This gravitational tug of war may also have triggered an increased level of star formation in M51, according to a statement from scientists with NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. On October 13, 1773, Fr...
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Fast-forward five billion years or so, and our own sun will look something like this: the Messier 27 (M27) planetary nebula, also known as the Dumbbell Nebula. It’s a vast cloud of gas and dust, eject...
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On Oct. 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time! Chuck Yeager was a test pilot for the U. S. Air Force who made history by flying an aircraft faster than the speed of sound. ...
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Charles Messier cataloged the Whirlpool Galaxy , designated as M51, on Oct. 13, 1773, while scanning the night sky for objects that could confuse comet hunters. Located approximately 31 million light-...
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This Week in History: The Battle of Kappel was fought on October 11, 1531. Swiss Roman Catholic cantons defeated the Protestant forces of Zurich. In the battle, reformation leader Huldrych Zwingli leader was killed. October 12, 1773: America’s first asylum opened for ‘Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds’ in Virginia. October 12, 1901: Theodore Roosevelt renamed the “Executive Mansion” as “The White House”. And on October 13, 1773, the Whirlpool Galaxy was discovered by French astronomer Charl...
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This unique pair of craters was created by just one impactor that skipped along the lunar surface, leaving a cometlike tail of ejecta. The double crater Messier in Mare Fecunditatis’ western region sp...
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