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Iris Nebula

StarSurferCarl July 19, 2024

Glowing blue from central star HD200775, the Iris Nebula is categorized as a reflection nebula. Unlike a bright, red emission nebula, which bears ionized gas that produce its own light,

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The Green Comet

StarSurferCarl July 31, 2023July 31, 2023

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is the brightest long period comet since C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), back in 2020. Coming from the Oort cloud, a body of icy planetesimals 2,000-100,000 AU away,

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Black Eye Galaxy

StarSurferCarl July 31, 2023

Why does this galaxy glare at us? According to a new study, the prominent dust lanes of the Black Eye Galaxy, or M64, most likely formed due to a merger with

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