Like a Diamond in the Sky – مثل الماسة في السماء

Explanation: A dark Sun hung over Queensland, Australia on Wednesday morning during a much anticipated total solar eclipse. Storm clouds threatened to spoil the view along the northern coast, but minutes before totality the clouds parted. Streaming past the Moon’s edge, the last direct rays of sunlight produced a gorgeous diamond ring effect in this […]

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Arp 188 and the Tadpole’s Tail – آرب 188 وذيل الشرغوف

Explanation: In this stunning vista, based on image data from the Hubble Legacy Archive, distant galaxies form a dramatic backdrop for disrupted spiral galaxy Arp 188, the Tadpole Galaxy. The cosmic tadpole is a mere 420 million light-years distant toward the northern constellation Draco. Its eye-catching tail is about 280 thousand light-years long and features […]

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من أذكار الإستيقاظ من النوم

ـ( إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلاَفِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ لآيَاتٍ لّأُوْلِي الألْبَابِ * الَّذِينَ يَذْكُرُونَ اللّهَ قِيَاماً وَقُعُوداً وَعَلَىَ جُنُوبِهِمْ وَيَتَفَكَّرُونَ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هَذا بَاطِلاً سُبْحَانَكَ فَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ * رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ مَن تُدْخِلِ النَّارَ فَقَدْ أَخْزَيْتَهُ وَمَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ أَنصَارٍ * رَّبَّنَا إِنَّنَا سَمِعْنَا مُنَادِياً يُنَادِي لِلإِيمَانِ أَنْ آمِنُواْ […]

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The Seagull Nebula

Explanation: A broad expanse of glowing gas and dust presents a bird-like visage to astronomers from planet Earth, suggesting its popular moniker – The Seagull Nebula. This portrait of the cosmic bird covers a 1.6 degree wide swath across the plane of the Milky Way, near the direction of Sirius, alpha star of the constellation […]

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يابنت الإسلام بيت القصيد من روائع الشيخ محمد حسان

يا درةً حُفظت بالأمس غاليةً واليوم يبغونها للهو واللعبِ ياحرةً قد أرادوا جعلها أَمة ً غريبةَ العقل غريبةَ النسب هل يستوي مَن رسولُ الله قائدُه دوماً وآخرُ هادِيه أبو لهب وأين مَن كانت الزهراءُ أُسوَتُها ممن تقفَّت خُطى حمالةَ الحطب فلا تبالي بما يلقونه من شُبه وعندكِ الشرعُ إن تدعيهِ يستجبِ سَلِيه من أنا؟ لمن […]

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Inside the Eagle Nebula

Explanation: In 1995, a now famous picture from the Hubble Space Telescope featured Pillars of Creation, star forming columns of cold gas and dust light-years long inside M16, the Eagle Nebula. This remarkable false-color composite image revisits the nearby stellar nursery with image data from the orbiting Herschel Space Observatory and XMM-Newton telescopes. Herschel’s far […]

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Aurigae Nebulae

Explanation: Rich in star clusters and nebulae, the ancient constellation of Auriga, the Charioteer, rides high in northern winter night skies. Composed from narrow and broadband filter data and spanning nearly 8 Full Moons (4 degrees) on the sky, this deep telescopic view recorded in January shows off some of Auriga’s celestial bounty. The field […]

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Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1073

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope Explanation: Many spiral galaxies have bars across their centers. Even our own Milky Way Galaxy is thought to have a modest central bar. Prominently barred spiral galaxy NGC 1073, pictured above, was captured in spectacular detail in this recently released image taken by the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. […]

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