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Rising in the dark hours before dawn, wandering Venus now shines as the brilliant morning star. Its close conjunction with the Moon on August 13 was appreciated around planet Earth. But skygazers in eastern Asia were also treated to a lunar occultation, the waning crescent Moon passing directly in front of the bright planet in still dark skies. Photo by Kwon, O Chul via APOD High-res

Rising in the dark hours before dawn, wandering Venus now shines as the brilliant morning star. Its close conjunction with the Moon on August 13 was appreciated around planet Earth. But skygazers in eastern Asia were also treated to a lunar occultation, the waning crescent Moon passing directly in front of the bright planet in still dark skies.

Photo by Kwon, O Chul via APOD

The evolving wreckage, known famously as the Antennae, is the result of spiral galaxy NGC 4038 colliding with NGC 4039. As gravity restructures each galaxy, clouds of gas slam into each other, bright blue knots of stars form, massive stars form and explode, and brown filaments of dust are strewn about. Eventually the two galaxies will converge into one larger spiral galaxy. Such collisions are not unusual, and even our own Milky Way Galaxy has undergone several in the past and is predicted to collide with our neighboring Andromeda Galaxy in a few billion years. (via APOD) High-res

The evolving wreckage, known famously as the Antennae, is the result of spiral galaxy NGC 4038 colliding with NGC 4039. As gravity restructures each galaxy, clouds of gas slam into each other, bright blue knots of stars form, massive stars form and explode, and brown filaments of dust are strewn about. Eventually the two galaxies will converge into one larger spiral galaxy. Such collisions are not unusual, and even our own Milky Way Galaxy has undergone several in the past and is predicted to collide with our neighboring Andromeda Galaxy in a few billion years.

(via APOD)

Aurora Over Raufarhöfn by Stéphane Vetter The Arctic Henge at Raufarhöfn harnesses the Midnight Sun at the Arctic Circle. It is inspired by the mythical world of eddic poem Völuspá (Prophecy of the Seeress). It tells the story of the creation of the world and its coming end related by a völva addressing Odin. High-res

Aurora Over Raufarhöfn by Stéphane Vetter

The Arctic Henge at Raufarhöfn harnesses the Midnight Sun at the Arctic Circle. It is inspired by the mythical world of eddic poem Völuspá (Prophecy of the Seeress). It tells the story of the creation of the world and its coming end related by a völva addressing Odin.

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