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        <title>M82: Galaxy with a supergalactic wind</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Why is the Cigar Galaxy billowing red smoke? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:23:01 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Founded in 1163 by Walter Fitzalan, the first hereditary High Steward of Scotland, Paisley Abbey has been much restored, but still possesses some remarkable treasures including the tomb of Robert the Bruce’s daughter Marjorie, who married the sixth High Steward and gave birth to Robert II, first of the Stewart kings. There’s also a magnificent Norman doorway and the sublime Shaw Memorial stained-glass window, a dazzling tapestry of light and colour unveiled in 1988 by Glasgow-based artist John Clark. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:47:41 +0300</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The glittering image, taken by the European Space Agency’s Euclid telescope, heralds a new age of planetary discovery ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:15:40 +0300</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica), also known as the common puffin, is a species of seabird in the auk family. It is the only puffin native to the Atlantic Ocean; two related species, the tufted puffin and the horned puffin, are found in the northeastern Pacific. ]]></description>
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        <title>M27: The Dumbbell Nebula</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Is this what will become of our Sun? Quite possibly. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 07:36:49 +0300</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Dactylorhiza purpurella, the Northern marsh orchid, is an orchid native to Great Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway. This was taken near Methlick, Aberdeenshire. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 07:06:12 +0300</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Do you see that blue blob to the lower right of the image centre? Astronomers think that it shows where a massive star exploded as a supernova whose light reached Earth 1,700 years ago. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:31:09 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Venus and Jupiter: conjunction from Avebury</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ On 9 June 2026, the two celestial beacon&#039;s close &quot;cosmic kiss&quot; was captured here next to two large standing stones, the remains of a cove near the center of a 4,000 year old stone circle at Avebury, Wiltshire, UK. Larger than Stonehenge, the Avebury henge and stone circle complex is also recognized as one of the most significant neolithic ceremonial sites on planet Earth. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:11:27 +0300</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ What&#039;s happening to this Sun-crossing rocket? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:34:26 +0300</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Dating from 1527, this famous bridge crosses one of Aberdeen&#039;s former boundaries and was once the only access to the Granite City from the south. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 07:16:06 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Alan Hale, astronomer who jointly discovered Comet Hale&amp;Bopp</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ He was the co-discoverer, with Thomas Bopp, of Comet C/1995 01, better known as Comet Hale-Bopp, which put in a spectacular appearance in early 1997 before departing for a 2,400-year journey through deep space. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ More than 20,000 votes cast in Butterfly Conservation’s poll of 60 native species to find nation’s favourite for first time ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:03:06 +0300</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ This was taken on 8 June 2026 in Aberdeen. An explanation of the phenomenon is below. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:17:00 +0300</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Thor not only has his own day (Thursday), but a helmet in the heavens. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:39:24 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>The Hydra cluster of galaxies</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Within our own Milky Way galaxy, two bright, spiky stars stand like sentinels in the foreground of this cosmic snapshot. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 06:23:49 +0300</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A major survey of Angola’s remote Lisima plateau has uncovered species unknown to science, including new dragonflies, grasshoppers, moths and butterflies, confirming the highlands as one of Africa’s most exciting biodiversity frontiers. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:59:33 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>A planetary nebula with cosmic Buckyballs</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ What is happening inside this unusual nebula? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 07:16:30 +0300</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Taken in Aberdeen - a springtime scene. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:19:20 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Saturn at night</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Telescopic views of Saturn and its beautiful rings often make it the star of star parties. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:08:07 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Messier 104</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A gorgeous spiral galaxy, Messier 104 is famous for its nearly edge-on profile featuring a broad ring of obscuring dust lanes. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 08:41:27 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>NGC 1514: The Crystal ball nebula</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ What do you see in this crystal ball? The featured image shows NGC 1514, known as the Crystal ball nebula, observed by the Gemini North telescope on Maunakea, in Hawai&#039;i. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 06:50:49 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>PK 164 +31.1: The Headphone Nebula</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ What is a pair of headphones doing in the sky? Today’s image features the Headphone Nebula, also known as PK 164 +31.1 or Jones-Emberson 1. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 05:37:43 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>NGC 3660 and Burçin&amp;apos;s Galaxy</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The upper galaxy might be more photogenic, but the lower galaxy is more unusual. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 08:08:11 +0300</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ After the Crab Nebula, this giant star cluster is the second entry in 18th century astronomer Charles Messier&#039;s famous list of things that are not comets. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 17:36:52 +0300</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A Green-veined White butterfly settles on a flowering plant at Howe o’ Buchan, Peterhead, Scotland. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 06:44:17 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Aurora slathers up the sky</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Like salsa verde on your favorite burrito, a green aurora slathers up the sky in this 2017 June 25 snapshot from the International Space Station. