Aug 17, 2009 – The Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici – Tony Hallas/Corbis

• You can find the Whirlpool Galaxy below the last star in the tail of the Ursa Major constellation.

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• Do stars follow the same laws of physics that terrestrial objects do?

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• Charles Messier discovered the Whirlpool Galaxy on October 13, 1773, while watching a comet.

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• What would you do if your colony was attacked by vicious cyborgs bent on destroying all human life?

  You’d need the help of Commander Adama, for starters