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    Black Hole Jets, Snowy Foxes, And Other Amazing Images Of the Week

    By Science 2 Mins Read
    Unlike most galaxies, which resemble ellipticals or spirals, this galaxy does not conform to a clear shape. About a quarter of star systems take a similarly indefinite form and are known as irregular galaxies, according to <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2016/hubble-spies-a-rebel">NASA</a>.

    Star Sprawl

    Unlike most galaxies, which resemble ellipticals or spirals, this galaxy does not conform to a clear shape. About a quarter of star systems take a similarly indefinite form and are known as irregular galaxies, according to NASA.
    Photographing balls bouncing across water with high speed cameras revealed some secrets of why they travel so well. Researchers at Utah State University <a href="https://engineering.usu.edu/news/water-skipping">found</a> that elastic spheres deform into disk shapes to skip along water's surface.

    Physics of Sphere Skipping

    Photographing balls bouncing across water with high speed cameras revealed some secrets of why they travel so well. Researchers at Utah State University found that elastic spheres deform into disk shapes to skip along water’s surface.
    The US Department of Interior <a href="https://twitter.com/Interior/status/694918543905812481">shared</a> this photo of two foxes at Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in Alaska.

    Frosty Foxes

    The US Department of Interior shared this photo of two foxes at Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in Alaska.
    <a href="https://twitter.com/StationCDRKelly">Scott Kelly</a> shot <a href="https://twitter.com/StationCDRKelly?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">this photo</a> of Central America glittering from above.

    Central America as Seen from Space

    Scott Kelly shot this photo of Central America glittering from above.
    Saturn is flanked by moon Dione in this photo, hanging just below its rings to the right. The bands appearing to pattern the planet are from the methane in its atmosphere, according to <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jpl/pia18354/methane-saturn">NASA</a>.

    Saturn and a Small Moon

    Saturn is flanked by moon Dione in this photo, hanging just below its rings to the right. The bands appearing to pattern the planet are from the methane in its atmosphere, according to NASA.
    A video of an elephant and a baby in Kruger National Park in South Africa <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mtKGvrlZ4c">posted by Kruger Sightings</a> shows the two crossing the road together, before the adult elephant appears to pull the youngster away from onlooking humans with her trunk.

    Tiny Tot

    A video of an elephant and a baby in Kruger National Park in South Africa posted by Kruger Sightings shows the two crossing the road together, before the adult elephant appears to pull the youngster away from onlooking humans with her trunk.
    The Pictor A galaxy contains a supermassive black hole at its center and produces a giant jet of particles streaming at nearly the speed of light over a distance of 300,000 light years, according to <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/blast-from-black-hole-in-a-galaxy-far-far-away.html">NASA</a>.

    Black Hole Shoots Jet

    The Pictor A galaxy contains a supermassive black hole at its center and produces a giant jet of particles streaming at nearly the speed of light over a distance of 300,000 light years, according to NASA.
    NASA's <a href="https://www.popsci.com/nasas-weird-giant-airplane-carried-future-mars-in-its-belly/">unusual looking aircraft</a> known as the Super Guppy <a href="https://twitter.com/NASA_Orion/status/694233525441142785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">transported</a> spaceship parts around the country.

    Super Guppy

    NASA’s unusual looking aircraft known as the Super Guppy transported spaceship parts around the country.
    Photographer and weather blogger Rogerio Pacheco <a href="https://www.facebook.com/navegadormensal/photos/a.172116262832655.36912.171671969543751/1054137414630531/?type=3&amp;theater">shared photos</a> of this "Hand of God" cloud, seen from the Portuguese island of Madeira. <a href="http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160129-the-cloud-that-resembles-a-fireball-in-the-sky">According to a BBC weather meteorologist</a>, the cloud's fiery appearance is the serendipitous result of good morning light.

    Hand of God

    Photographer and weather blogger Rogerio Pacheco shared photos of this “Hand of God” cloud, seen from the Portuguese island of Madeira. According to a BBC weather meteorologist, the cloud’s fiery appearance is the serendipitous result of good morning light.
    The spiral-shaped galaxy LO95 0313-192 is unusual for its jets of particles shooting from its center, which normally occur at the cores of elliptical galaxies or merging galaxies. The star system is roughly one billion light years away, according to <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2016/hubble-finds-misbehaving-spiral">NASA</a>

    Rebel Galaxy

    The spiral-shaped galaxy LO95 0313-192 is unusual for its jets of particles shooting from its center, which normally occur at the cores of elliptical galaxies or merging galaxies. The star system is roughly one billion light years away, according to NASA

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