These great hollow globes of artificial super-metals, and artificial transparent adamant, ranged in size from the earliest and smallest structures, which were no bigger than a very small asteroid, to spheres considerably larger than the Earth. (Olaf Stapledon, STAR MAKER)
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Towards the Core: The Lagoon Nebula
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is another stunning image towards the core of the home galaxy. In the constellation of Sagittarius, visible to the naked eye as a smudge, is this beautiful intersection of gas, dust and stars (Messier 08).
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