Dynamic-light-scattering - DLS

2020 March 25

Star Forming Region S106 Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Legacy Archive; Processing & Copyright: Utkarsh Mishra

Explanation: Massive star IRS 4 is beginning to spread its wings. Born only about 100,000 years ago, material streaming out from this newborn star has formed the nebula dubbed Sharpless 2-106 Nebula (S106), featured here. A large disk of dust and gas orbiting Infrared Source 4 (IRS 4), visible in brown near the image center, gives the nebula an hourglass or butterfly shape. S106 gas near IRS 4 acts as an emission nebula as it emits light after being ionized, while dust far from IRS 4 reflects light from the central star and so acts as a reflection nebula. Detailed inspection of a relevant infrared image of S106 reveal hundreds of low-mass brown dwarf stars lurking in the nebula’s gas. S106 spans about 2 light-years and lies about 2000 light-years away toward the constellation of the Swan (Cygnus).

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The Great Gay Migration continues…

32 and back to the roots to save 2020

2019 May 1

The Cat’s Eye Nebula in Optical and X-ray Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Legacy Archive; Chandra X-ray Obs.; Processing & Copyright: Rudy Pohl

Explanation: To some it looks like a cat’s eye. To others, perhaps like a giant cosmic conch shell. It is actually one of brightest and most highly detailed planetary nebula known, composed of gas expelled in the brief yet glorious phase near the end of life of a Sun-like star. This nebula’s dying central star may have produced the outer circular concentric shells by shrugging off outer layers in a series of regular convulsions. The formation of the beautiful, complex-yet-symmetric inner structures, however, is not well understood. The featured image is a composite of a digitally sharpened Hubble Space Telescope image with X-ray light captured by the orbiting Chandra Observatory. The exquisite floating space statue spans over half a light-year across. Of course, gazing into this Cat’s Eye, humanity may well be seeing the fate of our sun, destined to enter its own planetary nebula phase of evolution … in about 5 billion years.

∞ Source: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190501.html

Mahershala Ali is announced as Blade:

EVERYONE:

Steve/Peggy: *had one kiss literally 70 years ago and then both moved on with their lives*

Marvel: so cute, he would definitely abandon his life here, giving up better healthcare, equal rights and general quality of life to break up her marriage! 😍😍

Carol/ Maria: *live together, raise a child together, support each other are generally married*

Marvel: aww such a good friendship! Just gals being pals👭

Me:

That’s right. —Captain Marvel (2019)

Saturn’s moon Titan. True color (left) and with haze-penetrating near-infrared (right) as seen by Cassini in March 2017

It’s the worst 🤣👏🏽

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