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Credits: Dust and magnetic fields: NASA/SOFIA; Star field image: NASA/Hubble Space Telescope

Amazing Image of the Day: NASA’s SOFIA Telescope Reveals the Magnetic Field Keeping Milky Way’s Black Hole Quiet

162Broad With Sass
June 2019
re: #110 calochortus Your first one sounds like my second one, but it was worth it. I work at an ALF, and one of the residents has had shingles outbreaks twice..and I won't go through it

Behold, the latest image from NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, overlaid on a Hubble Space Telescope image of the center of the Milky Way galaxy, showing the gigantic magnetic fields that are apparently keeping the black hole at its heart from gobbling up our entire galaxy. …

Image of the Day: Baby Gorilla Bonds With Mom at Brookfield Zoo

A baby Western Lowland Gorilla spending quality time with mom
101Reality Based Steve
December 2013
re: #100 BeenHereAwhile "When that fire hit your ass, it will sober your ass up quick! I saw something, I went, 'Well, that's a pretty blue. You know what? That looks like fire!' Fire is inspirational. They should use it ...

The Adorable Frisky Hopping Peccary Pups

An endangered species of New World pig, found in the dry shrub habitats of Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina
139Obdicut (Now with 2% less brain)
November 2013
re: #138 ObserverArt It means that those 'new puppets' will know that as soon as they get out they get a job with the lobbying company or an associated organization.