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The Heart and Soul Nebulas Is the heart and soul of our Galaxy located in Cassiopeia ? Possibly not, but that is where two bright emission nebulas nicknamed Heart and Soul can be found. The Heart Nebula , officially dubbed IC 1805 and visible in the featured image on the bottom right, has a shape reminiscent of a classical heart symbol . The Soul Nebula is officially designated IC 1871 and is visible on the upper left. Both nebulas shine brightly in the red light of energized hydrogen . Also shown in this three-color montage is light emitted from sulfur , shown in yellow , and oxygen , shown in blue. Several young open clusters of stars are visible near the nebula centers. Light takes about 6,000 years to reach us from these nebulas , which together span roughly 300 light years . Studies of stars and clusters like those found in the Heart and Soul Nebulas have focused on ho...

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Space But we won't know where it's going until the government shutdown ends. Feeling a little off-kilter in the early weeks of 2019? Well, so’s the Earth’s magnetic pole—and it’s been feeling like that for a while. via Popular Science "http://bit.ly/2AVWH6v"

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Technology The design team tells us how they made swipe happen. On Monday, YouTube launched a new way to move through videos on mobile: swiping. via Popular Science "http://bit.ly/2M83aiR"

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Health From modeling to printing, it's all about seeing inside someone's head Face transplants are an ideal setting to fuse medicine with the growing world of 3D printing and imaging. During Cameron Underwood’s recent surgery at NYU Langone… via Popular Science "http://bit.ly/2FqhlPN"