Tag Archive for 'Hubble'

This Hubble image shows LEDA 60847, a group of interacting galaxies located in the constellation of Draco. Image credit: NASA / ESA / A. Barth, University of California – Irvine / M. Koss, Eureka Scientific Inc. / A. Robinson, Rochester Institute of Technology / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Captures Stunning Galaxy Collision: LEDA 60847

Jan 25, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced a spectacular image of a group of interacting galaxies known as LEDA 60847. This Hubble image shows LEDA...

The water detection in the transit spectrum of Gliese 9827d makes it the first water world candidate with an atmospheric water detection consistent with a water-rich envelope. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Leah Hustak, STScI / Ralf Crawford, STScI.

Hubble Detects Water Vapor in Atmosphere of Gliese 9827d

Jan 25, 2024 by News Staff

Using the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) instrument onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have detected water vapor in the transmission...

This Hubble image shows Arp 300, a pair of interacting galaxies some 185 million light-years away in the constellation of Ursa Major. Image credit: NASA / ESA / J. Dalcanton, University of Washington / R. Windhorst, Arizona State University / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Space Telescope Captures Dance of Two Spiral Galaxies

Jan 24, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides a detailed look at an interacting galaxy pair called Arp 300. This Hubble image shows...

This Hubble image shows IC 438, a spiral galaxy some 130 million light-years away in the constellation of Lepus. The color image was made from separate exposures taken in the visible and near-infrared regions of the spectrum with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). It is based on data obtained through two filters. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / R.J. Foley, UC Santa Cruz.

Hubble Sees Stunning Spiral Galaxy: IC 438

Jan 22, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a detailed image of a spectacular part of IC 438, a spiral galaxy located in the constellation...

This Hubble image shows UGC 5189A, an irregular galaxy some 150 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / A. Filippenko.

Hubble Space Telescope Focuses on Supernova-Hosting Galaxy

Jan 15, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a new picture of the relatively small galaxy UGC 5189A, which is found in the constellation of Leo. This...

This Hubble image shows the host galaxy of the exceptionally powerful fast radio burst FRB 20220610A. Image credit: NASA / ESA / STScI / Alexa Gordon, Northwestern University.

Record-Breaking Fast Radio Burst Localized to Extremely Distant Galaxy Group

Jan 10, 2024 by News Staff

A fast radio burst event called FRB 20220610A flashed in what seems like an unlikely place: a collection of at least seven galaxies that existed when the...

This artist’s illustration shows WASP-121b, an alien world that is losing magnesium and iron gas from its atmosphere. Image credit: NASA / ESA / J. Olmsted, STScI.

Hubble Detects Massive Cyclones in Atmosphere of WASP-121b

Jan 10, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have detected massive cyclones and other dynamic weather activity swirling on WASP-121b, an ultrahot-Jupiter...

Two spiral galaxies, NGC 6040 and NGC 6039, are merging together at the right side of this Hubble image. NGC 6039 is seen face-on and is circular in shape. NGC 6040 seems to lie in front of the first one. In the lower-left corner, cut off by the frame, the elliptical galaxy NGC 6041 -- a central member of the galaxy cluster that Arp 122 resides in -- appears as light radiating from a point. The color image was made from separate exposures taken in the visible and infrared regions of the spectrum with Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and the Dark Energy Camera, which is mounted on NSF’s Víctor M. Blanco 4-m telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. Four filters were used to sample various wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / J. Dalcanton / Dark Energy Survey / DOE / FNAL / DECam / CTIO / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / L. Shatz.

Beautiful Collision of Two Spiral Galaxies Captured by Hubble: Arp 122

Jan 8, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

This cosmic encounter is known as Arp 122 and is seen here as imaged by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Two spiral galaxies, NGC 6040 and NGC 6039,...

Voyager 2/ISS images of Uranus and Neptune released shortly after the Voyager 2 flybys in 1986 and 1989, respectively, compared with a reprocessing of the individual filter images in this study to determine the best estimate of the true colors of these planets. Image credit: Irwin et al., doi: 10.1093/mnras/stad3761.

Uranus and Neptune Are in Fact Similar Shade of Greenish Blue, New Color-Corrected Images Reveal

Jan 5, 2024 by News Staff

Uranus and Neptune, the so-called ice giants, are the most distant giant planets in our Solar System. Our knowledge of these worlds was revolutionized...

At the center of this complex landscape of brilliant, colorful gas clouds is the supernova remnant 30 Doradus B. Image credit: NASA / CXC / Penn State University / Townsley et al. / STScI / HST / JPL / CalTech / SST / SAO / J. Schmidt / N. Wolk / K. Arcand.

At Least Two Supernova Explosions Created Supernova Remnant 30 Doradus B, Astronomers Say

Jan 5, 2024 by News Staff

30 Doradus B, also cataloged as NGC 2060, is found in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. At the center of this complex...