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 06:17:29 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>NGC 1300: Barred spiral galaxy</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Across the center of this spiral galaxy is a bar. And at the center of this bar is smaller spiral. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 06:58:10 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>NGC 2170: The Angel Nebula</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Is this a painting or a photograph? In this celestial abstract art composed with a cosmic brush, dusty nebula NGC 2170, also known as the Angel Nebula, shines just above the image center. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 10:52:42 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>NGC 188: Old cluster in the New General Catalogue</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The New General Catalogue of star clusters and nebulae really isn&#039;t so new. In fact, it was published in 1888 - an effort by J. L. E. Dreyer to consolidate the work of astronomers William, Caroline, and John Herschel along with others into a useful single, complete catalog of astronomical discoveries and measurements. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 07:54:33 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Hebridean oystercatcher</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A postcard from Isle of Lewis ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 08:04:36 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Thistles in Torry</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A postcard from Aberdeen. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 17:38:37 +0300</pubDate>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 06:19:08 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>James Webb telescope shows hellish, airless exoplanet 49 light&amp;years away</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Astronomers have gotten their clearest look yet at the surface of an exoplanet — a planet beyond our solar system — thanks to Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The start of a new day brings hope. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ This colorized and digitally sharpened image of the Sun is composed of frames recording emission from hydrogen atoms in the solar chromosphere on 15 May 2024. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Near the heart of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster, a string of galaxies known as Markarian&#039;s Chain stretches across this telescopic field of view. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Spring has sprung! ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Inside the head of this interstellar monster is a star that is slowly destroying it. ]]></description>
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        <title>UGC 1810: Wildly interacting galaxy from Hubble</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ What&#039;s happening to this spiral galaxy? ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Why are there three arches across the sky instead of two? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:24:25 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Wetter weather triggers earliest bluebells blossom in decades</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Rain, mild temperatures and spring sunshine produce a plethora of early blooms across the country ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:02:01 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Comet R3 PanSTARRS over a Himalayan valley</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The best way to see comet R3 PanSTARRS’s long tail is with a camera. ]]></description>
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        <title>M82: Starburst galaxy with a superwind</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Messier 82 is a starburst galaxy with a superwind. In fact, through supernova explosions and powerful winds from massive stars, the burst of star formation in M82 is driving a prodigious outflow. ]]></description>
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        <title>South celestial tree</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ If you live in the northern hemisphere, you may have learned how to locate the North Star, Polaris, in the night sky. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:10:40 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>NGC 602 and Beyond</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The clouds may look like an oyster, and the stars like pearls, but look beyond. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:03:09 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice are having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:56:38 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Lava bursts forth as Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Hawaii Volcanoes national park closed due to eruption of one of world’s most active volcanoes, located on Big Island ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:41:50 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>The Moon is more colourful than you think. Here’s why</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Artemis II crew spot green and brown patches ‘kind of like a piece of pie’ ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:32:44 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Hickson 44 in Leo</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Scanning the skies for galaxies, Canadian astronomer Paul Hickson and colleagues identified some 100 compact groups of galaxies, now appropriately called Hickson Compact Groups. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 11:30:35 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Hyakutake: stars through a comet&amp;apos;s tail</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/5701</link>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Comets are cosmic icebergs. They follow very elongated orbits which carry them from the frozen, remote outer reaches of the Solar System to close encounters with the Sun. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 05:24:33 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Galaxies in the River: NGC 1300 and NGC 1297</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/5673</link>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Spiral NGC 1300 and elliptical NGC 1297 are galaxies that lie on the banks of the southern constellation Eridanus (The River). ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 03:31:42 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Cygnus and the solitary tree</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A lone tree stands in a quiet meadow in Guadalajara, Spain, silhouetted against the Cygnus region rising above like flames in the night sky. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 02:23:05 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>NGC 1566: The Spanish Dancer Galaxy</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/5637</link>
