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This isn't an expanding star: this is a light echo! In this time-lapse sonification, a pulse of light from the star V838 Monocerotis gives the illusion that the surrounding dust is expanding. In reality, it's just the light from the star's flash reaching dust farther away.
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Hubblevor 3 Jahren
Hubble captured the first image #OTD in 2002! This star is 20,000 light-years away, at the outer edge of our Milky Way Galaxy. In this sonification, scientists mapped brightness to pitch and volume, and the surrounding stars are pitched to musical notes:

Andromache Tziamouvor 3 Jahren
Cool

Pamela Nayvor 3 Jahren
Wow 😮

Cindy Barringervor 3 Jahren
Awesome...🌝

rlagprud33vor 3 Jahren
신비로워요

Paul Bogaarsvor 3 Jahren
You did not get the memo???

Tracey Barru-BloodRaynevor 3 Jahren
Crystal shards pushing thru dust, size of crystal determines pitch, the ting peaks don't reduce, thus the light spreads to them probably made by faster moving crystals

Mustafa BOZOĞLANvor 3 Jahren
👏👏👏

pharaoh Sit Ra Phoenixvor 3 Jahren
They can see a light echo millions of light years away.,,,but no one can make a charger wire that doesn’t short out!?…I don’t get it😂

philisvor 3 Jahren
Woah




