Wired Space Photo of the Day

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Hot Young Filaments
Filaments stream from nebula N44C, a region of glowing hydrogen gas around an association of young stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The star responsible for illuminating the nebula is unusually hot. Typically, the most massive stars have maximum temperatures of 90,000 degrees Fahrenheit (49,982 degrees Celsius; about 50,000 Kelvin). This star is 135,000 degrees Fahrenheit (74,982 degrees Celsius; about 75,000 Kelvin)

 

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APOD seems to be shut down.

 

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APOD seems to be shut down.

From the NASA website -- Due to the lapse in federal government funding, this website is not available.
We sincerely regret this inconvenience.

 

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Witch's Head Nebula

A witch appears to be screaming out into space in this new image from NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. The infrared portrait shows the Witch Head nebula, named after its resemblance to the profile of a wicked witch. Astronomers say the billowy clouds of the nebula, where baby stars are brewing, are being lit up by massive stars. Dust in the cloud is being hit with starlight, causing it to glow with infrared light, which was picked up by WISE's detectors.

The Witch Head nebula is estimated to be hundreds of light-years away in the Orion constellation, just off the famous hunter's knee. WISE was recently "awakened" to hunt for asteroids in a program called NEOWISE. The reactivation came after the spacecraft was put into hibernation in 2011, when it completed two full scans of the sky, as planned

 

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Some truly awesome and beautiful photos!
These Are Some of the Most Amazing Views of Earth You'll Ever See - Wired Science

 

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We gaze up at the stars at night and never know these wonders are there. Amazing.

Galactic Dust Clouds

Galactic Cirrus billows and obscures the background Universe in this direction. NGC 7497 is seen through partly cloudy skies. These galactic clouds of dust are sculpted by the winds of nearby stars. They are relatively close to us (only hundreds of light years away) and there are few stars in the foreground to hinder of view of them. The color of the clouds is odd due to the fact they are illuminated mostly by diffuse galactic star light.

 

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Been some time since I've seen something worth posting.

Reaching for The Stars @ Wired Space Photo of the Day - Wired Science

 

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Not just this, but lots more, but lots more for 2013 @ The Most Mind-Blowing Space Photos of 2013 - Wired Science

 

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The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, beginning at 11:57 p.m. EST on Feb. 3, 2014, and peaking at midnight EST. NASA released images of the flare as captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.

Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground, however -- when intense enough -- they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where GPS and communications signals travel.

To see how this event may impact Earth, please visit NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center at http://spaceweather.gov, the U.S. government's official source for space weather forecasts, alerts, watches and warnings. This flare is classified as an M5.2 flare. Updates will be provided as needed.

 

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For some reason, I lost the RSS feed to the daily pictures. But, for those who enjoyed them, they are available @ Wired Space Photo of the Day | Science | WIRED

 

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For some reason, I lost the RSS feed to the daily pictures. But, for those who enjoyed them, they are available @ Wired Space Photo of the Day | Science | WIRED

It looks like the site went down and that's why you lost your RSS feed.
Don't know if it's temporary or not.

 

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For some reason, I lost the RSS feed to the daily pictures. But, for those who enjoyed them, they are available @ Wired Space Photo of the Day | Science | WIRED

It looks like the site went down and that's why you lost your RSS feed.
Don't know if it's temporary or not.

Well, going to Wired, I found all the pictures and it appears they're keeping them coming on a daily basis. But without an RSS.

 

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I somehow lost the link I had with this great feature – the reason I haven't posted any for awhile. Here is one: