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helgaastrophysics.bsky.social

I've faced some losses but I continue to be resilient and share my experience with many I encounter, I'm here to post about the things I love such as the night sky and ancient findings. Sorry, I'm not here to talk about politics, just science & engineering

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For the First Time in History, We Have a Clear Image of a Star in Another Galaxy, WOH G64. (actual image on left, artist impression on right). FYI this is arguably the largest star ever known to man currently, it is bigger than Stephenson 2-18.

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

Earth 🌍

submitted 29 days ago • 4 comments

IC 1805 Heart nebula in Cassiopea constellation by 📷

submitted 29 days ago • 4 comments

One word for Richard Feynman? ✍️

submitted 29 days ago • 3 comments

JWST studied the planet TOI-674 b, a puffy sub-Neptune roughly 1.3 times the size of Earth’s radius. Despite its extreme heat, the presence of water hints at complex atmospheric chemistry and clues to how these exotic worlds may have evolved. Finding water molecules anywhere

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Incredible: NGC 604, a star-forming spectacle in near-infrared, is bustling with the early life stages of over 200 massive stars, known as B-type and O-type. (Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI)

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A stunning glimpse into the cosmos: the Vela Supernova Remnant, a radiant tapestry of gas filaments born from a cataclysmic star detonation around 11,000 years back. (Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA / T.A. Rector, M. Zamani & D. de Martin) #astronomy #universe #supernova #stars #science #physics

submitted 32 days ago • 5 comments

Incredibly detailed image of our Sun 🌞

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Gorgeous: Galaxies NGC 4302 and NGC 4298 Credit NASA, ESA, and M. Mutchler (STScI)

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NGC 691 is an eye-catching spiral galaxy located roughly 120 million light-years away in the constellation Aries This gorgeous galaxy is technically called an unbarred spiral galaxy due to its lack of a central bar of stars NGC 691 is around 130,000 light-years in diameter, making it... #astronomy