<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:25:14 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@dspace/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Massive Globular Star Cluster : NGC 1866]]></title><description><![CDATA[Star clusters are common structures throughout the universe, each made up of hundreds of thousands of stars all bound together by gravity. Located in the constellation of Dorado, at the very edges of the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blackhole/@dspace/massive-globular-star-cluster-ngc-1866</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blackhole/@dspace/massive-globular-star-cluster-ngc-1866</guid><category><![CDATA[blackhole]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dspace]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2020 03:14:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56yoXoGCCgZvo2HjgcUgMTMcgvDk2qspbhkENUcRsBZqMoPKY1J6W8GeCD4XuZ6rxvyUy42BNzavVD2kRqGJ2jRqrdahAm1Vpp1t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Pair of Supermassive Black Holes are Stuck in a Collision ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a Binary Black hole. It’s a system consisting of two black holes in close orbit around each other. As the orbiting black holes give off these waves, the orbit decays, and the orbital period decreases.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blackhole/@dspace/a-pair-of-supermassive-black-holes-are-stuck-in-a-collision</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blackhole/@dspace/a-pair-of-supermassive-black-holes-are-stuck-in-a-collision</guid><category><![CDATA[blackhole]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dspace]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2020 02:21:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56yoXoGCCgZvo2HjgcUgMTMcgvDk2qsm83bvemCLiSgjBL4tzag5pQfaHguouQijrZBdLkjKdUJJKjTkKgMiMqmo956qjwuaX3Qi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Titanic Supernova of Eta Carinae star]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Hubble Space Telescope captured this 50-light-year-wide view of the central region of the Carina Nebula, where a maelstrom of star birth — and death — is taking place. 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The cluster resides in a raucous stellar breeding ground known as Gum 29, located 20,000 light-years away from Earth]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/star/@dspace/giant-cluster-stars-westerlund-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/star/@dspace/giant-cluster-stars-westerlund-2</guid><category><![CDATA[star]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dspace]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 04:24:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56yoXoGCCgZvo2HjgcUgMTMcgvDk2qsvmiYjFHMFUm2auLLiPEHhgXXFqePKatJSErcnHWrsJavhenr7nS9rP6nAKJMA2bxdqNQW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Herschel 36 Giant Star]]></title><description><![CDATA[This colorful Hubble image gives us a window seat to the universe’s extraordinary tapestry of stellar birth and destruction. 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Still, ever since a sudden outburst was detected in January 2002, this enigmatic star has]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dspace/@dspace/web-2018-2-3-16-52-18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dspace/@dspace/web-2018-2-3-16-52-18</guid><category><![CDATA[dspace]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dspace]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2018 09:52:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVvr6qfoEFgBir1jy4DeK1wwhDm7oNHzc1b8roaJY8MKhPbesSFmowUjUpjMtRGaFkji13zSwFEDVbrUb11icJUCAA2g1UP1Luae?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sombrero Galaxy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Sombrero Galaxy (also known as Messier Object 104, M104 or NGC 4594) is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo located 9.55 Mpc (31,100,000 ly)[2] from Earth. 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