One point:

In the “V838 Monoceroti Expansion” text it’s stated,

“In this series of images you can see how the star’s outer layers were first expelled
and then cut away by the powerful radiation from the star.”

This is not the generally accepted explanation of what has happened with this star. What you are seeing is a narrow shell of very brilliant light, which was emitted for a very short time, encountering interstellar dust. The light “shell” is of course expanding at the speed of light, and reflections are bouncing off surrounding dust and being seen by us. There are no “expelled outer layers” seen here.

-Noel

One picture I’d have selected here too would be the HST view of Eta Carinae showing its double lobes and centrl disk as well – that’s a superluminous star that is 5 million times as bright as our Sun – and perhaps also a computer model of Regulus or Altair showing how these stars (along with even more extreme Achernar) have been distorted into egg shapes by their incredibly rapid rotation.

I also agree with eagle1879 who notes these aren’t exactly “strange” objects although they are beautiful.

Thanks for this though. I enjoyed looking thro’ this.

PS. The Sun in UV light isn’t working for me here – can’t see any image or video but computer code line instead.

As a biologist I am offended first that you belittle the fact that a great deal of my life has/is spent studying the “supposed” evidence for evolution. Secondly, to say that I am “pitiful” because of my beliefs in fact makes you ignorant, yourself. It shows intolerance. I may not follow your mindset, but I don’t judge or belittle you for your beliefs. I respect your right and personal freedom to believe what you choose, and you should respect the same. Additionally, you seem to forget that there is *NO* 100% verifiyable prove of the existance of God.. There is however examples of evolution occurring on Earth every day, it’s just not where you would expect to find it: bacteria. Some bacteria have a short time between “birth” and when the cell divides to make copies(hours to days). It is possible–by studying the resulting offspring from these divisions–to determine occasional mutations and small changes in the genes of each strain of bacteria. These mutations and small changes extrapolated over time are the engines that drive evolution. I’m sure you do not discount atibiotic-resistant diseases, right? (MRSA, etc) These strains of previously NON-antibiotic-resistant bacteria mutated into the strains we see today: further proof of evolution and natural selection. I would be happy to provide you with additional evidence and points-of-reference for further study if you wish.

but i think Lokesh’s not gonna get that pic he wanted.