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Well.. I broke down.. weeez just joined TJ... Saw our friend Radman has been there quite a bit.. Wanted to say hi to him and post a comment on his heroes post before the axe fell again, but I see it's locked.. Bummer.. Oh well. I tried. Nice to see him spending some time there.. Awsome guy. Now...

Unreal.. Stars 200 times the mass of our Sun.. Mind boggling.. Massive Stars in Open Cluster Pismis 24 Credit: NASA, ESA and J. M. Apell?niz (IAA, Spain) Explanation: How massive can a normal star be? Estimates made from distance, brightness and standard solar models had given one...

NGC 602 and Beyond Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI / AURA) - ESA/Hubble Collaboration Explanation: Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy some 200 thousand light-years distant, lies 5 million year young star cluster NGC 602...

I wanna live for a good period of time not knowing or caring what day of the week it is.. Then die in the arms/paws of someone who loves me unconditionally.. Prolly an orange cat... Or two. I know.. high hopes. I'm an over achiever.. :D Whats yours?

Great Orion Nebulae Credit & Copyright: Tony Hallas Explanation: The Great Nebula in Orion, also known as M42, is one of the most famous nebulae in the sky. The star forming region's glowing gas clouds and hot young stars are on the right in this sharp and colorful two frame...

Beautiful Spiral NGC 7331 Credit & Copyright: Vicent Peris (OAUV / PTeam), Gilles Bergond, Calar Alto Observatory. Explanation: A favorite target for astronomers, big, beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 7331 is one of the brighter galaxies not found in Charles Messier's famous 18th...

Moons, Rings, and Unexpected Colors on Saturn Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA Explanation: Why would Saturn show such strange colors? The robotic Cassini spacecraft currently orbiting Saturn has beamed back images showing that the northern hemisphere our Solar...

unfeakingbelievable.. beautiful In the Center of the Lagoon Nebula Credit: A. Caulet (ST-ECF, ESA), NASA Explanation: The center of the Lagoon Nebula is a whirlwind of spectacular star formation. Visible on the upper left, at least two long funnel-shaped clouds, each roughly half a...

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Bring any and all personal forum thread/member issues here... Cry as hard as you like.. I'll come hold your hand and assure you it'll be ok.. The Sun will come out tommorrow.. Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow.. There'll be Sun... ~ Little Orphan Annie    

Wow... I mean... wow. Sharpless 171 Credit & Copyright: Antonio Fernandez Explanation: Cosmic pillars of cold molecular gas and clouds of dark dust lie within Sharpless 171, a star-forming region some 3,000 light-years away in the royal constellation Cepheus. This tantalizing...

Camera Orion Credit & Copyright: John Gauvreau Explanation: Orion, the Hunter, is one of the most easily recognizable constellations in planet Earth's night sky. But Orion's stars and nebulas don't look quite as colorful to the eye as they do in this lovely camera image, taken...

Narcissistic personality disorder is a mental disorder in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance and a deep need for admiration. They believe that they're superior to others and have little regard for other people's feelings. But behind this mask of ultra-confidence lies a...

Cassini Passes Through Ice Plumes of Enceladus Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA Explanation: What telling impurities taint the ice plumes of Enceladus? To help answer this question, the robotic Cassini spacecraft dove last week to within 30 kilometers of Saturn's...

Bright Bolide Credit & Copyright: Howard Edin (Oklahoma City Astronomy Club) Explanation: On September 30, a spectacular bolide or fireball meteor surprised a group of amateur astronomers enjoying dark night skies over the Oklahoma panhandle's Black Mesa State Park in the...

Irregular Galaxy NGC 55 Credit & Copyright: Robert Gendler Explanation: Irregular galaxy NGC 55 is thought to be similar to the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). But while the LMC is about 180,000 light-years away and is a well known satellite of our own Milky Way Galaxy, NGC 55 is...

Massive Stars in NGC 6357 Credit & Copyright: Johannes Schedler (Panther Observatory) Explanation: Massive Stars lie within NGC 6357, an expansive emission nebula complex some 8,000 light-years away in the tail of the constellation Scorpius. In fact, positioned just below center...

Mercury as Revealed by MESSENGER Credit: MESSENGER, NASA, JHU APL, CIW Explanation: The planet Mercury has been known since history has been recorded, but parts of the Solar System's innermost planet have never been seen like this before. Two days ago the robotic MESSENGER spacecraft...

Dust Mountains in the Carina Nebula Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA); Acknowledgement: N. Smith et al. (JHU) Explanation: Bright young stars sometimes sculpt picturesque dust mountains soon after being born. Created quite by accident, the energetic light and winds from...