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On August 31, 2012, a long filament of solar material that had been hovering in the Sun’s atmosphere, the corona, erupted out into space at 4:36 p.m. EDT. The CME traveled at over 900 miles per second. It did not travel directly toward Earth, but did connect with Earth’s magnetic environment, or magnetosphere, with a glancing blow, causing aurora to appear on the night of September 3. Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

HAWC Observatory Detects High-Energy Gamma Rays from the Sun

Aug 7, 2023 by News Staff

New results from the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory extend the bright, hard gamma-ray emission from the solar disk observed with NASA’s...

This Hubble image shows NGC 6684, a lenticular galaxy some 44 million light-years away in the constellation of Pavo. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / R. Tully.

Hubble Focuses on Beautiful Lenticular Galaxy

Aug 7, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured an amazing new photo of the lenticular galaxy NGC 6684. This Hubble image shows NGC...

This Webb/NIRcam composite image shows the Ring Nebula. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / JWST Ring Nebula Team / Roger Wesson.

Webb Captures Stunning Images of Ring Nebula

Aug 3, 2023 by News Staff

New images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope show the intricate and ethereal beauty of the famous Ring Nebula, also known as Messier 57,...

This image was taken during commissioning of Euclid to check that the focused NISP instrument worked as expected. Image credit: ESA / Euclid / Euclid Consortium / NASA.

ESA’s Euclid Spacecraft Snaps Its First Test Images

Aug 2, 2023 by News Staff

Euclid, built and operated by ESA, with contributions from NASA, will observe billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years to create the largest,...

This image shows the irregular galaxy NGC 6822, which was observed by Webb’s Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI). Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Webb / M. Meixner.

Webb Takes Close Look at Barnard’s Galaxy

Aug 1, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured a striking new photo of the barred irregular galaxy NGC 6822. This image shows the irregular galaxy...

This artist’s illustration shows the Neptune-sized exoplanet AU Mic b passing in front of its host red dwarf star. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Joseph Olmsted, STScI.

Young Neptune-Sized Exoplanet Sporadically Burps Hydrogen as It Circles Its Parent Star

Jul 31, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

A process called photoevaporation is a potential explanation for several features within exoplanet demographics. Atmospheric escape observed in young Neptune-sized...

This Hubble image shows NGC 6652, a globular cluster located around 30,000 light-years away in the constellation of Sagittarius. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / A. Sarajedini / G. Piotto.

Hubble Space Telescope Zooms in on NGC 6652

Jul 31, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

NASA has released a high-resolution close-up image of the globular cluster NGC 6652 captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This Hubble image...

A spectroscopic map of Ganymede derived from Webb measurements shows light absorption around the poles characteristic of hydrogen peroxide; the circle outlines the surfaces of the moon. Image credit: Samantha Trumbo, Cornell University.

Webb Detects Hydrogen Peroxide on Ganymede

Jul 30, 2023 by News Staff

Jupiter’s moon Ganymede is the only satellite in the Solar System known to have an intrinsic magnetic field. Interactions between this field and the...

$This Webb image shows a pair of actively forming stars, known as Herbig-Haro 46/47, in high-resolution near-infrared light. To find them, trace the bright pink and red diffraction spikes until you hit the center. The stars are within the orange-white splotch. They are buried deeply in a disk of gas and dust that feeds their growth as they continue to gain mass. The disk is not visible, but its shadow can be seen in the two dark, conical regions surrounding the central stars. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Joseph DePasquale, STScI.$

Webb Sees Pair of Herbig-Haro Objects in Near-Infrared Light

Jul 28, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have captured a new image of Herbig-Haro (HH) 46/47, a tightly bound pair of actively forming...

This artist’s concept portrays PDS 70 and its inner protoplanetary disk. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / J. Olmsted, STScI.

Webb Detects Water in Terrestrial Planet-Forming Zone around PDS 70

Jul 25, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Terrestrial and sub-Neptune exoplanets are expected to form in the inner regions of protoplanetary disks around their parent stars. Water plays a key role...

This Hubble image of Dimorphos was taken on December 19, 2022, nearly four months after the asteroid was impacted by NASA’s DART mission. Dimorphos has a blue dust tail extending diagonally to the upper right. A cluster of blue dots surrounds the asteroid. These are boulders that were knocked off the asteroid. Image credit: NASA / ESA / D. Jewitt, UCLA.

