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Polar stratospheric clouds over Sweden on December 31, 2019. Credit: Göran Strand, used by permission, from the video
The eerie, unearthly sight of polar stratospheric clouds
Phil Plait
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So what the heck is StDr 56?
Phil Plait
Jan 20, 2021
StDr 56, a possible planetary nebula in the constellation of Triangulum. It’s about the same size as the full Moon on the sky. Credit: Robert Pölz, Marcel Drechsler, Xavier Strottner
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The sky on fire: The cold flames of the Perseus Molecular Cloud
Phil Plait
Dec 14, 2020
Spitzer Space Telescope image of a part of the enormous Perseus Molecular Cloud, a nearby star-forming factory. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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SOFIA and star birth in the Swan
Phil Plait
Oct 2, 2020
The Swan Nebula is a site of star formation. Herschel And Spitzer space observatories see the stars and outer gaseous regions, while SOFIA observations (blue and green) show gas and dust where stars are in the process of being born.
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The beautiful spiral galaxy IC 342 and the mysterious huge bubble
Phil Plait
Jul 16, 2020
A close-up of the Hubble image of the galaxy IC 342 reveals a mysterious, round, red gas cloud (arrowed, and inset at 5X size). It’s unclear what it might be. NASA / ESA / Paul Sell / Judy Schmidt
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The spectacular ins and outs of starbirth
Phil Plait
Jul 14, 2020
Stars and gas seen by Hubble (red and yellow) together with long filaments of cold gas by ALMA (purple) start to show a complete picture of star formation. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Y. Cheng et al.; NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello; NASA/ESA Hubble.
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Hubble sees the spectacular deaths of stars like the Sun
Phil Plait
Jun 19, 2020
The planetary nebulae NGC 6302 (left) and 7027 (right), dying stars casting off their outer layers, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Kastner (RIT)
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How to make a massive star cluster: Start with a lot of gas. A *lot*.
Phil Plait
May 5, 2020
Detail of Hubble image of the globular cluster M22. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
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Cosmic beauty and terror mark the 30th anniversary of Hubble Space Telescope
Phil Plait
Apr 24, 2020
A cluster of stars is forming the nebula NGC 2014, located about 160,000 light years from Earth in a neighboring galaxy.
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ALMA sees the twisted birth of a binary star system
Phil Plait
Oct 29, 2019
The two stars of the binary system [BHB2007] 11 are in the process of forming, drawing material from the disk surrounding both via a pair of filaments, wound up due to the motion of the stars around each other. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Alves et al.
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Reassessing an irregular spiral: A spectacular image of the Large Magellanic Cloud
Phil Plait
Oct 4, 2019
The Tarantula Nebula in infrared isn’t quite as showy as it is in visible light, but it’s still impressive. Credit: ESO/VMC Survey
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That's OK, NGC 3242: Having that much gas would make anyone edgy
Phil Plait
Sep 6, 2019
The edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 3432 shows off a lot of gas clouds in this image from Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Filippenko, R. Jansen
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When it comes to making stars, galactic gas tanks are nowhere near full
Phil Plait
Aug 7, 2019
The FUGIN survey looked at a huge swath of the Milky Way (top), finding both areas of low-density gas (bottom left) and high (bottom right). The latter is where stars are born. Credit: NINS, NOAJ, Nobeyama, FOREST
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Westerhout 40: A waist of space
Phil Plait
Jun 21, 2019
The star-forming nebula Westerhout 40, as seen in the far-infrared by Spitzer Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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SPECULOOS (yes, seriously), a new exoplanet hunter, comes online
Phil Plait
Apr 26, 2019
The Horsehead Nebula is named for obvious reasons; a thick clot of dust seen against glowing hydrogen gas. Credit: SPECULOOS Team/E. Jehin/ESO
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Hubble gets crabby for its 29th anniversary
Phil Plait
Apr 19, 2019
The Southern Crab nebula, a huge structure caused by the winds of a dying star. Credit: NASA, ESA, and STScI
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