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  1. Here is a special Nature cover for the International #ObserveTheMoon Night!

    The first soft X-ray image of the Moon, courtesy of reflected solar X-rays, captured by the ROSAT Satellite. The dark side of the Moon shadows a diffuse cosmic X-ray background.

    nature.com/articles/349583a0

    #moon #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #universe #space #science #research #nature #cover #naturecovers #rosat #satellite #xray

  2. Here is a special Nature cover for the International #ObserveTheMoon Night!

    The first soft X-ray image of the Moon, courtesy of reflected solar X-rays, captured by the ROSAT Satellite. The dark side of the Moon shadows a diffuse cosmic X-ray background.

    nature.com/articles/349583a0

    #moon #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #universe #space #science #research #nature #cover #naturecovers #rosat #satellite #xray

  3. Here is a special Nature cover for the International #ObserveTheMoon Night!

    The first soft X-ray image of the Moon, courtesy of reflected solar X-rays, captured by the ROSAT Satellite. The dark side of the Moon shadows a diffuse cosmic X-ray background.

    nature.com/articles/349583a0

    #moon #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #universe #space #science #research #nature #cover #naturecovers #rosat #satellite #xray

  4. Here is a special Nature cover for the International #ObserveTheMoon Night!

    The first soft X-ray image of the Moon, courtesy of reflected solar X-rays, captured by the ROSAT Satellite. The dark side of the Moon shadows a diffuse cosmic X-ray background.

    nature.com/articles/349583a0

    #moon #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #universe #space #science #research #nature #cover #naturecovers #rosat #satellite #xray

  5. Here is a special Nature cover for the International #ObserveTheMoon Night!

    The first soft X-ray image of the Moon, courtesy of reflected solar X-rays, captured by the ROSAT Satellite. The dark side of the Moon shadows a diffuse cosmic X-ray background.

    nature.com/articles/349583a0

    #moon #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #universe #space #science #research #nature #cover #naturecovers #rosat #satellite #xray

  6. Nature Journal astronomy covers appreciation post

    Weighing a Galaxy (1990)

    Featuring the Einstein ring of MG1654+1346, a radio quasar in near-perfect alignment with a foreground elliptical galaxy, which acts as a gravitational lens.

    nature.com/nature/volumes/344/

    #universe #galaxies #radio #quasar #einstein #ring #galaxy #galaxies #gravitation #gravitationallens #cosmology #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research

  7. An intriguing cover for this 2003 issue of Nature, featuring a dodecahedral space topology and this question:

    Is this the shape of the Universe?

    ☑️ The research paper: nature.com/articles/nature0194
    ☑️ A News & Views article: nature.com/articles/425566a
    ☑️ The full issue: nature.com/nature/volumes/425/

    #universe #cosmology #topology #curvature #cmb #wmap #bigbang #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research

  8. A vintage cover of the Nature Journal, straight out of the eighties

    Hydrogen in galaxies (1986) - featuring the southern spiral galaxy M83. The observations were made with the Very Large Array telescope.

    nature.com/nature/volumes/319/

    #universe #galaxies #messier83 #cosmology #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #nature #cover #covers #naturecovers #space #science #research #vla #verylargearray #radiotelescope #nrao