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CG 4, commonly referred to as God's Hand, [3] is a star-forming region located in the Puppis constellation, about 1,300 light-years (400 pc) from Earth. [4] It is one of several objects referred to as " cometary globules ", because its shape is similar to that of a comet . [ 1 ]
The invisible hand is a metaphor inspired by the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith that describes the incentives which free markets sometimes create for self-interested people to accidentally act in the public interest, even when this is not something they intended. Smith originally mentioned the term in two specific, but ...
In modern astronomical writing, all the constellations, including the 12 of the zodiac, have dedicated three-letter abbreviations, which specifically refer to constellations rather than signs. [105] The zodiac symbols are also sometimes used to represent points on the ecliptic, particularly the solstices and equinoxes.
This video clip shows a visualization of the three-dimensional structure of the Pillars of Creation. Closer view of one pillar. Pillars of Creation is a photograph taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of elephant trunks of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula, in the Serpens constellation, some 6,500–7,000 light-years (2,000–2,100 pc; 61–66 Em) from Earth. [1]
The Chandra X-ray Observatory marked its 25th anniversary with a release of never-before-seen images. But budget cuts may cause the observatory’s days to be numbered.
A teenage boy continues painting regardless of world events. The rapid upset in the class system forces him and his girlfriend's families to adapt. Landscape with Invisible Hand premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2023, and was released to theaters in the United States by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures on August 18, 2023.
Cassiopeia has been variously portrayed throughout her history as a constellation. In Persia, she was drawn by al-Sufi as a queen holding a staff with a crescent moon in her right hand, wearing a crown, as well as a two-humped camel. In France, she was portrayed as having a marble throne and a palm leaf in her left hand, holding her robe in her ...
A twin universe could be exerting its gravity on ours, messing up our cosmic calculations.