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056 Pleione942 viewsleione - young star in the Pleiades cluster which spins so rapidly that it bulges at the equator ; gouache on illustration board, 1975
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297 EarlyEarth1015 viewsvolcanos and mists shroud the primitive earth, as its oceans are stirred by a much closer moon
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389 UniverseTimeline739 viewsHistory of the universe in four stages: the Big Bang is marked by the left vertex, followed by a million-year dark age until the first stars form at the intersection of huge filaments of primordial hydrogen. A period of intense star formation and violent explosions lays the foundation for the universe we see today. - painting by Don Dixon for Scientific American
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467 extrasolar planet Gliese581c subsolar1158 viewsIf the planet is tidally locked, with the same face turned permanently toward its sun, any ocean near the subsolar point would likely simmer under a perpetual haze of steam. Weather patterns might tend to radiate from this equatorial teakettle. Digital artwork © 2007 Don Dixon / cosmographica.com
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328 OortCloud739 viewsfragments of a comet nucleus drift in the icy reaches of the Oort Cloud, far from the sun. - painting by Don Dixon
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