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Pagans have pledged to perform "rain magic" to wash away Homer Simpson, the cartoon character, who was painted next to their famous fertility symbol, the Cerne Abbas giant, yesterday. Homer Simpson and Cerne Abbas g...
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Supergiant star Gamma Cygni (Sadr) lies at the centre of the Northern Cross, a famous asterism in the constellation Cygnus the Swan. The star lies at the centre of a complex of stars, dust clouds, and glowing nebulae along the plane of our Milky Way galaxy.
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The emission nebula IC 1396, 3000 light-years from planet Earth, is found in the constellation of Cepheus. The star forming region sprawls across hundreds of light-years - spanning over three degrees in the sky. Among the intriguing dark shapes within IC 1396, is the Elephant's Trunk n...
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Previously unpublished NASA space mission images will go on show to the UK public this summer. The collection of official large format NASA photographs built up by UK collector Leslie Cantwell, covers missions from Apollo 7 to Apollo 17 . The Proud Galleries in Camden, London will exhibit the image...
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The Fornax A radio lobes span over one million light years.
In the centre is a large but peculiar elliptical galaxy named NGC 1316.
Detailed inspection of the NGC 1316 system indicates that it began absorbing a small neighbouring galaxy about 100 million years ago.
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Open Clusters M46 (NGC 2437), M47 (NGC 2422), in the constellation Puppis.
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Snap the stars to see your photo on ESA portal Have you taken an interesting astronomical photo this year? From planets and moons to the Sun, stars and galaxies, we'd like you to send us your images to feature as our Space Science Image of the Week on 31 December. The ESA Space Science team's favourite im...
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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico
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Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico is a photograph by Ansel Adams, taken late in the afternoon on November 1, 1941, from a shoulder of U.S. Route 84. The photograph became so popular and collectible that Adams personally made over 1,300 photographic prints of it during his long career. On October 17, 2...
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ScienceGrrl Calendar
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ScienceGrrl Calendar launched A calendar featuring stunning images of UCL scientists and UCL locations has been launched to raise money for projects that encourage young women and girls to see science as an enriching, exciting and productive career choice. ScienceGrrl Calendar 2013 showcases...
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Indigo
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The first recorded use of indigo as a colour name in English was in 1289. It was Isaac Newton who first introduced indigo as a spectral colour. In the mid-1660s, when Newton bought a pair of prisms at a fair near Cambridge, the East India Company was beginning to import indigo dye into England, supplant...
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In 1997, Comet Hale-Bopp's intrinsic brightness exceeded any comet since 1811. Since it peaked on the other side of the Earth's orbit, however, the comet appeared only brighter than any comet in two decades. Visible are the two tails shed by Comet Hale-Bopp.
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Stephan's Quintet: interacting galaxies
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Satellite photo of Chennai, India.
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Henry Moore Sundial
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Henry Moore sculpture stolen in Hertfordshire is found Police have recovered a bronze sculpture by Henry Moore, valued at up to £500,000, which had been stolen from the grounds of a Hertfordshire museum. The Sundial, 1965, was taken from The Henry Moore Foundation in Much Hadham on 10 July. [url=h...
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