Tag: cosmos

November 29, 2013 at 6:09 pm

Picture of the Day: This Star Cluster is 12 Billion Years Old

Picture of the Day: This Star Cluster is 12 Billion Years Old

THIS STAR CLUSTER IS 12 BILLION YEARS OLD Photograph by NASA/ESA [NASA/ESA] – This cluster of stars is known as Messier 15, and is located some 35 000 light-years away in the constellation of Pegasus (The Winged Horse). It is one of the oldest globular clusters known, with an age of around…

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August 13, 2013 at 5:08 pm

Picture of the Day: A Rose Made of Galaxies

Picture of the Day: A Rose Made of Galaxies

A ROSE MADE OF GALAXIES Photograph by NASA/ESA/STScI/AURA In celebration of the 21st anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope’s deployment into space, astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md., pointed Hubble’s eye to an especially photogenic group of interacting galaxies called Arp 273. The larger of the spiral galaxies,…

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February 23, 2013 at 7:16 pm

Picture of the Day: The Sombrero Galaxy

Picture of the Day: The Sombrero Galaxy

THE SOMBRERO GALAXY Photograph by NASA/ESA & the Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope trained its razor-sharp eye on one of the Universe’s most stately and photogenic galaxies, the Sombrero Galaxy, Messier 104 (M104). The galaxy’s hallmark is a brilliant white, bulbous core encircled by the thick dust lanes comprising…

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October 23, 2012 at 3:36 pm

Planetary Patterns on the Surfaces of Soap Bubbles

Planetary Patterns on the Surfaces of Soap Bubbles

Visual communication magazine Creative Review commissioned photographer Jason Tozer to shoot a series of soap bubbles to test out the capabilities of a Sony D-SLR. All of the stunning results below were created ‘in-camera’, meaning filters and effects were not applied in post-production. To achieve the planetary like images, Tozer began by blowing through…

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