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more about #hubble ThisDudeRufus: That's a Lich, not a vampire. Ghod. You guysh are shuch losersh. more » LittleDragon: So pretty. I approve of these sparkling vampires. All others will be feed to the sun. more » kolacek: ...per se. [img706.imageshack.us] more » Bigdamnhero: Luckily, before clicking on this momentary glimpse of the entire unimaginable infinity of creation, I loaded this page from an artifical browser. You... more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: Number 11 makes me want to be the herald of the apocalypse and the harbinger of death more » NotChoinski: Kinda wish there were descriptions of what the images were of. more » Hahaue: The picture for #20 is truly breathtaking. more » icelight: Oh #spaceporn posts. How efficiently you come up with new wallpapers for me. more » Daveinva: I want to go to there. #space more » Bigdamnhero: Wow. Gorgeous. I'm always changing out my wallpaper cause of these. #space more » crashedpc - Haifisch: These pictures always remind me of eyeballs. #space more » twophrasebark: I am noticing an optical illusion where I only see three moons. more » 92BuickLeSabre: Is anyone else noticing an optical illusion where it changes sizes? Or is it time for me to make an appointment with an optometrist. more » d_r_e: Beautiful. more » ceilingFANBOY: And to think, all this time no one thought to look in the giant white square zooming around the planet. more » Ruthless, If you let me: So NASA found Saturn's G spot?/Fleshboted more » crashedpc - Haifisch: Space porn? Those look like giant norks to me! They finally found the nipple. more » -
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Vampirism and Collisions Keep Ancient Stars Young
Here are some vampires we don't mind sparkling. This globular cluster, Messier 30, contains two types of ancient stars that have managed to keep themselves brilliant and young. One type relies on interstellar collisions; the other drinks from its neighbors. More » -
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Hubble's Greatest Hits
We've kept you updated with all manner of space porn from the Hubble Telescope, but Coolvibe went one better and collected 100 of the best images the space telescope has sent back to Earth. Here're some of our favorites. [Coolvibe] More » -
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The Stormy Heart Of The Pinwheel Galaxy
This area near the core of the Pinwheel Galaxy turns out to be bursting with newborn stars, some only a few million years old. And there are about 60 supernova remnants, showing the full stellar life-cycle. [Hubble via Wired] -
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Exploring The Whirlpool Galaxy
Europe and the USA have joined forces to bring the world some beautiful images of distant galaxies. The image above, of the Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, combines pictures from the European Space Agency's Herschel space observatory and the Hubble telescope. More » -
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Hubble Captures Four Moons Transiting In Front Of Saturn!
The opportunity to capture a quadruple transit, when Saturn's ring plane is nearly "edge on" as seen from Earth, only happens every 14 to 15 years. [Hubblesite] -
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NASA Finds Saturn's Missing Moon
Every one of Saturn's rings has had a known moon — except the mysterious "G" ring. Now NASA's Cassini Space Probe has found the planet's 61st satellite. Meanwhile, you've voted for your next space-porn fix. More » -
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100,000 Stars Are Cooking in the Globular Cluster
Hubble just shot this picture of M13, a "globular cluster" of 100,000 stars all whirling around in extremely close proximity to each other. This cluster, which is about 150 light-years across, would make for a lovely home if you wanted to see a sky full of suns every day. And who doesn't want that? More » -
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Hubble Celebrates the Holidays with Cosmic Cards
For those looking to mix a little space porn with their holiday cheer, the folks at the Space Telescope Science Institute offer a small gift from the cosmos. They’ve made templates for two dozen holiday cards available free for download, each featuring an image from the Hubble Telescope. -
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First Pictures Of Four Alien Planets!
Meet the neighbors. The Hubble Space Telescope has managed to snap our first picture of a planet outside our solar system, only 25 light years away in the constellation Piscis Australis. More » -
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Galactic Cluster Collision Divides Ordinary Matter from Dark Matter
Almost six billion years ago, two of the largest gravitational structures in the universe slammed into each other with velocities in the millions of miles per hour. Galactic clusters are collections of galaxies (sometimes thousands of them) that seem to hang together in violation of the known laws of physics. Not only did this ancient collision result in a stunningly beautiful image, but it's given astrophysicists an important clue about the nature of dark matter. More » -
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Birthing Stars Tear Into A Nebula With A Fierce Beauty
Here's a detail of a new image the Hubble Space Telescope released to celebrate its 100,000th orbit of Earth. It shows the "firestorm" of star creation in the nebula near star cluster NGC 2074. The three-dimensional image shows off "dramadramatic ridges and valleys of dust, serpent-head 'pillars of creation,' and gaseous filaments glowing fiercely under torrential ultraviolet radiation," says NASA. The high-energy radiation from all those hot young stars is slowly eating away at the wall of the nebula. Click through to see the whole thing. More »
