No, this is not a deleted scene or an abandoned set from a science fiction movie. But you’re not far off. Actually, this colorful structure is the 50m tall, 1000-ton mobile launch gantry for ESA’s Vega launcher in French Guiana, as seen from the bottom looking up, captured by photographer Edgar Martins. [ESA]
This bright blue sperm, in fact a swirling mass of dust and gas, doesn’t need an egg to impregnate: it’s producing baby stars all by itself.
You’re looking at ACT-CL J0102-4915. To it’s stargazing buddies, though, it’s better known as El Gordo—literally, "the fat one"—because it’s the largest known galaxy cluster in the distant universe.
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The European Space Agency’s Automated Transfer Vehicle Georges Lemaître will soon deliver over 2,600 kg of dry cargo to the International Space Station—and even packing it looks kinda fun.
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This stunning fisheye photograph shows the towering wonder of the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope—plus, you know, some galaxy called the Milky Way in the background, too.
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If this image looks oddly familiar, it’s because its a series of crop fields seen from the air—just as a wonderful, colorful radar composite image.
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#Kazakhstan – Russian-US crew blast off for ISS from Kazakhstan by Vasily Maximov #AFP #Soyuz pic.twitter.com/NKAUzOEBl0
— AFP Photo Department (@AFPphoto) March 26, 2014
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When this Jurassic plant was smothered in molten lava one hundred and eighty million years ago, it was almost instantly fossilised—in incredible cellular detail.
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You’re looking at the clearest infrared panorama of the Milky Way ever captured. At 20 gigapixels, it’s going to take you a long time to check the whole thing out.
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This might look like a splash of cream in your coffee—but in fact it’s Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, imaged by NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft.
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