Tag Archive for 'ESA'

Close-up view of LEDA 1852. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / N. Gorin, STScI / Judy Schmidt.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Focuses on Lonely Galaxy

Nov 9, 2015 by News Staff

A lonely spiral galaxy, LEDA 1852, has been captured in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space...

This Hubble image shows the lenticular galaxy Markarian 820. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / N. Gorin, STScI / Judy Schmidt, www.geckzilla.com.

NASA’s Hubble Snaps Beautiful Image of Lenticular Galaxy

Nov 2, 2015 by Natali Anderson

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have obtained a remarkable view of the distant lenticular galaxy Markarian 820. This Hubble image...

Rosetta has made the first in situ detection of oxygen molecules outgassing from a comet; this surprising observation suggests they were incorporated into the comet during its formation. This infographic depicts various strands of evidence gathered for the study. Image credit: ESA / ATG medialab / Rosetta / NavCam / A. Bieler et al. / CC BY-SA IGO 3.0.

Molecular Oxygen Detected in Coma of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Oct 29, 2015 by News Staff

ESA’s Rosetta orbiter has detected molecules of oxygen in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Rosetta has made the first in situ detection...

This image shows the asteroid 2015 TB145 (small dot at center) as seen by a telescope at ESA’s Teide Observatory, Tenerife, Canary Islands. Image credit: ESA.

Asteroid 2015 TB145 Will Miss Earth, ESA Scientists Confirm

Oct 28, 2015 by News Staff

The asteroid 2015 TB145 – also known as the Great Pumpkin or the Halloween asteroid – will miss Earth on October 31, a team of scientists at...

This image from Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys shows the quadruple star system DI Cha. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Judy Schmidt, geckzilla.org.

Hubble Space Telescope Zeros in on Quadruple Star System

Oct 26, 2015 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team has released a stunning image of a complex star system known as DI Cha. This image from Hubble’s Advanced Camera for...

New images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope show the faintest and earliest known galaxies in the Universe. This image shows the galaxy cluster MACSJ0717.5+3745 (MACS0717). It is one of the most massive galaxy clusters known, and it is also the largest known gravitational lens. Of all of the galaxy clusters known and measured, this cluster lenses the largest area of the sky. Image credit: NASA / ESA / HST Frontier Fields Team / STScI.

Astronomers Discover 252 Ultra-Faint Dwarf Galaxies in Early Universe

Oct 22, 2015 by News Staff

Using observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered over 250 ultra-faint dwarf galaxies in three extremely distant...

This image of part of the Mangala Valles outflow channel system was acquired by ESA’s Mars Express on July 12, 2015. The region has been subject to intense episodes of flooding, likely triggered by volcanic processes occurring in the nearby Tharsis region. Image credit: ESA / DLR / FU Berlin / CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

Mars Express Sees Evidence of Flooding in Red Planet’s Mangala Valles Region

Oct 19, 2015 by News Staff

This new image from ESA’s Mars Express orbiter shows the central part of Mangala Valles, a system of channels on Mars. The image was taken by Mars Express’...

This image from Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 shows the spiral galaxy Messier 94. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Captures Stunning Image of Messier 94

Oct 19, 2015 by Natali Anderson

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this vivid image of Messier 94. This image from Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 shows the...

This global map of Jupiter was made during the Hubble OPAL Program. The map was observed on 19 January 2015, from 2:00 UTC to 12:30 UTC. Image credit: NASA / ESA / A. Simon, GSFC / M. Wong, University of California, Berkeley / G. Orton, JPL-Caltech.

New Global Maps of Jupiter Unveiled

Oct 14, 2015 by News Staff

A team of astronomers from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the University of California, Berkeley,...

This composite image of Styx was taken by New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) instrument on July 13, about 12.5 hours before the probe’s closest approach to Pluto, and was received on October 5. Image credit: NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Southwest Research Institute.

New Horizons Spots Pluto’s Small Moon Styx

Oct 12, 2015 by News Staff

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft captured this low-resolution view of Styx, Pluto’s smallest moon, on July 13, 2015, from a distance of 391,000 miles...

