Thoughts provoked

An unusually "perfect" cosmic corkscrew surrounds the binary star system LL Pegasi in a new   Hubble Space Telescope   picture released this week. Take a look !  Isn't this is coooool :)  Astronomers think t he spiral's evenly spaced rings are being created because one of the stars in the binary pair is dying. Unlike more massive stars that end their lives in explosive   supernovae , LL Pegasi is quietly shedding its outer layers of gas and dust to form what's called a planetary nebula. The dying star itself is still hidden by a dusty cocoon. But it's ejecting material at about 31,000 miles (50,000 kilometers) an hour, the researchers calculate, forming a new ring in the spiral every 800 years - wow! Oh! and for the star gazers,  for the next week or so sky-watchers in the Northern Hemisphere will have the chance to see an elusive celestial pyramid known as the zodiacal light.  False Dawn or  Zodiacal Light or what-so-ever.. this pic is just ...

[ Click the pic to enlarge!] Ok! This is a snapshot of something I was trying :D Play amongst the stars in the universe! Whether you’re an astronomer or stargazer, Sky in Google Earth brings millions of stars and galaxies to your fingertips. I really found this cool! I spent so much time,and still can go on n on :) See the cluster of stars, and the galaxies.. its amaaaaazing.... bet, you'd get totally lost amongst the stars....:) There's Spitzer Infrared Showcase which will let you visualize the universe as in w.r.t. varying opacity :) Kewl! Also, I came across this interesting snippet..... is the The Mayan Calendar ends: December 21, 2012 1) Nostradamus wrote Quatrains that described World War III. He indicated that the Anti-Christ would play an important role. Are all of these predictions related to the Mayan Calendar End Date? 2) A 12th planet named Nibiru is also thought to have a 3600 year orbit around our sun. Some people believe that Nibiru will be entering our sola...