Tag Archive for 'ESA'

This Hubble image shows the center of the Lagoon Nebula. The region is filled with intense winds from hot stars, churning funnels of gas, and energetic star formation, all embedded within an intricate haze of gas and pitch-dark dust. Image credit: NASA / ESA / J. Trauger, JPL.

Hubble Space Telescope Snaps Amazing Image of Lagoon Nebula

Aug 3, 2015 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning new image of the Lagoon Nebula, one of the finest and brightest star-forming regions known...

This Hubble image of the planetary nebula NGC 6818 (Little Gem Nebula) shows two layers of gas (with dust): a spherical outer region and a brighter, vase-shaped interior bubble. Image credit: ESA / Hubble / NASA / Judy Schmidt, geckzilla.com.

Hubble Captures Amazing Photo of Little Gem Nebula

Aug 3, 2015 by News Staff

The Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 on board the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of a planetary nebula called NGC 6818. This...

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.

Philae Lander Finds Organic Compounds on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Jul 31, 2015 by News Staff

A special issue of the journal Science highlights seven new studies that delve into the data that has been collected by ESA’s probe Philae on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This...

Reddish streaks cut across the surface of Tethys in this image. The streaks are narrow, curved lines on the moon’s surface, only a few miles wide but several hundred miles long. The yellowish tones on the left side of the view are a result of alteration of the moon’s surface by high-energy particles from Saturn’s magnetosphere. This particle radiation slams into the moon’s trailing hemisphere, modifying it chemically and changing its appearance in enhanced-color views like this one. The area of Tethys shown here is centered on 30 degrees north latitude, 187 degrees west longitude, and measures 305 by 258 miles (490 by 415 km) across. The original color images were obtained at a resolution of about 2,300 feet (700 m) per pixel on April 11, 2015. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute.

Cassini Spots Strange Red ‘Arcs’ on Saturn’s Moon Tethys

Jul 30, 2015 by News Staff

This enhanced-color mosaic of Tethys shows a range of features including mysterious arc-shaped streaks. This mosaic of Tethys is an orthographic projection...

Several images taken using green, UV and IR spectral filters were combined to create this color view of Tethys. The moon’s dark side is faintly illuminated by reflected light from Saturn. North on Tethys is up in this view. The impact crater Odysseus is seen at the left. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute.

Cassini Snaps New Image of Saturn’s Moon Tethys

Jul 28, 2015 by News Staff

The 280-mile-wide (450 km) impact crater Odysseus on Tethys stands out brightly from the rest of the illuminated crescent as seen by the NASA/ESA Cassini...

This Hubble image shows the planetary nebula NGC 6565. Image credit: ESA / Hubble / NASA / M. Novak.

Hubble Space Telescope Looks at NGC 6565

Jul 27, 2015 by News Staff

The Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2 aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this image of NGC 6565. This Hubble image shows the planetary...

This image shows the dwarf galaxy NGC 1140. Image credit: ESA / Hubble / NASA.

NGC 1140: Astronomers Zero in on Dwarf Irregular Starburst Galaxy

Jul 20, 2015 by News Staff

Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have captured an incredible image of the dwarf galaxy NGC 1140. This image shows the dwarf galaxy...

Gaia 14aae: Astronomers Discover Unique Binary Star

Jul 17, 2015 by News Staff

Using ESA’s Gaia satellite, a large multinational group of astronomers has discovered a unique binary star system: the first known such binary where...

This new Hubble image shows a massive open star cluster known as the Quintuplet Cluster in infrared light. Image credit: ESA / Hubble / NASA.

Hubble Sees Quintuplet Cluster in Infrared Light

Jul 13, 2015 by News Staff

The Wide Field Camera 3 on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of the Quintuplet Cluster, a very dense cluster of young stars...

This Hubble image shows the galaxy ESO 381-12. The strikingly uneven structure and the clusters of stars that orbit around the galaxy suggest that ESO 381-12 may have been part of a dramatic collision sometime in its relatively recent past. Image credit: NASA / ESA / P. Goudfrooij, STScI.

