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I know next to nothing about astronomy, although everything I read about it is extremely fascinating. My question concerns the absolutely incredible pictures of planets, stars, galaxies, etc. that I've seen throughout my life in various books, internet sites, tv programs and the like. I have...

According to this article in The Register, the Hubble telescope brings us the first ever actual photos of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Scientists unravel galactic spaghetti monster His Noodly Appendages are there for the universe to see. On a more serious note, it's a very interesting...

There was a news announcement today that is pretty cool: Hubble has spotted a giant ring of dark matter surrounding a galaxy cluster. Up until now, astronomers figured the halo would always be spherical or perhaps elliptical, but the ring caught them by surprise. Evidently, the cluster is...