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FarLife @farlife.bsky.social · Dec 15

Hoag’s Object is a rare ring galaxy located over 600 million light-years from Earth.

A nearly perfect circle full of young blue stars surrounds a spheroid of mostly older red giant stars. In between is a gap that appears almost completely empty.

Delightfully distinctive.

📸 Credit: NASA/STScl/AURA

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FarLife @farlife.bsky.social · 6d

Do you believe wormholes exist?

A wormhole is a hypothetical structure connecting two different points in spacetime. This theoretical passageway creates a shortcut through the cosmos; a tunnel through the fabric of the Universe.

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FarLife @farlife.bsky.social · 9d

FarLife Fun Fact:

Sedna takes around 11,400 years to orbit the Sun. This is the longest orbital period of any known object in the solar system that is its size or larger.

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FarLife @farlife.bsky.social · Sep 15

Westerlund 1 is a massive star cluster located roughly 12,000 light-years away in the constellation Ara (the Altar).

This spectacular collection of stars contains some of the most massive types of stars known across the Universe, including many menacing supergiants.

NASA

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FarLife @farlife.bsky.social · Sep 13

If you could safely explore any object in the solar system, which object would you choose and why?

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FarLife @farlife.bsky.social · Sep 5

Gliese 504b is a gas giant exoplanet discovered via direct imaging. It orbits so close to its star that it glows pink. Considered to be a brown dwarf candidate, this exotic exoplanet is thought to be very similar to Jupiter. Gliese 504b is located 57 light-years from Earth.

FarLife @farlife.bsky.social · Jun 10

FarLife Fun Fact:

Pluto is orbited by five moons: Charon, Hydra, Kerberos, Nix and Styx.

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FarLife @farlife.bsky.social · May 29

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FarLife @farlife.bsky.social · May 23

Do you think intelligent life has ever existed on Mars?

📸 Credit: NASA/ESA/Zolt G. Levay (STScI)

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FarLife @farlife.bsky.social · May 22

Galaxies and hurricanes possess striking similarities.

Overall, the Universe displays remarkable patterns. It’s as if nature employs a fractal design, echoing similar structures from the cosmos to the quantum.

📸 Credits: NOAA/NASA/ESA/CIRA

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FarLife @farlife.bsky.social · May 21

FarLife Fun Fact:

The Boomerang Nebula is the coldest known object in the Universe.

This frigid nebula has an average temperature of around -458 °F! 🥶

📸 Credit: ESA/NASA

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FarLife @farlife.bsky.social · May 20

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My goal is to start making original video content on YouTube (I will also post here), as well as continue to provide daily factual space and science content.

Your support is much appreciated!

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FarLife @farlife.bsky.social · May 20

The miracle of purpose is born deep within the heart of the cosmos; a place where the soul sparks with inspiration, and time and abundance collide with potential.

~ FarLife

📸 Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA

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FarLife @farlife.bsky.social · May 13

A blanet is a hypothetical exoplanet that orbits a black hole. These peculiar planets could theoretically orbit in the 'safe zone' around supermassive black holes.

Perhaps there are thousands of blanets orbiting around Sagittarius A* right now. A supermassive planetary system.

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FarLife @farlife.bsky.social · May 12

VY Canis Majoris is a red hypergiant star located around 3,900 light-years away.

This colossal star was once visible in our night sky, but due to its extreme “shedding” as it reaches the end of its stellar life, it has dimmed to the point that it can only be seen with telescopes.

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FarLife @farlife.bsky.social · May 8

What would you name this nebula?

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FarLife @farlife.bsky.social · May 6

The Vela pulsar is a rapidly rotating neutron star located roughly 1,000 light-years away.

A fast moving jet of particles produced by Vela was spotted by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. The pulsar spans only 12 miles in diameter and rotates over 11 times per second, faster than a helicopter rotor.

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FarLife @farlife.bsky.social · May 2

The Squid Galaxy (Messier 77) is a barred spiral galaxy located roughly 45 million light-years away.

This magnificent galaxy spans 100,000 light-years in diameter.

Messier 77 is notable for its intensely bright center surrounded by a fuzzy cloud of gas and dust.

NASA

FarLife @farlife.bsky.social · Apr 28

The Fermi Bubbles are two large, symmetrical bubbles of gas that extend above and below the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. They were discovered in 2010 using data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope.

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FarLife @farlife.bsky.social · Apr 25

The three-body problem originated as a mathematical concept that involved predicting the motion of 3 interacting celestial bodies.

In simple terms, it exists when three or more objects with similar mass, such as stars or planets, are in close proximity and therefore exerting force on each other.

FarLife @farlife.bsky.social · Apr 22

The Spaghetti Nebula is a unique nebula located around 3,000 light-years from Earth.

Also known as Simeis 147, this striking nebula displays twisting filaments that take the shape of a plate of spaghetti. It also includes a powerful pulsar hidden within.

Magnificent! 🍝

📸 Credit: Georges Attard

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FarLife @farlife.bsky.social · Apr 19

A quasar is an extremely bright and distant object powered by a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy.

Quasars are among the most luminous objects in the Universe. They can even outshine entire galaxies.

📸 Credit: NASA/ESA/J. Olmsted

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FarLife @farlife.bsky.social · Apr 18

Over 10 billion light-years from Earth, one of the largest black holes ever discovered lurks in the dark; TON 618.

At 66 billion solar masses, it’s nearly as massive as the entire Milky Way galaxy.

An unimaginably monstrous beast, prowling around the cosmos.

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FarLife @farlife.bsky.social · Apr 17

The Crab Nebula imaged in various different wavelengths. Which one is your favorite?

1. Radio
2. Infrared
3. Visible
4. Ultraviolet
5. X-Rays
6. Gamma Rays

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FarLife @farlife.bsky.social · Apr 15

Imagine an exoplanet with a mountain range so immense that it extends into space:

Do you think such a planet exists in the Universe?

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FarLife @farlife.bsky.social · Apr 14

Sure. But is there another bubble of some space and time that we can’t access?

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