
Planets are turning out to be so common that to show all the planets in our galaxy, this chart would have to be nested in itself—with each planet replaced by a copy of the chart—at least three levels deep.

Planets are turning out to be so common that to show all the planets in our galaxy, this chart would have to be nested in itself—with each planet replaced by a copy of the chart—at least three levels deep.

A typical Hollywood alien is “soft, squishy and big on mucus,” in the words of Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, Calif. These sci-fi lumps of goo are inclined to abduct us, probe us, hover above us and even walk among us (in disguise, of course). But far beyond Hollywood’s limited scope, aliens might really exist. What are they like, and how would they actually handle a human encounter? –CONTINUED–

On the 30th anniversary of ET, Stylist looks for answers to the question – is there anybody out there? From alien abductions to lights in the sky and mysterious flying objects, here are 20 of the world’s most talked-about UFO sightings. VIA: –PRESURFER–

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has imaged this coiled galaxy with an eye-like object at its center. The ‘eye’ at the center of the galaxy is actually a monstrous black hole surrounded by a ring of stars.
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