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        <description><![CDATA[ If not perfect, then this spiral galaxy is at least one of the most photogenic. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 02:35:08 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>The Fibonacci sequence in nature</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Fibonacci sequence can be observed in nature, alongside the Golden Ratio. It is especially noticeable in plants and flowers. Sunflowers (beloved of the Kurdish) and ferns are prime examples of the phenomenon, alongside seashells. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:54:03 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>CG 4: The Globule and the Galaxy</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Is this a cosmic monster ready to devour an unsuspecting galaxy? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 04:33:00 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Sirius: The brightest star in the night sky</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/5534</link>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Sirius is visible on the far left of the above photograph, to the left of the constellation of Orion and Comet Hale-Bopp. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 02:59:26 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>NGC 1818: A Young Globular Cluster</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Globular clusters once ruled the Milky Way. Back in the old days, back when our Galaxy first formed, perhaps thousands of globular clusters roamed our Galaxy. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 02:53:41 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>When roses aren&amp;apos;t red</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/5499</link>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Not all roses are red of course, but they can still be very pretty. Likewise, the beautiful Rosette Nebula and other star forming regions are often shown in astronomical images with a predominately red hue, in part because the dominant emission in the nebula is from hydrogen atoms. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 02:49:38 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>The Aurora Tree</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Pictured is a visual coincidence between the dark branches of a nearby tree and bright glow of a distant aurora. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 10:01:53 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>M16: Stars from Eagle&amp;apos;s EGGs</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Here are newborn stars are forming in the Eagle Nebula. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 03:52:17 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Crab Nebula mosaic from Hubble</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/5425</link>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Crab Nebula is catalogued as M1, the first object on Charles Messier&#039;s famous list of things which are not comets. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 03:58:46 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Shapley 1: An annular planetary nebula</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ What’s looking back at you isn’t a cosmic eye, but Shapley 1, a beautifully symmetric planetary nebula. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 04:28:14 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Saturn&amp;apos;s rings in natural colour</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/5390</link>
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        <description><![CDATA[ What colours are Saturn&#039;s rings? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 04:42:19 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Standing on the Moon</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/5358</link>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Man once walked on the Moon. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 03:59:06 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Albireo: A Bright and Beautiful Double</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/5331</link>
        <guid>https://www.edgenews.net/5331</guid>
        <description><![CDATA[ Sometimes, even a small telescope can help unlock a hidden beauty of the heavens. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 04:17:23 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Lunar Occultation of Mercury</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Fans of the western sky after sunset have lately enjoyed this month&#039;s remarkable array of bright planets. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 04:02:58 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Sharpless 249 and the Jellyfish Nebula</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Normally faint and elusive, the Jellyfish Nebula is caught in this alluring telescopic field of view. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Ever wonder what it would look like to crack open the Sun? ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Snowdrops are earlier, followed by crocuses of different colours. ]]></description>
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        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/5158</link>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Have you ever seen the Pleiædes star cluster? Even if you have, you probably have never seen it as large and clear as this. ]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Is the heart and soul of our Galaxy located in Cassiopeia? Possibly not, but that is where two bright emission nebulas nicknamed Heart and Soul can be found. ]]></description>
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        <title>Twilight with Moon and Planets</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Only two days after the February New Moon&#039;s annular eclipse of the Sun, a slender lunar crescent poses above the western horizon after sunset in this wintry twilight skyscape. ]]></description>
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        <title>B93: A Dark interstellar ghost</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ &quot;A ghost in the Milky Way…” says Christian Bertincourt, the astrophotographer behind this striking image of Barnard 93 (B93). ]]></description>
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        <title>IC 2574: Coddington&amp;apos;s Nebula</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/5056</link>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Grand spiral galaxies often seem to get all the glory, flaunting their young, bright, blue star clusters in beautiful, symmetric spiral arms. But small, irregular galaxies form stars too. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 04:46:29 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Orion&amp;apos;s Cradle</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Cradled in red-glowing hydrogen gas, stars are being born in Orion. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 04:39:46 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Galactic Collision in Cluster Abell 1185</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/4980</link>
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        <description><![CDATA[ What is a guitar doing in a cluster of galaxies? Colliding. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:18:24 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Tails of Comet Wierzchoś</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/4976</link>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Some comets are regular guests of our solar neighbourhood; others come by only once, never to return. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:11:03 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>M2&amp;9: Wings of a Butterfly Nebula</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/4954</link>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Are stars better appreciated for their art after they die? Actually, stars usually create their most artistic displays as they die. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 07:06:44 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>To Fly Free in Space</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/4914</link>