This Hubble image shows various distant galaxies in the constellation of Cetus: most of the galaxies are very small, but there are a few larger galaxies and some stars where detail can be made out; in the center there is an elliptical galaxy with a brightly glowing core and a broad disk; a reddish, warped ring of light, thicker at one side, surrounds its core; a small galaxy intersects the ring as a bright dot. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / H. Nayyeri / L. Marchetti / J. Lowenthal.

Hubble Sees Myriads of Distant Galaxies in Cetus

Jan 1, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new infrared image, taken with the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) on board the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows dozens of galaxies — including...

This Hubble image shows four spiral galaxies in the constellation of Horologium: the large, prominent spiral galaxy on the right side of the image is NGC 1356; the two apparently smaller spiral galaxies flanking it are LEDA 467699 (above it) and LEDA 95415 (very close at its left) respectively; and finally, IC 1947 sits along the left side of the image. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / J. Dalcanton, Dark Energy Survey / DOE / FNAL / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / L. Shatz.

Hubble Spots Four Spiral Galaxies in Horologium

Dec 26, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

A stunning new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a collection of galaxies — NGC 1356, LEDA 467699, LEDA 95415 and IC 1947 —...

This Hubble image shows Saturn, its bright white rings, and its three moons: Mimas, Dione, and Enceladus; spoke features on the left and right sides of the rings appear like faint gray smudges against the rings’ bright backdrop, about midway from the planet to the rings’ outer edge. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / STScI / Amy Simon, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

Hubble Space Telescope Spots ‘Spokes’ in Saturn’s Rings

Dec 21, 2023 by News Staff

The gas giant Saturn is known for its iconic ring system. However, its B ring can have splotches and streaks of darker or lighter material, known as spokes,...

Enceladus’ tiger stripes are known to be spewing ice from the moon’s icy interior into space, creating a cloud of fine ice particles over the moon’s south pole and creating Saturn’s mysterious E-ring. Evidence for this has come from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft that orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017. Pictured here, a high resolution image of Enceladus is shown from a close flyby. Tiger stripes are visible in false-color blue. Image credit: NASA / ESA / JPL / SSI / Cassini Imaging Team.

Enceladus’ Surface May Contain Relatively High Abundances of Pristine Organic Material

Dec 21, 2023 by News Staff

Enceladus, the sixth-biggest moon of Saturn, presents a remarkable opportunity in our Solar System for searching for evidence of extraterrestrial life,...

This Hubble image shows UGC 8091, a dwarf irregular galaxy some 7 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. The color image was made from separate exposures taken with Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Yumi Choi, NSF’s NOIRLab / Karoline Gilbert, STScI / Julianne Dalcanton, Center for Computational Astrophysics & Flatiron Institute, University of Washington.

Hubble Takes Close Look at UGC 8091

Dec 20, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

The Hubble team has released a close-up image of the dwarf irregular galaxy UGC 8091, which resembles a sparkling festive snow globe. This Hubble image...

This Hubble image shows MCG-01-24-014, an active spiral galaxy some 275 million light-years away in the constellation of Hydra. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / C. Kilpatrick

Hubble Space Telescope Snaps Beautiful Image of Active Spiral Galaxy

Dec 18, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

A dazzling new photo from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the bright spiral galaxy MCG-01-24-014, which is known to host an active galactic nucleus. This...

This Hubble image shows Arp-Madore 2105-332, a pair of interacting emission-line galaxies some 200 million light-years away in the constellation of Microscopium. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / J. Dalcanton / L. Shatz.

Hubble Spies Interacting Galaxy System in Microscopium

Dec 11, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

The Hubble team has released a beautiful new image of Arp-Madore 2105-332, a pair of interacting galaxies in the minor southern constellation of Microscopium. This...

This Hubble image shows NGC 2210, a globular cluster located 163,000 light-years away in the constellation of Dorado. Also known as ESO 57-71 or LW 423, the cluster was first discovered on January 31, 1835 by the English astronomer John Herschel. The color image is made up of observations from Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and in the ultraviolet, near-infrared, and optical parts of the spectrum. It is based on data obtained through three filters. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / A. Sarajedini / F. Niederhofer.

Hubble Observes Densely Packed Globular Cluster NGC 2210

Dec 4, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides a detailed look at NGC 2210, a globular cluster situated in the Large Magellanic Cloud. This...

This Hubble image shows the galaxy cluster Abell 3192, which is associated both with a galaxy group 2.3 billion light-years away and with the X-ray luminous galaxy cluster MCS J0358.8-2955 around 5.4 billion light-years away. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / G. Smith / H. Ebeling / D. Coe.

Hubble Space Telescope Focuses on Abell 3192

Nov 27, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have taken a picture of Abell 3192, which comprises two independent galaxy systems — a foreground...

This Hubble image shows NGC 2814, an irregular galaxy some 85 million light-years away in the constellation of Ursa Major. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / C. Kilpatrick.

Hubble Sees Spectacular Irregular Galaxy

Nov 20, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has delivered an unrivalled snapshot of the irregular galaxy NGC 2814. This Hubble image shows NGC 2814, an irregular...

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