Lagoon Nebula
Lagoon Nebula Located in the constellation Sagittarius, the Lagoon Nebula is a huge cloud of interstellar dust between 4,000 and 6,000 light-years from Earth. Animation: J-P Metsavainio
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Globular Cluster Roughly 10 billion years old -- or about three-quarters as old as the universe -- the globular cluster NGC 6752 is about 13,000 light-years from Earth. Animation: J-P Metsavainio
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Cat's Eye Nebula One of the most complex planetary nebula known, the Cat's Eye is located some 3,000 light-years away in the constellation Draco. The intertwining structure is formed by the gusty...
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NGC 281 Located 10,000 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia, NGC 281 is also known as the Pac-man nebula. Animation: J-P Metsavainio/YouTube
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Rosette Nebula Located 5,000 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros, the Rosette Nebula is a stellar nursery whose central cavity spans 50 light-years. Animation: J-P Metsavainio/YouTube
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Pelican Nebula The Pelican Nebula can be found 2,000 light-years away in the realm of the another cosmic bird: the constellation Cygnus, the swan. Animation: J-P Metsavainio
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Space Lobster This image from ESO’s VISTA telescope captures a celestial landscape of vast, glowing clouds of gas and tendrils of dust surrounding hot young stars. This infrared view reveals the...
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This painting is of the developing cerebral cortex, at about week 15 of human gestation.
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Depicts the cerebellum, a region of the brain required for movement and motor memory.
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This painting is of the layered structure of the cerebral cortex, where processing of sensory and motor information occur.
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This painting is a sumi-e depiction of the layered structure of the retina. Visual processing starts with the photoreceptors (top) and ends with the ganglion cells (bottom) before information is sent...
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Depicts a cross section of the rodent hippocampus, a brain region utilized in learning and memory.
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Depicts a compressed cross section of rodent hypothalamus, a brain region involved in appetite, temperature regulation, circadian regulation and sleep.
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NG2+ cells (yellow gold) are a type of glia, a type of cell that helps regulate synaptic transmission by engulfing neural synapses. They are depicted here amongst pyramidal cells in the hippocampus...
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Pyramidal cells are a type of neuron found in the brain that integrate information received from their dendrites (branching at the bottom of the cell), process it, and transmit it to other cells...
View ArticleMaki-e neurons
Maki-e Neurons Dunn says there's no real biological description for this one: "It's far less representational of actual anatomy than the others." 22K and 18K gold, dye on aluminized panel (2012)...
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