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I noticed the dominance of the green bands within the spectrum. Could that possibly have any thing to do the evolution of plant life on this planet?

astro_uk, you mention an interesting point about the computer models. I know that we're talking about very large distances and masses. All the interactions that a multiple number of galaxies display basically happened in the past. Is there a model that shows what the current formation of the local g...

I just hope it doesnt happen past my bed time.

Well, that's very interesting. But, now I wonder if the sun shows characteristics by virtue of it's resonnance, might the galaxy as well perhaps demonstrated by slight variations in the CMBR?

In the APOD for 2Sep2006, there is mention of the fact that the shape of M66 is influenced by the interaction of neighbouring galaxies. Well, we have the Megellanic Clouds and other objects in our neighbourhood. Is it possible that the shape of our galaxy is rather irregular as well?

Cool. When graphics cards were in a state "fast" upgrades, there was talk of seeing some 65 million colours. Well, I wasn't sure I could see 65 million colours and thought 256 colours was just fine. Turns out not. Those other colours besides the basic 256 provide a transition between regio...

I think that false colour images are extremly beautiful. But, I'm sort of curious as to how the non-processed images appear. Is it possible to see these as well?