Star L1527 at the neck of 'orange & blue' hourglass © JWST
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Pillars of creation
The Pillars of Creation were first made famous when NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of them in 1995. These pillars appear like rock formations – three towers of gas and dust which are more permeable than they look. The Pillars of Creation are part of the Eagle Nebula, also known as Messier 16.Some 7,000 light-years from Earth are gigantic cosmic columns of dust and gas. Because new stars are coalescing there, the formation is known as the Pillars of Creation
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Nebula NGC 2014 and NGC 2020.
Credit: NASA, ESA, and STScI.
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How Much is That Comet in the Window? - March 27th, 1996.
"The above true-colour photo taken March 25th, 1996, shows Comet Hyakutake passing below the stars of the Big Dipper. Many astronomy enthusiasts delight in helping people in their local community see comets, this one in particular. Both Jerry Bonnell and Robert Nemiroff from APOD were so inclined - both then and when Comet Halley came by in 1986. During these sessions, many good questions are asked and occasionally a humorous situation will arise. One was with a little girl. She waited so patiently for her turn to look through the telescope, hardly able to contain her excitement. Finally her turn came.
"Do you see the comet?" Robert had asked.
"Wow, wow, WOW!" She beamed.
"You see it?"
"No."
One little boy seemed particularly bent on destruction. "This telescope looks like a big gun," he volunteered.
"In some ways, it's even more powerful than a gun," Robert replied, hoping to challenge his imagination.
"Really?" he countered. "Can we shoot down the comet?"
"How expensive is the telescope?" is a fairly common question. But one time a real business-person showed up and, possibly feeling particularly affluent, asked "How much is the comet?""
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Cassiopeia A
Cassiopeia A (Cas A) is a supernova remnant located about 11,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia. It spans approximately 10 light-years.
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