Thursday, October 2, 2014

ScienceDaily: Astronomy News

ScienceDaily: Astronomy News


Swirling cloud at Titan's pole is cold and toxic

Posted: 01 Oct 2014 11:00 AM PDT

Scientists analyzing data from NASA's Cassini mission have discovered that a giant, toxic cloud is hovering over the south pole of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, after the atmosphere there cooled dramatically. The scientists found that this giant polar vortex contains frozen particles of the toxic compound hydrogen cyanide, or HCN.

Astronomy: Wild ducks take flight in open cluster

Posted: 01 Oct 2014 06:02 AM PDT

The Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile has taken this beautiful image, dappled with blue stars, of one of the most star-rich open clusters currently known -- Messier 11, also known as NGC 6705 or the Wild Duck Cluster.

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