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Out of the Void Poster by Bebops
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Zazzle Body Pillow from Bebops: Butterfly on Flowers Body Pillow
Zazzle Body Pillow from Bebops: Luna Moth Body Pillow
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Monogram Flame Nebula in Orion space picture Leather Trifold Wallet
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Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series A gorgeous outer space picture featuring the spectacular star-forming region known as the Flame Nebula, or NGC 2024, in the constellation of Orion (the Hunter) and its surroundings.
In views of this evocative object in visible light the core of the nebula is completely hidden behind obscuring dust, but in this VISTA view, taken in infrared light, the cluster of very young stars at the object’s heart is revealed. The wide-field VISTA view also includes the glow of the reflection nebula NGC 2023, just below centre, and the ghostly outline of the Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) towards the lower right.
The bright bluish star towards the right is one of the three bright stars forming the Belt of Orion. The image was created from VISTA images taken through J, H and Ks filters in the near-infrared part of the spectrum.
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Monday, October 6, 2014
Zazzle Case from Bebops: Bird on a Branch iPhone 6 Case
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Name, Cassiopeia, Milky Ways Youngest Supernova Gift Wrapping Paper
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Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series This extraordinarily deep Chandra image shows Cassiopeia A (Cas A, for short), the youngest supernova remnant in the Milky Way. New analysis shows that this supernova remnant acts like a relativistic pinball machine by accelerating electrons to enormous energies. The blue, wispy arcs in the image show where the acceleration is taking place in an expanding shock wave generated by the explosion. The red and green regions show material from the destroyed star that has been heated to millions of degrees by the explosion.
Astronomers have used this data to make a map, for the first time, of the acceleration of electrons in a supernova remnant. Their analysis shows that the electrons are being accelerated to almost the maximum theoretical limit in some parts of Cas A. Protons and ions, which make up the bulk of cosmic rays, are expected to be accelerated in a similar way to the electrons. Therefore, this discovery provides strong evidence that supernova remnants are key sites for energizing cosmic rays.
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Image credit: NASA/CXC/MIT/UMass Amherst/M.D. Stage et al.
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Sunday, October 5, 2014
Zazzle Body Pillow from Bebops: Grazing Horses Body Pillow
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Monogram Carina Nebula Gas-cloud outer space image Table Lamp
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Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series A beautiful space photograph featuring the 7500 light year distant Carina Nebula. This Hubble image shows rich, interstellar gas clouds feeding the formation of new stars. As a proto star forms, the gas clouds get dragged to its surface and some gets emitted as tight jets of material travelling at hundreds of miles per second. These in turn help sculpt the gas clouds into weird and grotesque shapes, some looking like strange worms, swimming through space.
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Image credit: NASA, the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI) and ESA
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