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The Vela Pulsar is about 1,000 light years away. Here's a gorgeous pic in optical light of the cosmic neighborhood where Vela is (look for the red box) taken by the AAO's UK Schmidt telescope.

#space vs #ocean: waves

Winds and tides generate waves in our oceans. In space, giant black holes can pump energy out into their environment. This can creates ripples, or waves, in the hot gas that surrounds them, as in the Perseus galaxy cluster.

https://t.co/yc4fV929PK

Space break!

This is M51, also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy. It's a spiral, like the Milky Way we live in. We can't get an image like this from our galaxy without a *really* long selfie stick so we study galaxies like M51 as a substitute.
https://t.co/4Su5ZQi9Z0

Happy #WomenInScienceDay! Take a moment to admire past and present #WomenInSTEM heroes in this @chandraxray site including @Astro_Cady, @maejemison, Wanda Diaz, Liu Yang and many more: https://t.co/HWtEbskN96