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This is Rosette Nebula — which got its nickname from its close resemblance to a flower in bloom. It's the Perseus Arm of the galaxy, about a 130 light-years-wide nebula that hosts a club of more than 10,000 young stars.

Image Credit: CalTech/Palomar

Simulation Credit: MarsWalkers

Saturn is nestling close to Jupiter this week, in an event known as the Great Conjunction that occurs regularly, aligning these two gas giants every twenty years or so. Skywatchers can catch this once in a decades cosmic marriage in the early predawn hours.

Photo Credit : Techlife

Our sun is entering into a sleepy state of inactivity— a recurring phenomenon known as Solar Minimum.

A period of minimal solar activity, during which the surface solar movement diminishes, resulting in a trough in solar eruptions and coronal mass ejections (CME) activities. Though it is a period of (relative) calm for the otherwise seething ball of energy, it doesn't hold any consequence(s) for us, as Earthlings. Sun, as we know it, will remain the same.

Stella di neuroni, è una stella che nasce quando una stella muore e la gravità la fa restringere fino a ridursi a 15-25 km di diametro

My new and improved sketch for my starship.

Given everything i've learned, i've decided to redo the design a bit. I'm rather content with this new iteration.

A sketch of the star system where my story takes place.

I tried to keep it as realistic as possible.

Is did however take some artistic librities to make the story blend better with the world.

Story:

'Proxima Centauri d' has not been colonised.

'Proxima Centauri b' has been colonised and renamed to 'Beacon'. It has a slightly higher gravity than earth and is gravitionaly locked by one side to the star. Regulary blasted by radiation. This was humanitys first interstellar colony. And their eventual refugue after the Exodus.

The astroid belt contains dozens of stations for construction, Ming, transport and more.

'Proxima Centauri c' is a mini Neptune with a ring. Because of it's large size, it's useful for antimatter production. In orbit around it is a spaceport for interstellar travel.

inconsistencies:

Since we can't detect things so small as astroid that means that we don't know it there is a astroid belt in the Proxima Centauri system. But i decided to add one anyway.

It is disputed if the planet 'proxima Centauri c' even exist and where it is. It is also theorized to have a ring. I decided to add it too.

Please notify me if you've Found any other inconsistentcies.