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The birth and death of stars, captured in a dramatic intergalactic photo

The birth and death of stars, captured in a dramatic intergalactic photo

You are looking at a stunning photo of the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the closest dwarf galaxies to the Milky Way. Captured by the ESO’s Very Large Telescope (points for creativity), the photo shows an active region of stellar birth on the right, and the remnants of explosive stellar death — supernova — on the left. The VLT is the ...

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The skyline stars of New York City

Paul Warchol The U.S. Mission to the UN by Gwathmey Siegel The work of architects Charles Gwathmey and Robert Siegel seems ill-suited to New York. Their love of brash geometric buildings mixing sharp angles and swooping curves is at odds with the city’s rigid grid. But Gwathmey Siegel & Associates was, and is, one of the city’s most successful and ...

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Stars get a makeover in ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’

The Girl on Fire is back — in style. Katniss Everdeen returns to the screen in “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” and after emerging from the trilogy’s first film victorious, she’s decked out in dark, glamorous garb. The winner of a brutal death match against other youths chosen by lottery, she’s now rich, her family is safe, and she’s moved ...

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‘NHL Revealed’ will offer all-access look at sport’s biggest stars

Kathy Kmonicek/AP Jonathan Toews and the Blackhawks face the Penguins on March 1 at Soldier Field. The NHL will air a seven-part series beginning Jan. 22 on NBC Sports Network called “NHL Revealed: A Season Like No Other,” which will follow more than a dozen players through the league’s outdoor Stadium Series games, the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and ...

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