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Welp this is awkward...

I spent ten nights to capture over 50 hours of exposure on M106. There are around 100 galaxies visible in this image![OC]

Just found this incredibly awesome picture of the Pillars of Creation on infrared

LPT: you’ve got spare time right now, probably. Use some of this time to post glowing Google reviews of restaurants/ small businesses that are going out of their way to accommodate you during all this. It could make a huge difference for them.

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TIL the United States military pays professional sports teams to display patriotism. Between 2012-2014 the military spent $10.4 million on marketing contracts with teams in the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and MLS, while spending $88 million sponsoring a NASCAR racer's car.

Please Take Medical Advice From Your Doctor, Not the President

I pointed my telescope at the Plaeides for 14 hours to reveal their true color [OC]

I took this HDR composite photo of Mercury passing in front of the Sun last November. The next transit won't be visible again from Earth until 2032. [OC]

Gary Goodridge mocking his opponent, calling his punches "child's play" and asking for them "again" several times.

Former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz dies of coronavirus | Football

LPT: The Lord of the Rings provides excellent advice for life, especially in times of crisis.

Former CDC official: coronavirus testing 'should’ve started months ago'

COVID-19: nitrogen dioxide over China

Vaccine fears brought measles back to New York. Parents who refused to vaccinate their children fostered the spread of a once-vanquished disease. Between October 2018 and July 2019, 649 people in NYC contracted measles, 49 of whom were hospitalized. The outbreak cost at least US$8.4 million.

Surveillance Company Says It's Deploying 'Coronavirus-Detecting' Cameras in US

Hackers breach FSB contractor and leak details about IoT hacking project

Lolo Jones: IOC should postpone Olympics due to coronavirus.

Former Real Madrid president dies from coronavirus

The NBA’s Financial Future Is Incredibly Complicated | Sports Illustrated

LPT: download your Netflix/prime/streaming content and watch it offline

LPT: Don't connect to Wi-Fi while setting up your Windows 10 PC. Your new computer won't install the garbage bloatware in the start menu and you don't have to create/sign in to a Microsoft account.

There's a massive leadership gap at the top on coronavirus — but states are stepping in. Many mayors and governors have responded heroically, but the absence of national leadership is already deadly

FCC approves SpaceX to deploy up to 1 million small antennas for Starlink internet network

Man uses drone to walk dog during coronavirus lockdown

Open Source Ventilator

LPT-When ordering new furniture, buy an extra yard of the upholstery fabric for your pets to sit on.

Tom Brady Officially Signs with Tampa Bay

Why Italy why?

Perseus Says No Axions: Chandra Data Tests "Theory of Everything"

Analysis of therapeutic targets for SARS-CoV-2 and discovery of potential drugs by computational methods

1-cyclopropionyl-LSD (1cP-LSD) is a pro-drug of classical LSD

Charter grudgingly lets up to 40% of call-center employees work from home

The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do by Kurzgesagt

LPT: Keep your pet's collar on at all times and make sure it has a tag with your phone #. Vets are closed, chips are difficult to check and animal shelters are unmanned or crowded right now.

Stay strong lads

This is a mystery no one can solve

Top coronavirus doctor puts head in hands when Trump mentions 'Deep State Department' at briefing

Peter Alexander on being called 'terrible reporter': I was just pitching Trump a 'softball' question

FCC approves SpaceX to deploy up to 1 million small antennas for Starlink internet network

Governments Must Commit to Transparency During COVID-19 Crisis

‘We’re all going to get sick eventually’: Amazon workers are struggling to provide for a nation in quarantine

LPT: Clearing the notifications in the reddit mobile app.

TIL, the Black Death disproportionately killed frail people. Moreover, people who lived through it lived much longer than their ancestors (many reaching ages of 70-80), not because of good health but because of their hardiness to endure diseases. This hardiness was passed on to future generations.

TIL The bellybutton is so dirty scientists are finding new unknown bacteria. One person had bacterium previously found only on Japanese soil, where he had never been.

LPT: If your grocery store is out of bread just buy some flower, yeast, and salt. Then make your own bread. It's very easy and this is a great time to learn a basic cooking skill.

LPT: Learn to fucking cook! It's all online, food supply will be fine and much easier to handle if more people expand their consumption habits. Curly fries, nuggets and OJ is fine on a Saturday night but not 14 times a week. Cheaper, healthier and more fun.

Researchers say they’ve discovered the first complete proteins inside 2 meteorites. It’s tantalizing, since proteins play a key role in the cells of living creatures. But will the results hold up to scrutiny?

Study links Adderall use to a higher risk of psychosis than Ritalin use. One in every 486 patients on amphetamine-based drugs developed psychosis, whereas only one in 1,146 on methylphenidate-based drugs had the same outcome. (n=221,846)

While coronavirus risk rises with age, 1 in 5 ill younger adults were hospitalized, CDC finds. A new analysis of COVID-19 cases in the United States reveals that while older people are at high risk of becoming seriously ill, the disease can hit younger adults hard, too.