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NASA has found the 'jack-o'-lantern nebula
Fox News ^ | October 31, 2019 | Chris Ciaccia

Posted on 10/31/2019 8:53:44 PM PDT by DoodleBob

Charlie Brown would certainly be proud of this "great pumpkin."

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found a massive nebula in deep space that "looks like a celestial jack-o'-lantern." The study's researchers have given it the nickname "Jack-o'-lantern Nebula," apropos for Halloween.

It's likely that a star, known as an O-type star, approximately 15 to 20 times heavier than our Sun, is "responsible for sculpting this cosmic pumpkin," NASA JPL said in a statement on its website.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; halloween; jackolantern; science

1 posted on 10/31/2019 8:53:44 PM PDT by DoodleBob
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To: DoodleBob

Looks more like a koopa troopa to me.


2 posted on 10/31/2019 8:55:10 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: DoodleBob

Good. Didn’t realize it had been lost.


3 posted on 10/31/2019 8:56:58 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: DoodleBob

It looks like a Halloween Gambit. Approach with caution.


4 posted on 10/31/2019 8:59:28 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Bipolars have more fun. No we don't.)
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To: DoodleBob

This is photoshopped. Where are all of the computer nerds in the press who complained when Trump shared a “shooped” photo of him putting a medal on the heroic dog?

It’s okay when it happens to NASA photos?


5 posted on 10/31/2019 8:59:52 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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To: BipolarBob
I thought it was Cartman


6 posted on 10/31/2019 9:02:43 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Recall that unqualified Hillary Clinton sat on the board of Wal-Mart when Bill Clinton was governor)
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To: DoodleBob; Larry Lucido; BipolarBob

They haven’t realized yet, that it’s on top of the headless horseman.


7 posted on 10/31/2019 9:04:46 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: DoodleBob
Doesn't really seem like a jack-nebula, but it's close enough! 😁
8 posted on 10/31/2019 9:07:10 PM PDT by LouieFisk (https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/10/16/trump-letter-to-turkeys-erdogan-dont-be-a-foo)
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To: DoodleBob

NASA has a little too much time on it’s hands I guess.


9 posted on 10/31/2019 9:07:21 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man.)
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Or they’re doing shrooms.


10 posted on 10/31/2019 9:08:01 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man.)
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To: DoodleBob

This thing scared the bejeebers out of me when I was little.

11 posted on 10/31/2019 9:30:56 PM PDT by Ken H (Crooked Hillary => Queen of warmongers, embodiment of corruption, personification of rot)
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To: SunkenCiv

*It’s the Great Pumpkin ping*


12 posted on 10/31/2019 11:19:58 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Who will think of the gerbils ? Just say no to Buttgiggity !)
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To: Ken H

LOL Great movie


13 posted on 10/31/2019 11:49:09 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: DoodleBob

Umm, no.
Mind is a beautiful thing but somewhat fraked when it comes to making us believe we see things when we really dont.


14 posted on 11/01/2019 2:35:16 AM PDT by cranked
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To: fieldmarshaldj; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; ...
Thanks fieldmarshaldj. Unlike the heads of the Demagogic Party officials, the newly discovered jack-o-lantern nebula has a light in it. /stolen

15 posted on 11/01/2019 9:03:30 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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