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srslyeverything:

Magnetic Field Lines of the Sun

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spacettf:

The Whirlpool Galaxy M51 by Terry Hancock www.downunderobservatory.com on Flickr.

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spacettf:

Billions of Stars in Centaurus by strongmanmike2002 on Flickr.

christinetheastrophysicist:

Candidate most massive binary star identified

Astronomers have observed a binary star that potentially weighed 300 to 400 solar masses at birth. The present day total mass of the two stars is between 200 and 300 times that of the Sun, depending on its evolutionary stage, which possibly makes it the most massive binary star known to date. 

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stellar-indulgence:

Titan colorized from Cassini images, showing detail human eye can’t naturally see.

By sjrankin

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n-a-s-a:

NGC 346

Credit: NASA, ESA and A. Nota (ESA/STScI, STScI/AURA) 

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n-a-s-a:

Stellar Nursery in the arms of NGC 1672

Credit: NASA, ESA 

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Elliptical galaxy NGC 1316

Credit:

NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA)

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infinity-imagined:

The Sun has a diameter of 1.4 million kilometers.

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spacettf:

Sol 13.04.2013 Mancha Solar 11718 by xn44 on Flickr.

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