Emission nebula, NGC 6188, constellation Ara.

(Source: almagestum)

the-lives-of-stars:

A Wide Field Image of the Galactic Center 

From Sagittarius to Scorpius, the central Milky Way is a truly beautiful part of planet Earth’s night sky. The gorgeous region is captured in this wide field image spanning about 30 degrees. The impressive cosmic vista, taken in 2010, shows off intricate dust lanes, bright nebulae, and star clusters scattered through our galaxy’s rich central starfields. Starting on the left, look for the Lagoon and Trifid nebulae, the Cat’s Paw, while on the right lies the Pipe dark nebula, and the colorful clouds of Rho Ophiuchi and Antares (right). The actual center of our Galaxy lies about 26,000 light years away and can be found here.

(Source: slaves-shall-serve, via sueneil)

andrewgreene:

Composite image from the new ALMA radio telescope. One part of the image is 75 million light-years away.

alanfriedman:

Nephelococcygia

It’s the long way of describing our love for seeing likenesses in the shapes of clouds. If you are bitten by this bug and find yourself with a solar telescope, watch out. The fantastic plumes of hydrogen plasma we call solar prominences seen at the edge of sun will tempt you to identify them in earthly forms. I once set out to classify a bunch and this was the result. A Yeti, a bonsai, Don Quixote, the angel that fell to earth… there’s even one that looks like me or did, when I wore a goatee. Click on the picture to see the big version from my website. Each image there is a hot link to a little bit of averted imagination. Enjoy!

discoverynews:

The Weather On Other Planets

We might be inclined to believe that the weather on Earth is sometimes less than hospitable to the life that inhabits it.

But compared to other planets, stars and bodies in the cosmos, the weather on Earth is downright mild.

In fact, the storms on this tiny brown drawf located approximately 47 light-years away blow any earth storm away.

Here’s a look at the weather on planets and galaxies near and far.

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violent-buddhist:

Orion Nebula

(Source: granularbastard, via freedomandjesus)

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scipsy:

The central region of the Andromeda Galaxy (M 31) (via Chandra)

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gifmovie:

A trip to Orion and Horsehead Nebula

(via monstermiss)