How do you spend 100 years in Iraq?

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Six months at a time...

— April 9, 2008

Galaxy M104 edge-on

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Galaxy M104, about 28 million light-years away is aligned edge-on to our own. This image from the Hubble captures M104 dramatically.

By Vicent Peris. Via Astronomy Picture of the Day.

— April 9, 2008