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        <description><![CDATA[ What would it be like to fly free in space? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 08:38:04 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Roses are Red</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Roses are red, nebulas are too, and this Valentine&#039;s gift is a stunning view! ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 17:14:31 +0300</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ These small, simple and beautiful flowers herald the arrival [in due course!] of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, although are not found in Kurdistan. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 08:39:41 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ It&#039;s the bubble versus the cloud. NGC 7635, the Bubble Nebula, is being pushed out by the stellar wind of massive central star BD+602522. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 06:58:14 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>A Sunspot Up Close</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/4794</link>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Why would a small part of the Sun appear slightly dark? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:53:10 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Active Sunspot Region 4366 Crosses the Sun</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ An unusually active sunspot region is now crossing the Sun. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:12:44 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/4750</link>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Massive stars in our Milky Way Galaxy live spectacular lives. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 08:05:14 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Spiral Galaxy NGC 1512: Wide Field</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/4731</link>
        <guid>https://www.edgenews.net/4731</guid>
        <description><![CDATA[ Most galaxies don&#039;t have any rings -- why does this galaxy have three? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 14:32:28 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Welcome to Planet Earth</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/4697</link>
        <guid>https://www.edgenews.net/4697</guid>
        <description><![CDATA[ Welcome to Planet Earth, the third planet from a star named the Sun. The Earth is shaped like a sphere and composed mostly of rock. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 13:07:49 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Red Spider Planetary Nebula from Webb</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/4682</link>
        <guid>https://www.edgenews.net/4682</guid>
        <description><![CDATA[ Oh what a tangled web a planetary nebula can weave! ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 11:55:24 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Jupiter and the Red Spots</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/4655</link>
        <guid>https://www.edgenews.net/4655</guid>
        <description><![CDATA[ Jupiter&#039;s Great Red Spot is a swirling storm seen for over 300 years, since the beginning of telescopic observations. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:48:22 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Natural Saturn on the Cassini Cruise</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/4632</link>
        <guid>https://www.edgenews.net/4632</guid>
        <description><![CDATA[ What could you see approaching Saturn aboard an interplanetary cruise ship? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 07:16:57 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/4579</link>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Distorted galaxy NGC 2442 can be found in the southern constellation of the flying fish, (Piscis) Volans. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 09:37:35 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Up Helly Aa 2026: Stunning photos capture burning of the Viking longship</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/4546</link>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The annual Shetland fire festival ended with the burning of a replica Viking galley. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 07:48:59 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>A Galaxy of Nebulas</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/4501</link>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Can you see nebulas in other galaxies? Yes, some nebulas shine brightly enough -- if you know how to look. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 06:47:50 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Orion&amp;apos;s Treasures over Snowy Mountains</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/4498</link>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Rising over a frozen valley in the Tatra Mountains, the familiar stars and nebulas of Orion dominate this wide-field nightscape. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:07:51 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Spiral Galaxies in Collision</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Billions of years from now, only one of these two galaxies will remain. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:05:25 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Cygnus olor</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/4415</link>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Two mute swans swimming in the water. Image: William Elliott, MacDuff - (P&amp;J). ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 07:04:11 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Planetary Nebula Abell 7</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/4408</link>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Very faint planetary nebula Abell 7 is about 1,800 light-years distant. It lies just south of Orion in planet Earth&#039;s skies toward the constellation Lepus, The Hare. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 08:04:21 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Carlos’ shadow hits a ball</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ This photograph of Carlos Alcaraz in action at last year’s Australian Open won top prize at the World Sports Photography Awards Credit: Reuters/Edgar Su ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 06:56:52 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/4356</link>
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        <description><![CDATA[ A mere 56 million light-years distant toward the southern constellation Fornax, NGC 1365 is an enormous barred spiral galaxy about 200,000 light-years in diameter. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 18:35:19 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Spectacular images as Northern Lights illuminate Highland skies</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ The Aurora Borealis was visible over much of north and north-east Scotland last night. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:05:27 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>Messier 109</title>
        <link>https://www.edgenews.net/4273</link>
        <guid>https://www.edgenews.net/4273</guid>
        <description><![CDATA[ Big beautiful barred spiral galaxy Messier 109 is the 109th entry in Charles Messier&#039;s famous catalog of bright Nebulae and Star Clusters. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:52:42 +0300</pubDate>
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        <title>The Bipolar Jets of KX Andromedae</title>
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The Johnson Space Center in Houston announced on X that it was putting the Axiom lunar kit designed for a moon landing through its paces. ]]></description>
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