Posted on 06/15/2012 3:40:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Nearby and bright, spiral galaxies M65 (top) and M66 stand out in this engaging cosmic snapshot. The pair are just 35 million light-years distant and around 100,000 light-years across, about the size of our own spiral Milky Way. While both exhibit prominent dust lanes sweeping along their broad spiral arms, M66 in particular is a striking contrast in red and blue hues; the telltale pinkish glow of hydrogen gas in star forming regions and young blue star clusters. M65 and M66 make up two thirds of the well-known Leo Triplet of galaxies with warps and tidal tails that offer evidence of the group's past close encounters. The larger M66 has been host to four supernovae discovered since 1973.
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Oh, sorry. Hubby and I have been cleaning guns for the past couple of hours.
That looks a lot like a movie version of a black hole. It’s lyrical and hypnotic.
Fascinating. And I believe in God.
There is something about Fathers Day that brings this image to mind.
Don't what it is exactly....a little help???
Anyways, I've been so busy I don't know if I'm coming or going...
...soooo....
...thought I would just gives ya'll a heads out....
Something from ST:TNG?
“Megazot! All your planets are belong to us!”
Real close. In my version Spock is the MD. OB:GYN
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