Stellar Nursery R136 in the Tarantula Nebula iPad Cases

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Stellar Nursery R136 in the Tarantula Nebula iPad Cases

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Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series Hundreds of brilliant blue stars wreathed by warm, glowing clouds in appear in this the most detailed view of the largest stellar nursery in our local galactic neighborhood. The massive, young stellar grouping, called R136, is only a few million years old and resides in the 30 Doradus (or Tarantula) Nebula, a turbulent star-birth region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way.
There is no known star-forming region in our galaxy as large or as prolific as 30 Doradus. Many of the diamond-like icy blue stars are among the most massive stars known. Several of them are over 100 times more massive than our Sun. These hefty stars are destined to pop off, like a string of firecrackers, as supernovas in a few million years. The image, taken in ultraviolet, visible, and red light by Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3, spans about 100 light-years.
The movement of the LMC around the Milky Way may have triggered the massive cluster's formation in several ways. The gravitational tug of the Milky Way and the companion Small Magellanic Cloud may have compressed gas in the LMC. Also, the pressure resulting from the LMC plowing through the Milky Way's halo may have compressed gas in the satellite. The cluster is a rare, nearby example of the many super star clusters that formed in the distant, early universe, when star birth and galaxy interactions were more frequent.
The LMC is located 170,000 light-years away and is a member of the Local Group of Galaxies, which also includes the Milky Way. The Hubble observations were taken Oct. 20-27, 2009. The blue color is light from the hottest, most massive stars; the green from the glow of oxygen; and the red from fluorescing hydrogen.
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DNA survives critical entry into Earth's atmosphere

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The genetic material DNA can survive a flight through space and re-entry into Earth's atmosphere -- and still pass on genetic information. Scientists obtained these astonishing results during an experiment on the TEXUS-49 research rocket mission.

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Invisible shield found thousands of miles above Earth blocks 'killer electrons'

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An invisible shield has been discovered some 7,200 miles above Earth that blocks so-called 'killer electrons,' which whip around the planet at near-light speed and have been known to threaten astronauts, fry satellites and degrade space systems during intense solar storms.

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'Eye of Sauron' provides new way of measuring distances to galaxies

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Scientists have developed a new way of measuring precise distances to galaxies tens of millions of light years away, using the W. M. Keck Observatory near the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii. The method is similar to what land surveyors use on Earth, by measuring the physical and angular, or ‘apparent’, size of a standard ruler in the galaxy, to calibrate the distance from this information.

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Cognitive test battery developed to assess impact of long duration spaceflights on astronauts' brain function

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A cognitive test battery, known as Cognition, has been developed for the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) to measure the impact of typical spaceflight stressors (like microgravity, radiation, confinement and isolation, exposure to elevated levels of CO2, and sleep loss) on cognitive performance. This computer-based test has already been tested by astronauts on Earth. It will be performed for the first time in a pilot study on the International Space Station (ISS) on November 28.

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A colorful gathering of middle-aged stars

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The MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile has captured a richly colorful view of the bright star cluster NGC 3532. Some of the stars still shine with a hot bluish color, but many of the more massive ones have become red giants and glow with a rich orange hue.

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Vintage Astronomy, Celestial Star Chart, Sky Map Print

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Vintage Astronomy, Celestial Star Chart, Sky Map Print

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Vintage illustration astronomy and celestial map or star chart image featuring the constellations of the northern night sky including some signs of the zodiac, Pegasus, Ursa Major (Bear) and Orion the Hunter by English mathematician and physician Thomas Hood (1556-1620). Created in 1590.

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Italian court acquits seismologists convicted of manslaughter

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An appeals court today overturned the 2012 manslaughter convictions of six Italian earthquake scientists in the wake of a 2009 earthquake that killed 309 people in the town of L’Aquila, as reported by ScienceInsider and NatureNews. Each scientist had been sentenced to six years in prison along with a government official. The official has not been acquitted, but he did have his sentenced reduced to two years.

Amidst a swarm of small earthquakes (and false predictions of major earthquakes by a technician at the nearby National Institute of Nuclear Physics) near the town of L'Aquila in early 2009, the Civil Protection Department convened a meeting of the six scientists. Some public statements resulting from that meeting—specifically statements by Civil Protection Department official Benardo De Bernardinis—were seen to have gone too far, assuring the public that risk of a dangerous earthquake was very low. When a magnitude 6.3 earthquake just six days later killed 309, those statements were blamed for some the deaths as some people apparently failed to leave their homes, which then collapsed.

As Ars reported, a judge ruled that these seven individuals were culpable because of their comments and found the group guilty of manslaughter in 2012. The defendants appealed, resulting in today’s decision.

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Twisted light waves sent across Vienna

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A group of researchers from Austria have sent twisted beams of light across the rooftops of Vienna. It

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VIDEO: Fire tunnel predicts blazes' spread

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Red Supergiant Star V838 Monocerotis Square Sticker

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Red Supergiant Star V838 Monocerotis Square Sticker

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Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series A gorgeous astronomy picture featuring a distant star, named V838 Monocerotis, in the direction of the constellation of Monoceros on the outer edge of our Milky Way. The image shows the swirls of dust spiralling across trillions of miles of interstellar space, lit mainly from within by a pulse of light from the red supergiant, two years into its journey.

