Amazing View Of Saturn

My first photo of the Milky Way. (It was actually my 26th attempt. Practice makes perfect.) #bluemountains #astrophotography 🌠 (at Blue Mountains National Park)

Hubble gave one of the clearest views of monstrous arms of the galaxy Messier 106. First discovered in 1781, its beauty certainly hasn’t diminished.

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Hourglass Nebula

crescent moon, jupiter and four of its moons

Strange star system may hold first evidence of an ultra-rare 'dark matter star'

In a distant star system, a sunlike star orbits an invisible object that may be the first example of a 'boson star' made of dark matter, new research suggests.

Astronomers long thought that a peculiar star system observed by the European Space Agency’s Gaia satellite was a simple case of a star orbiting a black hole.

But now, two astronomers are challenging that claim, finding that the evidence suggests something far stranger: Possibly, a never-before-seen type of star made of invisible dark matter. Their research, which has yet to be peer-reviewed, was published April 18 on the preprint server arXiv.

The system itself consists of a sunlike star and, well, something else. The star weighs a little less than the sun (0.93 solar mass) and has roughly the same chemical abundance as the sun. Its mysterious companion is much more massive — around 11 solar masses. The objects orbit each other at a distance of 1.4 astronomical units, about the distance at which Mars orbits the sun, making a complete orbit every 188 days.

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Saturn by SpaceBeserkerz

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The Pacman Nebula [OC] [3356x3804] by Idontlikecock

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Universe Pins

The entire solar system in the palm of your hand (on your jacket, bag, banner, wherever)!!

Hey everyone!!  Sorry for my silence here but I’ve been working hard on creating proper merch for the new con season!  I’m starting off this year with a bang (A BIG BANG haw haw space jokes!!)  by kickstarting a set of the whole solar system as pins!!

These are the designs up at the moment!!  There are also stretch goals with other awesome Space Merch to be had!!

Any reblogs, sharing, showing your friends, pledging is always sUPER appreciated.  Thank you so much loves!  Have a spectacular day!!

Comet Nishimura (c/2023 P1), 9' Sept '23. Photo by Michael Jaeger, AZM (Astronomisches Zentrum Martinsberg) Austria.

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