Hubble Zooms in on Ghostly Shells of Lenticular Galaxy

Jul 10, 2015 by News Staff

The Advanced Camera for Surveys on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced this beautiful image of the galaxy ESO 381-12. This Hubble image shows...

67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Could Harbor Alien Life, Say UK Scientists

Jul 6, 2015 by News Staff

Two planetary scientists from the UK – Prof Chandra Wickramasinghe of the Buckingham Center for Astrobiology and Dr Max Wallis of the University...

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

ESA’s Rosetta Sees Active Pits on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Jul 2, 2015 by News Staff

In a new study published online in the journal Nature, 18 almost circular pits have been identified in the northern hemisphere of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko....

Acquired on 27 June 2015, this first image from Sentinel-2A covers the Po Valley, framed by the Alps in the north and the coastal mountains of France and Italy in the south. The stripes observed over water are expected artifacts due to the arrangement of the detectors in the Sentinel-2A’s MSI instrument. Image credit: Copernicus data / ESA.

ESA’s Sentinel-2A Satellite Returns Its First Color Images of Earth

Jun 30, 2015 by News Staff

Just four days after being lofted into orbit, European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2A satellite delivered its first images of Earth. Acquired on 27 June...

Artist’s impression of a black hole feasting on matter from its companion star in a binary system. Image credit: ESA / ATG medialab.

V404 Cygni: Astronomers Detect Signs of Extraordinary Activity in Binary System

Jun 26, 2015 by News Staff

Astronomers using a fleet of orbiting telescopes, including ESA’s Integral satellite, NASA’s Swift satellite and the Japanese MAXI telescope, have...

This artist’s concept shows the huge cloud of hydrogen bleeding off of the Neptune-sized exoplanet Gliese 436b. Image credit: NASA / ESA / STScI / G. Bacon.

GJ 436b: Astronomers Discover Giant Comet-Like Tail on Neptune-Sized Exoplanet

Jun 25, 2015 by News Staff

Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, a group of astronomers has discovered an enormous cloud of hydrogen dispersing from the warm, Neptune-sized...

This false-color image of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken by the Rosetta navigation camera on 15 June 2015 from a distance of 207 km from the comet center. Image credit: ESA / Rosetta / NAVCAM / CC BY-SA IGO 3.0.

ESA’s Rosetta Orbiter to Land on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Jun 24, 2015 by News Staff

Rosetta’s nominal mission was originally funded until the end of this year, but at a meeting yesterday, the European Space Agency has given formal approval...

Artist’s impression of a volcano erupting on Venus. Image credit: ESA / AOES Medialab.

Planetary Scientists Detect New Signs of Active Volcanoes on Venus

Jun 19, 2015 by News Staff

By looking at data from the monitoring camera on ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft, planetary researchers found transient spikes in temperature at several...

This image shows a ground-based wide-field view of the region around HCG 16. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Digitized Sky Survey 2 / Davide De Martin.

Hubble Sees Weird Galactic Quartet

Jun 19, 2015 by News Staff

This beautiful image from the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows four (NGC 839, NGC 838, NGC 835, and NGC 833)...

This is an artist’s impression of the galaxy CR7. Image credit: M. Kornmesser / ESO.

CR7: Astronomers Discover Far-Off Galaxy Filled with First-Generation Stars

Jun 17, 2015 by News Staff

A group of astronomers headed by Dr David Sobral from the University of Lisbon, Portugal, has discovered by far the brightest galaxy yet found in the early...

This image shows the irregular blue compact dwarf galaxy UGC 11411 (center). The bright stars are foreground stars in our Milky Way Galaxy. Image credit: ESA / Hubble / NASA.

Astronomers Capture Extraordinary View of UGC 11411

Jun 15, 2015 by News Staff

The Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking new photo of a dwarf galaxy called UGC 11411. This...

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