This Hubble image shows the barred spiral galaxy NGC 4639. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble.

Hubble Snaps Beautiful Image of Barred Spiral Galaxy

Oct 12, 2015 by News Staff

The Hubble team has released a stunning photo taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of a galaxy known as NGC 4639. This Hubble image shows the barred...

This image of part of an edge-on disk around AU Microscopii reveals wave-like features. Image credit: NASA / ESA / ESO / A. Boccaletti, Paris Observatory.

Strange, Fast-Moving Structures Spotted around Nearby Star AU Microscopii

Oct 8, 2015 by News Staff

Using images from ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has discovered unique structures...

At the very center of this image from ESA’s SMART-1 orbiter is the north pole of the Moon. The image shows the characteristic craters of the Moon, present in all shapes and sizes. The largest in view is Rozhdestvenskiy, sandwiched between Hermite to the northeast and Plaskett to the southwest. Image credit: ESA / Space Exploration Institute / J. Manuel Fonseca, M. Costa & A. Mora, UNINOVA / B. Grieger & M. Almeida, ESA.

European Space Agency Releases Stunning Image of Moon’s North Pole

Oct 8, 2015 by News Staff

This mosaic image obtained by ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft shows the peaks and craters at the north pole of the Earth’s only natural satellite. At the...

ESA’s AIM spacecraft watches DART impact Didymoon. Image credit: ESA / Science Office.

AIDA: NASA and ESA Announce Double Mission to Asteroid Didymos

Oct 5, 2015 by News Staff

The Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment (AIDA) mission, a joint ESA-NASA cooperative project, will be the first space experiment to investigate...

This composite image shows the planetary nebula Menzel 2 as seen in visible and infrared light by Hubble’s WFPC2 camera. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Serge Meunier.

NASA’s Hubble Observes Planetary Nebula Menzel 2

Oct 5, 2015 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the planetary nebula Menzel 2, which is found in the southern constellation Norma. This composite...

Rosetta NavCam image taken on 14 March 2015 at 85.7 km from the center of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko; it has been cleaned to remove the more obvious bad pixels and cosmic ray artefacts, and intensities have been scaled. Image credit: ESA / Rosetta / NAVCAM / CC BY-SA IGO 3.0.

67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Was Once Two Separate Comets

Sep 30, 2015 by News Staff

According to a new paper in the journal Nature, two comets collided in the early Solar System to give rise to the extraordinary shape of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This...

Mosaic of four images taken by Rosetta’s navigation camera on September 19, 2014, at 28.6 km from the center of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The images used for this mosaic were taken in sequence as a 2x2 raster over a 20 minute period, meaning that there is some motion of the spacecraft and rotation of the comet between the images. Image credit: ESA / Rosetta / NAVCAM / CC BY-SA IGO 3.0.

Rosetta’s Spectrometer Detects Noble Gas Argon at 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Sep 29, 2015 by News Staff

The Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral Analysis (ROSINA) mass spectrometer aboard ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft has detected the noble gas argon,...

This image snapped by Hubble reveals a detailed view of part of the disc of beautiful barred spiral galaxy NGC 613. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / S. Smartt, Queen's University Belfast / Robert Gendler.

Hubble Space Telescope Snaps Breathtaking Picture of NGC 613

Sep 28, 2015 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning new image of NGC 613, a barred spiral galaxy. This image snapped by Hubble reveals a detailed...

This Hubble image shows a small section of the Veil Nebula. This section of the outer shell of the famous supernova remnant is in a region known as the Witch’s Broom Nebula (NGC 6960). Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble Heritage Team.

Astronomers Get Best View Yet of Veil Nebula

Sep 24, 2015 by News Staff

About 8,000 years ago, Neolithic humans would have witnessed what appeared to be a bright new star blazing in the northern sky. In fact, it was the violent...

Active pits on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Image credit: Jean-Baptiste Vincent et al.

Rosetta Provides Evidence for Daily Water-Ice Cycle on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Sep 24, 2015 by News Staff

Researchers using the Visible, InfraRed and Thermal Imaging Spectrometer aboard ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft have identified a region on the surface of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko...

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