Space and Astronomy Megathread (MERGED) - Part 1

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Wolf-Rayet Star 124: Stellar Wind Machine
Image Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive, NASA, ESA; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt

 

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The Small Cloud of Magellan
Image Credit & Copyright: José Mtanous

 

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NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

We got twins! Twins! 🌪️🌪️ These looping funnel clouds are half a light-year in length—but don't worry, they're not touching down near Earth anytime soon. They're swirling 5,000 light-years away in...

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IC 2574: Coddington's Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Lorand Fenyes

 

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LEDA 1313424: The Bullseye Galaxy
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Imad Pasha (Yale), Pieter van Dokkum (Yale)

 

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55 Nights with Saturn
Image Credit & Copyright: Tunc Tezel (TWAN)

 

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Milky Way over the Australian Pinnacles
Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Goh

 

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The Red Square Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Peter Tuthill (Sydney U.) & James Lloyd (Cornell U.)

 

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U.S. military space tracking systems strain under new threats

The challenge is particularly acute in geosynchronous orbit (GEO) where many military communications and early warning satellites operate

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