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)
Thursday, January 10, 2019
Shocked Awe
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows the Vela Supernova Remnant. 11,000 years ago a star exploded; the effects of this are still rippling through this complex of dust and gas, creating this beautiful and deceptively peaceful image.
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