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View the Great Bear’s contrasting spiral galaxies – Astronomy Now

M108 and M109 in Ursa Major are fine galaxies of dissimilar appearance that are curiously somewhat overlooked. Early spring sees the return of the galaxies, monumental rotating structures of many millions of gravitationally bound stars amid interstellar dust and gas that span tens of thousands or more light years in diameter. Read more

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Sights on a new flyby for New Horizons – Astronomy Now

In 2019, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Arrokoth, the most distant and primitive object ever explored. Now, as it ventures further, chief scientist Alan Stern shared exciting updates. New Horizon targeted Arrokoth in a close flyby in 2019.  Read more

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