Gaia’s Beauty
This is not the title of a fantasy story (even though it could well be). No, I am talking about GAIA, ESA’s space observatory launched in 2013 and still in full activity. Just over one year ago, GAIA released its…
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Tag Archive: Milky Way
Best 2018 Pictures from Space
In the past, I’ve often featured a few amazing snapshots taken from Hubble, Chandra and the various space probes on this blog. It has been a while since I had not posted anything new, so here you have something to…
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(Awesome) videos about space
I have recently come across some amazing videos – and here they are! Definitively worth watching. The first is a “visualization explores the Orion Nebula using both visible and infrared light. The sequence begins with a wide-field view of the…
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Space Features of the Week (23 February)
Today is the moment of my periodic summary of space news worth discussing this week (and in the past few, since I haven’t done it in a while). This one features a startling discovery and other interesting topics. As usual,…
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Guest Post – Nomad or fictional planets?
This is the translation of an article first published on the Italian blog Il Tredicesimo Cavaliere, created and maintained by Roberto Flaibani. This blog is one of the few Italian websites specialised in space research, astrophysics and SF, and it…
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A technical wonder: NASA Spitzer’s 360-D Map of the Milky Way
If there is something difficult to realise is how vast space is. No matter how hard we try, as humans we lack mental categories to figure it out. Another difficult thing is obviously to map it – and we do…
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Amazing videos about space
Thanks to internet you have now access to a quantity of high-quality materials about space and stars simply unbelievable. You have only to browse what’s out there – and you never stop being amazed. Here you have a few (personal)…
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