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Fjösn Restaurant and Bar at the Aurora Borealis Observatory

November 27, 2020

Fjösn Restaurant and Bar at the Aurora Borealis Observatory. As soon as you set foot in the Fjösn Restaurant and Bar you are greeted

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Hubble’s most incredible pictures of nebulae

Hubble’s most incredible pictures of nebulae

November 24, 2020

Hubble’s most incredible pictures of nebulae. This year we are celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope’s 30 years in service of space

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have you ever seen blue Aurora Borealis

Have you ever seen blue Aurora Borealis

November 24, 2020

Have you ever seen blue Aurora Borealis? When people think of the aurora, they generally picture green or purple.

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Best place to see the Northern Lights

November 24, 2020

Best place to see the Northern Lights. We get asked this question more than any other. You can observe the aurora borealis from many places.

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On the left, an optical image from the Digitized Sky Survey shows Cygnus X-1, outlined in a red box. Cygnus X-1 is located near large active regions of star formation in the Milky Way, as seen in this image that spans some 700 light years across. An artist's illustration on the right depicts what astronomers think is happening within the Cygnus X-1 system. Cygnus X-1 is a so-called stellar-mass black hole, a class of black holes that comes from the collapse of a massive star. New studies with data from Chandra and several other telescopes have determined the black hole's spin, mass, and distance with unprecedented accuracy.

Closest Black Hole to Earth

November 24, 2020

Closest Black Hole to Earth: Black holes are one of the most mysterious objects

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