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Mystery solved? Baffling huge nebula near Andromeda Galaxy is actually in our neighborhood

Mystery solved? Baffling huge nebula near Andromeda Galaxy is actually in our neighborhood

Weird arcing cloud of oxygen is most likely part of the Milky Way, not our giant neighbor

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
astrophotographyastrophotography
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A narrow view of the Rosette Nebula

A narrow view of the Rosette Nebula

A spectacular new shot of the gas cloud reveals why astronomers use filters

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
astrophotographyastrophotography
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It’s an umbrella, but it’s a hundred thousand light-years long

It’s an umbrella, but it’s a hundred thousand light-years long

Galaxy collisions do really weird things

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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The Andromeda Galaxy gets psychedelic

The Andromeda Galaxy gets psychedelic

Also a 20% newsletter subscription sale starts now!

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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Amateurs aid astronomers’ ammonia ascertainment, Lovely short flick about the Kármán Line
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Amateurs aid astronomers’ ammonia ascertainment, Lovely short flick about the Kármán Line

Jupiter’s clouds are now more easily mapped

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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That one time I met some West Wingers
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That one time I met some West Wingers

It was worth the wait. Also, Congrats to Kerry-Ann Lecky Hepburn for getting an asteroid!

Philip Plait
Philip Plait