Serpens - Light Up The Sky

M5. Globular cluster in Serpens (Snake)

This cluster was discovered in 1702 by a german astronomer Gottfried Kirch when he was looking for a comet. Charles Messier noted it as a hazy spot, being not ...

Eyes on the Sky: May 13 thru May 19

www.eyesonthesky.com Globular clusters populate the gravitational area in and around the central regions of galaxies. Observers from Earth can see many of ...

Star Birth Clouds in M16

Stellar 'Eggs' Emerge from Molecular Cloud This eerie, dark structure, resembling an imaginary sea serpent's head, is a column of cool molecular hydrogen gas ...

Planet CoRoT-9b Visualization

The CoRoT satellite, operated by the French space agency CNES, has discovered a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a star similar to the Sun in the constellation ...

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