Posted on Jan 10, 2025
APOD: 2025 January 10 - Young Stars, Dark Nebulae
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Good evening, Rallypoint, and welcome to the Red Friday edition of Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for January 10, 2025.
The Taurus Molecular Cloud is located (as its name implies) in the constellation Taurus, and lies only 450 light years from Earth. The cloud hosts a stellar nursery containing hundreds of newly formed and forming stars. As the likely nearest large star formation region. It has provided foundational astronomical data for studies at all wavelengths (gamma to radio) of the electromagnetic spectrum.
The Taurus Molecular Cloud is located (as its name implies) in the constellation Taurus, and lies only 450 light years from Earth. The cloud hosts a stellar nursery containing hundreds of newly formed and forming stars. As the likely nearest large star formation region. It has provided foundational astronomical data for studies at all wavelengths (gamma to radio) of the electromagnetic spectrum.
APOD: 2025 January 10 - Young Stars, Dark Nebulae
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Outstanding imagery of the Taurus Molecular cloud located some 450 light years from Earth! I don't think humans will ever traverse that stellar distance, but I am sure we will learn lots more in the next hundred years, Bill...
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Ya Gotta LOVE This:
"....The constellation Taurus, and lies only 450 light years from Earth."
"ONLY 250 Light YEARS From Earth"..... Yup, Just A "Hop Skip And A Jump" Away.
I Was Just Watching A Program On The Travel Channel ~ Yes "The Travel Channel"
Having To Do With Time Travel, And They're Now Saying "There's Actually A Good Possibility
People From The Future Are Currently Here And Living Among Us, Having Traveled Back
From Our Future". ~ Stating Further "If This Were True, It Would Help Prove Einsteins Theory On Relativity With Time And Space Where, If We Could Travel At The Speed Of Light Then Returned, We'd Be Younger Than We Were When We Departed Earth.~ That Being Stated, If That's The Case, We've Already Passed Away And Have Died Decades To Centuries Ago.
"....The constellation Taurus, and lies only 450 light years from Earth."
"ONLY 250 Light YEARS From Earth"..... Yup, Just A "Hop Skip And A Jump" Away.
I Was Just Watching A Program On The Travel Channel ~ Yes "The Travel Channel"
Having To Do With Time Travel, And They're Now Saying "There's Actually A Good Possibility
People From The Future Are Currently Here And Living Among Us, Having Traveled Back
From Our Future". ~ Stating Further "If This Were True, It Would Help Prove Einsteins Theory On Relativity With Time And Space Where, If We Could Travel At The Speed Of Light Then Returned, We'd Be Younger Than We Were When We Departed Earth.~ That Being Stated, If That's The Case, We've Already Passed Away And Have Died Decades To Centuries Ago.
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