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Aug 01

Quote of the Week: Shani Silver

Life + Culture

FYB Summer 2022 #1

Jul 05

Free Yoga Boston (Summer 2022)

Boston + New England

Daddy's Dairy

Jun 27

Daddy’s Dairy Is A Real Place

Boston + New England

Korean Drama Playlist

Jun 17

My Korean Drama Playlist

Life + Culture

coffee and confections

Jun 13

Coffee Breaks & Other Food Thoughts

Food + Wellness

The constellation of Virgo (The Virgin) is especially rich in galaxies, due in part to the presence of a massive and gravitationally-bound collection of over 1300 galaxies called the Virgo Cluster. One particular member of this cosmic community, NGC 4388, is captured in this image, as seen by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). Located some 60 million light-years away, NGC 4388 is experiencing some of the less desirable effects that come with belonging to such a massive galaxy cluster. It is undergoing a transformation, and has taken on a somewhat confused identity. While the galaxy’s outskirts appear smooth and featureless, a classic feature of an elliptical galaxy, its centre displays remarkable dust lanes constrained within two symmetric spiral arms, which emerge from the galaxy’s glowing core — one of the obvious features of a spiral galaxy. Within the arms, speckles of bright blue mark the locations of young stars, indicating that NGC 4388 has hosted recent bursts of star formation. Despite the mixed messages, NGC 4388 is classified as a spiral galaxy. Its unusual combination of features are thought to have been caused by interactions between NGC 4388 and the Virgo Cluster. Gravitational interactions — from glancing blows to head-on collisions, tidal influencing, mergers, and galactic cannibalism — can be devastating to galaxies. While some may be lucky enough to simply suffer a distorted spiral arm or newly-triggered wave of star formation, others see their structure and contents completely and irrevocably altered.

Jun 04

Is Student Loan Cancellation In The Stars?

Life + Culture

spices

Apr 29

16 Years Blogging

Life + Culture

RLO - FB EP65 LJ

Apr 13

I Did A Podcast!

Life + Culture

Emma Andrews Library Author Series_ Lisa Johnson

Mar 27

Emma Andrews Library Author Series

Boston + New England

Astrology Spring Color Palette

Mar 06

Color Palette For Spring Using Astrology

Boston + New England

Genetic Communities

Feb 25

Community, DNA, Kin & Black History

Life + Culture

roses

Feb 21

Roses, Coffee & A Plant Hack

Life + Culture

rose hips

Feb 19

Get Your Seeds For Spring

Life + Culture

Free Yoga Boston Winter Spring 2022

Feb 07

Free Yoga Boston (Winter/Spring 2022)

Boston + New England

Wordle tweet

Feb 06

The Wordle Craze Of 2022

Life + Culture

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