Take a look at the enigmatic galaxy Messier 106 with SpaceRip!

Although it may not look particularly unique, some of its features have baffled astronomers for years. Messier 106 has a supermassive black hole at its centre. Although this is true for most galaxies, this black hole is particularly active and hungry, gobbling up nearby material at a startling rate. This huge black hole’s bottomless appetite is behind much of the galaxy’s unusual behavior…

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Check out this new series from Space Rip: Unknown to the general populace, young men and women from around the globe are being raised in a secret, underground facility. Using a library of alien knowledge that was uncovered early in the 21st century—code name: The Quantum Guide—these future astronauts prepare for the day when they will set out to colonize the galaxy. They must learn to decode the myriad of enigmas that exist in the great beyond if there is to be any hope of the human race becoming an interstellar power. Jarl Quarkson is one such student. His first lesson starts now.

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Humans have created thousands of settlements, and we are lucky enough to be able to see some of them from the eyes of the astronauts on board the International Space Station. These images are incredibly difficult to take from a spacecraft traveling along at almost 28,000 kilometers per hour. SpaceRip has compiled these beautiful images into one video.

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