A Storm On Saturn

Star-forming regions amid gas and dust taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. (NGC 2467, NGC 3603, Star forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), N11, N90 and  NGC 2174)

Image credit: NASA/ESA & Hubble

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Japanese Autumnal Wordporn

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Waiting for autumn leaves to start falling down again.  🍁

Ginger Snaps Directed by John Fawcett (2000)

Siesta (by big andrei)

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Salem, Massachusetts 🎃

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Celestial Fireworks: Into Star Cluster Westerlund 2

What if you could go directly to a cluster where the stars are forming? This animation was done with 3D computer modeling of the region around the star cluster Westerlund 2, based on Hubble Space Telescope images in visible and infrared light. Westerlund 2 covers about 10 light-years and is about 20 thousand light years distant towards the constellation Keel of the ship (Carina). As the illustrative animation begins, the larger Gum 29 nebula fills the screen with the young group of bright stars visible in the center. Stars pass your finger as you approach the cluster. Soon, your imaginary vessel rotates and you pass over the interstellar gas and dust pillars during the light year. Strong winds and radiations from young, massive stars destroy all but the densest clumps of dust, leaving these pillars in their shadows - many pointing back to the center of the cluster. Lastly, you move to the top of the set of stars and search hundreds of the most gigantic stars known.

Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble, J. Anderson et al. (STScI); Acknowledgment: The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI), the Westerlund 2 Science Team, and the ES

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Hello September. May you the first of so many good things to come as the unofficial start to autumn 🍂

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