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more about #milkyway Roklimber: Awesome picture of the milky way, from end to end. [antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov] #tips #spaceporn #milkyway more » phoenix: This image makes me feel funny. In a fantastic way. <3 #space more » strideo: This will look great as the desktop wallpaper on my new 1036800 by 777600 lcd monitor. #space more » Roklimber: Mamma-Q to baby-Q: see, darling, this is what happens when you spill the milk all over the floor. #space more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: Can I use this as the background on my pentium 2 with 500mb of RAM? #space more » Project Thanatos: Looks more like a giant universe sized Jelly bean of yum. #space more » Hamslicer: This-is-awesome. #space more » Lassus: Why am I stuck on this stupid rock? #space more » Shiryu: Hey! I can see me house from up there! #space more » ManchuCandidate: Where's Xenu and/or Space Jeebus located on this image? #space more » SuperTuna: Wait - so this is a map that looks like a sphere...of spheres within a sphere? MiB was right! #space more » crashedpc - Haifisch: Wow! He traveled around the galaxy, taking pictures? #space more » RizzRustbolt: Awwww... No download link? #space more » Klebert L. Hall: Of course the Milky Way is doomed... Everything's doomed, eventually. -Kle. #feliciaday more » tetracycloide: what in the name of joss whedon is easily the most contrived line ever, who talks like that? #feliciaday more » Davio: Oh man, io9 just keeps finding even more reasons to love this woman. #feliciaday more » Davio: Oh man, io9 just keeps finding even more reasons to love this woman. #feliciaday more » LittleDragon: Flunky is cool #feliciaday more » Anekanta - Go Play!: Oh man... She even knows astronomy. Why can't I meet a gal this completely awesome? #feliciaday more » schrodingers-katana: I have to say, a rare miss for the lovely Ms. Day in my humble opinion. It feels like the humor in the rushed production scenario was the part that wa... more » -
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The Ultimate Space Porn: A 648 Megapixel Image Of Our Galaxy
Physicist Axel Mellinger pieced together this image of the night sky out of 3,000 individual images. Mellinger traveled 26,000 miles, taking images in South Africa, Texas and Michigan, then added data from two space probes. Yes, it's hardcore. More » -
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Felicia Day Assures Us the Milky Way Isn't Doomed
In an unholy blending of space porn and Felicia Day, the Spitzer Science Center has released a funny and informative PSA on colliding galaxies. In this mock behind-the-scenes video, Day explains to an explosions-loving filmmaker why we shouldn't fear Andromeda. More » -
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The Center Of The Milky Way Galaxy Shows The Birth And Death Of Suns
The center of our galaxy shines in greater detail than ever before, in this new composite image from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory. (Click to enlarge.) The whole gamut of stellar evolution is here, from bright young stars to black holes. More » -
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The Milky Way Glows Over the Devil's Tower
It's no wonder the aliens in Close Encounters of the Third Kind chose the Devil's Tower National Monument as the place to make first contact with humanity. The sky above offers a clear and startling vision of the cosmos. More » -
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My God, Texas Is Full Of Stars!
This time-lapse fish-eye-lens photo of the night sky over Texas is incredible, thanks to a red-lens filter that allows us to see the galactic core of the Milky Way rising up at the end. [Gizmodo] -
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3D Map of the Milky Way Reveals Billowing Hydrogen Light Clouds
This is part of the first 3D map of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. Over 200 thousand objects are included in the map, which was made up of images from a telescope in the Canary Islands that took hydrogen emission-sensitive pictures of the night sky. The result is that the brighter areas show "hotter" spots where stars are being born. Image via Institute of Astronomy/University of Cambridge. Milky Way Mapped in 3D [Discover News]
