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Nebulae Named after Aquatic Animals

Nebulae of all types are among the most spectacular-looking structures in the entire Universe, and have been an endless source of intrigue and discovery for astronomers. How we perceive them, however, is often thanks to [...]
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10 Most Expensive & Powerful Telescopes For Big Budgets

There’s nothing quite like your first glimpse of another celestial body through a telescope. For many, this will set them off on a lifetime devoted to stargazing. Fortunately, there are a wide selection of quality [...]
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10 Top Astronomers from the Ancient World

From the western historical perspective, it is sometimes easy to focus on the astronomical works of early Greek astronomers too tightly, while overlooking the worthy contributions made by earlier philosophers from other cultures that have [...]
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Is Time Travel To The Past Theoretically Possible?

Is time travel possible? People who say that that it is not should think again. After all, we’re all time travelers, scooting along through the space-time continuum at a rate of one second per second. [...]
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10 Interesting Facts about Triton

Neptune’s biggest moon, Triton, has a diameter of 2,700 km, making it the 7th biggest moon in the solar system, as well as its 16th biggest object overall. Triton also contains more than 99.5% of [...]
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Top Deep-Sky Objects in Orion

Orion is one of the oldest recognized constellations and contains two of the brightest stars in the sky, Rigel and Betelgeuse. Since it is visible from both hemispheres, the Orion constellation has also featured prominently [...]
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Interesting Time Travel Quotes

Time travel is a scientific concept in which an object moves between different points in time in the same way as as it would between different points in space. In early 1900’s, Einstein’s theories that [...]
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Top Deep-Sky Objects in Ursa Major

The constellation Ursa Major is not only the third biggest of all the 88 recognized constellations, taking up an area of 1279.66 square degrees, or 3.10% of the night sky, but it is also one [...]
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List of Different Star Types

At a quick glance, night sky stars may appear to be white. However, a closer inspection will reveal a plethora of different colors ranging from the coolest red stars to the hottest blue stars. The [...]
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10 Interesting Facts About Alpha Centauri

1: Sun’s Nearest Star System Alpha Centauri is our nearest star neighbor, and is a mere 4.37 light years from the Sun. More accurately, though, it is the nearest ‘star system’ as it actually consists [...]

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