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Thor's Helmet

Thor not only has his own day (Thursday), but a helmet in the heavens. Popularly called Thor's Helmet, NGC 2359 is a hat-shaped cosmic cloud with wing-like appendages. Heroically sized even for a Norse god, Thor's Helmet is about 30 light-years across.

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[–] Zangoose@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

Am I the only one who sees this as a sloth instead of a helmet?

Yes? Ok maybe I'm going crazy

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

I'm seeing a head crab from Half-Life

[–] El_Scapacabra@lemm.ee 2 points 3 hours ago

Yeah, angry sloth throwing a tantrum.

[–] killingspark@feddit.org 2 points 8 hours ago

Well, maybe Thor is wearing a sloth for a helmet, fur was popular at the time I imagine.

[–] plumpsklo@feddit.org 2 points 9 hours ago

Came here to write this.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] TurnOnTheSunflower@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago (2 children)
[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

34 pixels from the left, 178 down. Zoom WAY in.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

In the picture, in the middle. I see a tardigrade's little head.

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

There's no way you could see a tardigrade at this scale. They're very small.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] egrets@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Not at all, they're the smallest member of the bear family - really very small indeed.