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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 2019re: #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
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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. …

Desert Gold

Sometimes the desert sky is so amazing you have to pull off the road and shoot a picture before the colors change.
431CuriousLurker
March 2014re: #369 Killgore Trout "We" didn't discuss it. Gus brought it to everyone's attention and actually took the time to take a look at the study itself. You then gleefully latched onto to it as it gave you an opportunity ...
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And Now, Naked Mole Rat Puppies

They’re very wrinkly
223EPR-radar
February 2014re: #203 ObserverArt THIS. THIS x 10,000. Without fundamentally changing gun nut culture (which is most unlikely to happen), making carrying in public easier will definitely increase the number of crimes committed because some murdering jackass with a gun just ...
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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 2013re: #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 ...
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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 2013re: #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.
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