Active galaxy NGC 1275, the central, dominant member of the large and relatively nearby Perseus Cluster of Galaxies, is a mysterious object. Wild-looking at visible wavelengths, the active galaxy is a prodigious source of x-rays and radio emission as it accretes matter from entire galaxies. This Hubble Space Telescope image highlights the resulting galactic debris and filaments of glowing gas, some up to 20,000 light-years long, that are held together by magnetic fields.

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On January 25, 1984, President Ronald Reagan used his State of the Union address to call for NASA to build a permanent manned space station. via NASA https://ift.tt/MWBcvum

“Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life?” – Alfred de Vigny

“Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

To some, the dark shape looks like a mythical boogeyman. Scientifically, Lynds’ Dark Nebula (LDN) 1622 appears against a faint background of glowing hydrogen gas only visible in long telescopic exposures of the region. In contrast, the brighter reflection nebula vdB 62 is more easily seen just above and to the right of center in […]

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Astronaut Nicole Mann is pictured during her first spacewalk installing a modification kit on the International Space Station’s starboard truss structure. via NASA https://ift.tt/HXZlmvM