Ever wondered what ORCs are? They are Odd Radio Circles (astronomers think of themselves as funny nerds), but they are amazing. This thing is 1.5 Million lightyears across and perhaps created by the collision of two galaxies and their massive black holes. https://t.co/G0KH13ZXSB

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Nezahualpilli (1464-1515 CE), tlatoani of Texcoco, son of the warrior-poet Nezahualcoyotl. During his reign, he developed a reputation as a fair and noble ruler. His court was a haven for astronomers, engineers, and soothsayers.

(drawing by me)

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on pushes particles to — astronomers watched the drama for an entire month
👁 https://t.co/P8jQg1bFAg via

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planet spotted from Earth points to future discoveries —astronomers want to spot more such worlds with
👁 https://t.co/oiAYMMvlQ3 via

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Astronomers just discovered the galaxy of Alcyoneus, which stretches a reported 16.3 million light-years long. According to Science Alert, this is the largest recorded galaxy on record.

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Astronomers Spot Second-Generation Planet-Forming Disks around Ancient Binary Stars
https://t.co/WKniis96mi

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he is a silver-blue haired tiefling, he is big buff and very soft and gentle, he was raised on a mountain within a group of astronomers <3 his name is Callisto

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Astronomers discover mysterious new object in space

[...] "unlike anything seen before"

– "The MWA is a precursor instrument for the massive Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the largest ever radio telescope, planned for first light in 2027."

▶️ Read more: https://t.co/ZC6c9aazau

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( oc art ) i made a little guy i like him. his name's calypso. his parents were astronomers and he thinks aliens are sooooooo cute

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우주의 모든 빛의 평균값을 색으로 낸 코스믹 라떼(COSMIC LATTE)

Cosmic latte is the average color of the universe, found by a team of astronomers from Johns Hopkins University.

흥미로운 색을 찾아 기존 그림의 배경색으로 넣어보았습니다.

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Stunning Atlas title Page. Published by Henrico Hondius
The upper part of this title page is devoted to Astronomy: Atlas carrying the earth. And astronomers eager observing, studying and deciphering the riddles of the world.
Amsterdam, 1641
https://t.co/J4YHcYFAvm

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Astronomers Have Found Another Possible 'Exomoon' beyond Our Solar System https://t.co/McIe4wgj95

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One year ago chinese astronomers found 591 high-velocity stars from data of LAMOST & Gaia telescopes. They are situated in our galaxy halo and 43 of them can escape from the MilkyWay!
Runaway stars are a focus of research today:
https://t.co/TQ2w4fEF2O

Image by KONG Xiao of NAOC

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30 years ago astronomers Alex Wolszczan and Dale Frail published a paper in the journal Nature announcing the discovery of two planets circling an incredibly dense, rapidly rotating stellar corpse known as a pulsar [read more: https://t.co/rJLkD9pq5h]

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In 2003 astronomers were able to use the Gran Telescopio Canarias to capture the very first picture of the center of our galaxy, and here it is:

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For future astronomers...

Paper World: Space
illustrated by Gail Armstrong
https://t.co/XkAc1MwesI

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Intergalactic planetary Astronomers see new planet outside the Milky Way for first time in a spiral galaxy called the which is more than 23 million light-years from Earth <3 https://t.co/ZvejP3Gl8O https://t.co/07nqqOpoMb

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A mere 28 million light-years away in the galaxy M51 lies what could be the first extra-galactic exoplanet ever detected. Astronomers detected M51-ULS-1b orbiting a binary system consisting of a star and a possible black hole! 🚀

(Photo )

https://t.co/whoGeaFEKO

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Giant impact stripped away exoplanet's atmosphere: Astronomers have found evidence of a giant impact between an Earth-sized exoplanet and a smaller body, which stripped off part of one planet's… https://t.co/lKSkiYdd8m |

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Update on Stars of Orion: first full draft complete.🙂
A big to all you awesome for your excellent essays + fab fotos - from me and all the stars in my Constellation! 🌟🌟🌟

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