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Two large galaxies swimming in a sea of interstellar dust
Enlarge / Galaxies in a sea of interstellar dust. (credit: Chris McGrew)
Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We'll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we're going to take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a universe that is filled with stars and wonder.
Good morning. It's January 29, and today's image features a pair of galaxies. Located in the middle of the image, Bode's galaxy is the beautiful spiral and is named after its discoverer, German astronomer Johann Elert Bode. To its right is the Cigar galaxy, also discovered by Bode. The origin of its colloquial name is rather obvious, I think.
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One of iRobot's Roombas in action. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge
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