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Stellar Odd Couple Makes Striking Flares
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Every 3.4 years, pulsar B1259-63 dives twice through the gas disk surrounding the massive blue star it orbits. With each pass, it produces gamma rays. During the most recen...
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Zooming in on the flames of Betelgeuse
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This sequence starts with a wide view of the spectacular constellation of Orion and the surrounding area. We gradually close in on the red supergiant star Betelgeuse and zo...
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IXV: learning to come back from Space
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The European Space Agency (ESA) is currently working on a space mission with important implications for the future of space transportation in Europe.
After being launched ...
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Rosetta's first glimpse of the comet
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Approximately 163 million kilometers still separate ESA's spacecraft Rosetta from comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko, its 2014 target. Despite this remarkable distance, scientists...
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A simulation of Kelvin-Helmholtz instability
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This computer simulation shows how the conditions of erupting gas flowing by stationary gas in the sun's atmosphere could give rise to Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities.
Cre...
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SDO Catches Surf Waves on the Sun
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Scientists have spotted the iconic surfer's wave rolling through the atmosphere of the sun. This makes for more than just a nice photo-op: the waves hold clues as to how en...
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LBT Adaptive Optics Video
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The video explains the advanced technology behind the sharp vision of LBT (Large Binocular Telescope): a large series of magnets modify mirror's shape in real time, cancell...
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Zooming in on the spiral galaxy NGC 6744
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This sequence starts with a view of the southern part of the Milky Way. As we zoom in we can first see the globular star cluster NGC 6752 and then the spiral galaxy NGC 674...
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Zooming in on the brilliant star VFTS 682 in the Large Magellanic Cloud
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This sequence starts with a view of the Milky Way and its two small neighbouring galaxies, the Magellanic Clouds. We zoom in towards the Large Magellanic Cloud and focus on...
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Simulating the Red Rectangle
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This movie shows simulations of the Red Rectangle calculated by the Dutch theorists Vincent Icke from Leiden University in the Netherlands.
These images show the upper hal...
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