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Goodbye Cassini

These unprocessed images of the Saturn system were taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 13, 2017. They are among the last images Cassini will send back. Cassini–Huygens, or more commonly, Cassini, was a Flagship-class unmanned robotic spacecraft which was planned, built, launched, and operated in collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Italian Space Agency, and was sent to the planet Saturn. Cassini was the fourth space probe to visit Saturn and the first to enter its orbit. It studied the planet and its many natural satellites from when it entered orbit in 2004 to when it began its final suicide descent in September 2017.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

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A 2008 solar eclipse

Credit: Miloslav Druckmuller (Brno University of Technology), Peter Aniol, Vojtech Rusin

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ESO 137-001

Credit: NASA, ESA, CXC

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M101, The Pinwheel Galaxy

Credit: Laszlo Bagi

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Trifid Nebula and M21

Credit: Martin Pugh

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The Ant Nebula

Credit: R. Sahai (JPL) et al., Hubble Heritage Team, ESA, NASA

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The Little Dumbbell Nebula, M76

Credit: Maria Patrone, Bridgewater State University

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“Atmosphere of Venus” by, Cosmic Funnies

(This is a 4 part comic.) To view the rest, click here:

http://cosmicfunnies.tumblr.com/post/139232280634/its-the-second-week-of-lovely-venus-month-this

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If you live in North America, I hope you are prepared to see the Solar Eclipse on August 21st! Here is a video showing the path it will take and where you can see totality. And remember, never look directly at the sun without proper equipment!!!

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Wolf Rayet Star 124

Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive, NASA, ESA - Processing & Licence: Judy Schmidt

“Some stars explode in slow motion. Rare, massive Wolf-Rayet stars are so tumultuous and hot that they slowly disintegrating right before our telescopes. Glowing gas globs each typically over 30 times more massive than the Earth are being expelled by violent stellar winds. Wolf-Rayet star WR 124, visible near the above image center spanning six light years across, is thus creating the surrounding nebula known as M1-67. Details of why this star has been slowly blowing itself apart over the past 20,000 years remains a topic of research. WR 124 lies 15,000 light-years away towards the constellation of Sagitta. The fate of any given Wolf-Rayet star likely depends on how massive it is, but many are thought to end their lives with spectacular explosions such as supernovas or gamma-ray bursts.”

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Bode’s Nebula, M81

Credit: Maria Patrone, Bridgewater State University

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“Surface of Mars” by, Cosmic Funnies

(This is a 6 part comic.) To view the rest, click here:

http://cosmicfunnies.tumblr.com/post/140912352021/the-second-week-of-lucky-martian-month-is-here

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M106 and Nearby Friends

Credit: Peter Feltoti

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Westerlund 1

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

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Markarian’s Chain

Credit: Rogelio Bernal Andreo (Deep Sky Colors)

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Cigar Nebula, M82

Credit: Maria Patrone, Bridgewater State University

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“Earth’s Atmosphere” by, Cosmic Funnies

(This is a 5 part comic.) To view the rest, click here:

http://cosmicfunnies.tumblr.com/post/143353341408/better-late-than-never-this-weeks-entry

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