17:36 fuckyeahtheuniverse:

Heart NebulaThe nebula glows brightly in red light emitted by its most prominent element: hydrogen.    The red glow and the larger shape are all created by a small group of stars near the nebula’s center.    A close up in  high dynamic range spanning about 30 light years contains many of these stars is shown above.  This open cluster of stars contains a few bright stars nearly 50 times the mass of our Sun, many dim stars only a fraction of the mass of our Sun, and an absent microquasar that was expelled millions of years ago.    The Heart Nebula is located about 7,500 light years away.
17:36 velvet-ribbon:

orion by EmileLeTueur on Flickr.
19:10 spaceporn:

M78 NCG2068 Diffuse Nebula |
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13:00 uraniaproject:

Part of the California Nebula (NGC 1499)
by John Ebersole
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12:55 The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa the bad things don’t always spoil the good things and make them unimportant. And we definitely added to his pile of good things. written by The Doctor, Vincent and The Doctor (via nerdsofdoom)
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12:50 fuckyeahnebulas:

Bubble Nebula