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quasi stars

they are really big

theyre so big their cores collapse in on themselves

so much pressure it turn into black hole

wee

Hubble Space Telescope Spies Small Spiral Galaxy Edge-on
Mar 4, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

NASA has released a beautiful photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of the spiral galaxy NGC 4423.



This Hubble image shows NGC 4423, a spiral galaxy some 55 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / M. Sun.
This Hubble image shows NGC 4423, a spiral galaxy some 55 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / M. Sun.
NGC 4423 is located approximately 55 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo.

Also known as IRAS 12246+0609, LEDA 40801 or VCC 971, this spiral galaxy has a diameter of about 35,000 light-years.

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https://www.sci.news/astronomy/hubble-s ... 12734.html

Asteroids can have rings and moons
Chariklo is a small celestial body that orbits the Sun between Saturn and Uranus. Chariklo is now known to be a Centaur asteroid – a class of asteroids that are characterised by their unstable orbits, which cross the orbits of the giant planets. What makes this 250 km-wide asteroid so special is that it has a pair of rings around it, making it the smallest known object in the Solar System with a ring system.
Asteroids can also have their own moons. Ida and Dactyl are a pair of space rocks that captured the world’s attention thanks to a striking discovery by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft. During a flyby of asteroid Ida in 1993, Galileo’s cameras spotted Dactyl, a much smaller ‘moon’ that orbits Ida. This pair provided the first observational evidence that asteroids can have their own natural satellites.
Image of Ida and Dactyl by NASA/JPL

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