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Researchers find qubits based on trapped ions offer a promising scalable platform for quantum computing

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(Phys.org) —A team of researchers working at the University of Oxford has found that quantum bits (qubits) based on trapped calcium ions can be both manipulated and fashioned to store qubits with higher fidelity than any other method seen thus far. In their paper published in Physical Review Letters, the team describes how they built a means for testing the feasibility of using Ca+ ions as the basis for quantum computing and what they found in doing so.



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Io and Callisto Mutual Event

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A 24 minute sequence from top to bottom, this intriguing series of telescopic frames tracks the occultation of Io by Callisto, two of Jupiter's Galilean moons, from San Pietro Polesine, Italy, planet Earth. A challenging observational project using a small telescope, the two contrasting Jovian worlds are both slightly larger than Earth's Moon. In fact, bright, volcanic Io and dark, cratered Callisto are about 3,640 and 4,820 kilometers in diameter respectively. With Earth itself now crossing near the orbital plane of Jupiter's moons, astronomers are enjoying a season of Galilean moon mutual events ranging from eclipses to occultations. The series of orbital plane crossings produce a mutual event season every 5 to 6 years.

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Orion Nebula Hubble Space Room Decals

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Orion Nebula Hubble Space Room Decals

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This Hubble photograph of the Orion Nebula is a great choice for astronomy lovers!

This space photograph shows the massive Orion Nebula, and was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The Orion Nebula is the birthplace of many new stars, and over 3000 stars are present in this image, surrounded by swirling clouds of gas and dust. The colours of the original photo have been enhanced slightly, and include rich oranges, pinks and purples.

Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Robberto ( Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team

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The Active Cigar Galaxy - Messier 82 Cover For The iPad Mini

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The Active Cigar Galaxy - Messier 82 Cover For The iPad Mini

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Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series Composite of images of the active galaxy Messier 82 from the three Great Observatories: Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-Ray Observatory, and Spitzer Space Telescope. X-ray data recorded by Chandra appears here in blue, infrared light recorded by Spitzer appears in red. Hubble's observation of hydrogen emission appears in orange. Hubble's bluest observation appears in yellow-green.
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A colorful gathering of middle-aged stars

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NGC 3532 is a bright open cluster located some 1300 light-years away in the constellation of Carina(The Keel of the ship Argo). It is informally known as the Wishing Well Cluster, as it resembles scattered silver coins which have been dropped into a well. It is also referred to as the Football Cluster, although how appropriate this is depends on which side of the Atlantic you live. It acquired the name because of its oval shape, which citizens of rugby-playing nations might see as resembling a rugby ball.



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3-D Printed Engine Parts Withstand Hot Fire Tests

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Today’s innovations in science and technology are being driven by new capabilities in additive manufacturing.  Also known as

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Vintage Astronomy Celestial Stars in the Night Sky Print

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Vintage Astronomy Celestial Stars in the Night Sky Print

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Vintage illustration astronomy and celestial star chart map by the Dutch cartographer family Frederik de Wit. Frederik de Wit can refer to any of three members (Father, son or grandson) of a family of Dutch engravers, cartographers and publishers. The senior de Wit opened a printing office in Amsterdam under the name "De Witte Pascaert".

Planisphæri cœleste, 1680, is a celestial planisphere featuring the constellations of the northern and southern hemispheres (with the signs of the zodiac), the earth, sun and phases of the moon.

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Tarantula Nebula Star Forming Gas Cloud Sculpture Rectangle Sticker

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Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series An awesome mobile phone shell featuring the Tarantula Nebula of the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is the nearest galaxy to the Milky Way, our galactic home. This Hubble image shows old stars from the distant past and rich, interstellar gas clouds feeding the formation of new ones. The most massive and hottest stars are intense, high-energy radiation sources and this pushes away what remains of the gas and dust, compressing and sculpting it. As the whorls and eddies clump and stretch it, gravity takes over and the birth of the next generation of new stars is triggered.

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Physicists bind single-atom sheets with the same force geckos use to climb walls

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The approach is to design synergistic materials by combining two single-atom thick sheets, for example, that act as a photovoltaic cell as well as a light-emitting diode, converting energy between electricity and radiation.

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Obama to Introduce Sweeping New Controls on Ozone Emissions

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The regulation would be the latest in a series of E.P.A. controls on air pollution that wafts from smokestacks and tailpipes.















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Pink Star Cluster Pacman Nebula Wall Stickers

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Pink Star Cluster Pacman Nebula Wall Stickers

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This is a NASA space photograph of the star cluster NGC 281, which is also known as the Pacman nebula. This infrared image was taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope, and has a bright pink appearance.

Image Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/S.Wolk; IR: NASA/JPL/CfA/S.Wolk

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