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more about #stars 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 » 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 » NotChoinski: A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Farfalle Away... more » Jack of all Tirades R.O.A.C.H.: I love space porn. But I have a question. In the last 5 years or so, I have read multiple times how earth-based telescopes have gotten sharper and m... more » burlybax: Can someone explain to me: How are the colors in these photos achieved? Naturally? Or do they use some kind of element-based filter? more » NotChoinski: It seems like all of a sudden, every third post on every gawker site is a click-through gallery. What gives? more » redqueenmeg: So every time I watch Rocky Horror Picture Show and the audience response line comes up "What the f***'s a Triffid?" I think about this and also about... more » Grey_Area: I see four lobes! more » MargaretMoony: Oh, pretty! more » capnrob: I'm not sure that you got the explanation right here; these, for the most part, look like normal long-exposure shots - I bet we could even figure out ... more » Roklimber: What? Are you truly suggesting that the Earth rotates? Nonsense! What's next? You're going to try to convince us that the Earth isn't flat? Nice try. more » Von Bilka: Absolutely fantastic. It looks like that church is getting sucked into space! I'd love to see more posts like this. Reminds me somewhat of Troy Pa... more » disatess: Do they have a clue if this affect our future or our galaxy if the it goes supernova ? more » kivel: recent pictures sugest the same thing maybe happening to Madonna more » Certifiable: Ford is going to be SO devastated. (By the hangover he gets from all those Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters he drank last night.) 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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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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Dying Stars, Soaring Nebulas And Clashing Galaxies Have Never Been Brighter
A butterfly-shaped nebula, NGC 6302, surrounds a dying star. It's just one of four brain-shattering images from the new wide-field camera aboard the upgraded Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble's back in business, baby! Click through for the rest. More » -
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Three-Part Nebula Offers A Glimpse At The Inner Workings Of A Star Factory
This nebula is called the Trifid Nebula, so named for how the dark band of gas separates it into three parts. But this image of the three-lobed nebula reveals another threesome: the three stages of early star formation. More » -
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Star Trails Trace Grooves in the Night Sky
Photographing the movement of the stars takes time and patience, but a skilled photographer can capture the swirling heavens in a way the naked eye never could. More » -
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New Pictures Reveal The Giant Star Betelgeuse Is Losing Weight
Betelgeuse is one of the largest stars known to researchers, at over 1000 times larger than our own sun. But it has also lost huge amounts of mass over its lifetime. These new images suggest how this might be happening. More » -
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Dying Betelgeuse Is Beginning To Shrink
Betelgeuse, best known for its role in the constellation Orion and being played by Michael Keaton, is dying. And unlike other dying stars, it seems to be shrinking, too. More » -
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This Sparkling Galaxy Hides A Stellar Secret
This spiral galaxy, NGC 2841, is helping NASA solve a huge mystery: why do galaxies look so smooth, with such an even distribution of stars? More » -
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The White Dwarf that Shattered Asteroids and Earths
Rings of debris from shattered asteroids and Earth-like planets orbit many white dwarf stars - their remains testimony to how common Earth-like bodies really are in space. -
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The New Hottest Spot in the Milky Way
Two days ago, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope revealed an image of what could be the brightest star in our galaxy: Wolf-Rayet star WR 102ka or, more fondly, the "Peony nebula" star. Astronomers say that it burns with the light intensity of 3.2 million suns — but that's a rough estimate, and one that might even stretch to 4 or 5 million suns. More »
