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New Zodiac Sign Dates Causing Identity Crisis on Twitter

What's your sign? That easy-to-answer pickup line might be a little confusing, since astronomers now say the dates used to delineate zodiac signs need to be adjusted by about a month. The signs of the zodiac were created by the ancient Babylonians, who believed that whatever constellation the sun was "in" when you were...

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Nasa Image Of The Day: The Pinwheel Galaxy (PHOTOS)

Combining almost opposite ends of the electromagnetic spectrum, this composite image of the Herschel in far-infrared and XMM-Newton's X-ray images obtained January 20, 2012, shows how the hot young stars detected by the X-ray observations are sculpting and interacting with the surrounding ultra-cool gas and dust, which, at...

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Mysterious Nebula Sharpless 2-71 Shines In Photo From Hawaii's Gemini North Telescope

A telescope in Hawaii has captured a spectacular new view on a distant nebula, revealing a glowing swirl of gas that is at the center of an unsolved mystery surrounding the nebula's birth.

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WOW: Ancient Stars Swarm Like Bees At Milky Way's Edge

A ball of some of the oldest stars in the universe looks like a swarm of bees in a new view from an observatory in Chile.

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05/31/12 Nasa Image Of The Day: The Pinwheel Galaxy (PHOTOS) Source: The Huffington Post Combining almost opposite ends of the electromagnetic spectrum, this composite image of the Herschel in far-infrared and XMM-Newton's X-ray images obtained January 20, 2012, shows how the hot young stars detected by the X-ray observations are sculpting and interacting with the surrounding ultra-cool gas and dust, which, at only a few degrees above absolute zero, is the critical material for star formation itself.
05/24/12 Mysterious Nebula Sharpless 2-71 Shines In Photo From... Source: The Huffington Post A telescope in Hawaii has captured a spectacular new view on a distant nebula, revealing a glowing swirl of gas that is at the center of an unsolved mystery surrounding the nebula's birth.
05/09/12 WOW: Ancient Stars Swarm Like Bees At Milky Way's Edge Source: The Huffington Post A ball of some of the oldest stars in the universe looks like a swarm of bees in a new view from an observatory in Chile.

Background on constellations

In modern astronomy, a constellation is an internationally defined area of the celestial sphere. These areas are grouped around asterisms, patterns formed by prominent stars within apparent proximity to one another on Earth's night sky.

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