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Mystic Mountain Monster being Destroyed

By |2026-04-26T16:44:28-04:00April 26th, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Inside the head of this interstellar monster is a star that is slowly destroying it. The huge monster, actually an inanimate series of pillars of gas and dust, measures light years in length. The in-head star is not itself visible through the opaque interstellar dust but is bursting out partly [...]

Moon Pi and Mountain Shadow

By |2025-03-14T09:09:18-04:00March 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day What phase of the Moon is 3.14 radians from the Sun? The Full Moon, of course. Even though the Moon might look full for several days, the Moon is truly at its full phase when it is Pi radians (aka 180 degrees) from the Sun in ecliptic longitude. That's opposite [...]

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