs in Canes Venatici galaxy cloud II.

This is the image of Elephant's Trunk Nebula. The author of this photo is Young Joon Byun (astrobin.com)

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The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth. The piece of the nebula shown here is the dark, dense globule IC 1396A; it is commonly called the Elephant's Trunk nebula because of its appearance at visible light wavelengths, where there is a dark patch with a bright, sinuous rim. The bright rim is the surface of the dense cloud that is being illuminated and ionized by a very bright, massive star (HD 206267) that is just to the east of IC 1396A. (In the Spitzer Space Telescope view shown, the massive star is just to the left of the edge of the image.) The entire IC 1396 region is ionized by the massive star, except for dense globules that can protect themselves from the star's harsh ultraviolet rays.

This Planewave CDK14 telescope image of NGC 5350. The author of this photo is Kevin Morefield (astrobin com).

Wikipedia:

NGC 5350 (other designations UGC 8810, IRAS13512+4036, MCG 7-29-9, KUG 1351+406, MK 1485, ZWG 219.17, HCG 68C, PGC 49347) is a barred spiral galaxy (SBbc) in the constellation Canis Hounds.

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This Takahashi Mewlon 250 CRS Telescope image of Eagle Nebula. The author of this photo is Young Joon Byun (astrobin.com)

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The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611, and also known as the Star Queen Nebula) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745–46. Both the "Eagle" and the "Star Queen" refer to visual impressions of the dark silhouette near the center of the nebula, an area made famous as the "Pillars of Creation" imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. The nebula contains several active star-forming gas and dust regions, including the aforementioned Pillars of Creation. The Eagle Nebula lies in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way.

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This is the image of Pinwheel Galaxy. The author of this image is Charles Bonafilia (astrobin.com).

Wikipedia:

The Pinwheel Galaxy (also known as Messier 101, M101 or NGC 5457) is a face-on spiral galaxy 21 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781 and was communicated that year to Charles Messier, who verified its position for inclusion in the Messier Catalogue as one of its final entries.

This is the image of Elephant Trunk Nebula. The author of this image is Charles Bonafilia.

Wikipedia:

The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth.

This is image of Supernova Remnant G082.2+05.3. The author of this image is Min Xie

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A supernova remnant (SNR) is the structure resulting from the explosion of a star in a supernova. The supernova remnant is bounded by an expanding shock wave, and consists of ejected material expanding from the explosion, and the interstellar material it sweeps up and shocks along the way.

This is image of Ghost Nebula. The author of this Image is Kurt Zeppetello

Wikipedia:

The Ghost Nebula (designated Sh2-136, VdB 141) is a reflection nebula located in the constellation Cepheus.