What can you look up and see?
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Join the global celebration of International Observe the Moon Night on Oct.
5th,
then try to catch the ice giant planets Uranus and Neptune,
which are well placed for viewing in the late night sky.

Watch this video to discover when and where to look up!

Cosmic bubbles in the Milky Way!
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This Spitzer Space Telescope image shows a cloud of dust and gas filled with bubbles 10 to 30 light-years across,
each containing hundreds of thousands of stars.
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This active region of star formation is located within the Milky Way galaxy,
in the constellation Aquila (also known as the Eagle).
Black veins running throughout the cloud are regions of especially dense cold dust and gas where even more new stars are likely to form.⁣
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The colors in this image represent different wavelengths of infrared light.
Blue represents a wavelength of light primarily emitted by stars;
dust and organic molecules called hydrocarbons appear green,
and warm dust that's been heated by stars appears red.⁣
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Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech⁣
⁣ #cosmos #milkyway #nebula #infrared #nasa #starformation

Visualize a mind-bending black hole!😱⁣
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The gravity of a black hole is so intense,
it distorts its surroundings like a carnival mirror.
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Seen nearly edgewise in this visualization,
the turbulent disk of gas churning around a black hole takes on a crazy double-humped appearance.
The black hole’s extreme gravity alters the paths of light coming from different parts of the disk,
producing the warped image.
The black hole’s extreme gravitational field redirects and distorts light coming from different parts of the disk,
but exactly what we see depends on our viewing angle.
The greatest distortion occurs when viewing the system nearly edgewise.⁣
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Simulations like this one help us visualize what Einstein meant when he said that gravity warps the fabric of space and time.⁣
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Credit:
@NASAGoddard/Jeremy Schnittman⁣
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