Hubble Spots Swarm of Boulders around Asteroid Dimorphos

Jul 24, 2023 by News Staff

On September 26, 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) intentionally slammed into the 160-m-wide asteroid moonlet Dimorphos — which...

This Hubble image UGC 12295, a face-on spiral galaxy located some 192 million light-years away in the constellation of Pisces. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / A. Filippenko / J. Lyman.

Hubble Captures Image of Beautiful Face-On Spiral Galaxy

Jul 24, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

The Hubble team has released a stunning new image snapped by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the spiral galaxy UGC 12295. This Hubble image UGC...

SPT-CL J2215-3537 resembles a blue cloud with a hazy golden light at its core. The cluster is set against the blackness of space, which is dotted with white, orange and blue specks of light. A combination of X-ray, ultraviolet, optical, and infrared light, was used to create the image. The blue cloud represents X-ray gas observed by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. The cloud is soft, and uniform in texture. Over time, galaxy clusters often merge or collide. These collisions cause disturbances and sharp features in a cluster’s gas. When a cluster takes on a smooth, calm appearance, as found here in SPT-CL J2215-3537, it indicates that no such collisions have occurred for a very long time. Astronomers call these galaxy clusters ‘relaxed.’ The hazy golden light at the heart of the cloud represents a massive central galaxy with a large amount of star formation. This central galaxy is quite isolated within the blue gas cloud. There are relatively few nearby specks of light near the central galaxy, and none are as bright or as large. No other large galaxies have been found within 600,000 light-years of the central galaxy. This implies that SPT-CL J2215-3537 has not experienced a galaxy merger in the last billion years. Image credit: NASA / CXC / MIT / M. Calzadilla / STScI / HST / N. Wolk.

Chandra Spots ‘Relaxed’ Galaxy Cluster in Distant Universe

Jul 21, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

The dynamically relaxed galaxy cluster SPT-CL J2215-3537 is about 8.4 billion light-years from Earth, making it the farthest galaxy cluster ever spotted...

This Hubble image shows Arp 263, an irregular galaxy located 27.1 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo. The color image of Arp 263 was made from separate exposures taken in the visible and near-infrared regions of the spectrum with Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys and Wide Field Camera 3. Two 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 / A. Filippenko.

Hubble Space Telescope Spots Triangle-Shaped Galaxy

Jul 17, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have produced a spectacularly detailed image of the irregular galaxy Arp 263. This Hubble image shows...

An artist’s impression of a supermassive dark star. Image credit: Sci.News.

Webb May Have Spotted Supermassive Dark Stars

Jul 15, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

The first generation of stars in the Universe is yet to be observed. There are two leading theories for those objects: hydrogen burning Population III...

This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance on the surface of the Red Planet. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Perseverance Finds Diverse Organic Molecules in Jezero Crater

Jul 12, 2023 by News Staff

The Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) instrument onboard NASA’s Perseverance rover has...

This Webb image shows a part of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / Klaus Pontoppidan, STScI.

Webb Celebrates First Anniversary with Spectacular Image of Nearby Star-Forming Region

Jul 12, 2023 by News Staff

The Webb team has released a beautiful image of a small star-forming region in the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex. This Webb image shows a part of the Rho...

This artist’s impression shows the evolution of the Universe beginning with the Big Bang on the left followed by the appearance of the Cosmic Microwave Background. The formation of the first stars ends the cosmic dark ages, followed by the formation of galaxies. Image credit: M. Weiss / Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

Our Universe is 26.7 Billion Years Old, Astrophysicist Claims

Jul 11, 2023 by News Staff

The Universe could be twice as old as current estimates, according to new research from the University of Ottawa that challenges the dominant cosmological...

This Hubble image shows eMACS J1353.7+4329, a lensing galaxy cluster some 8 billion light-years away in the constellation of Canes Venatici. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / H. Ebeling.

Hubble Space Telescope Observes Exceptional Galaxy Cluster

Jul 10, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a remarkable image of the strongly lensing galaxy cluster eMACS J1353.7+4329. This...

CEERS 1019’s black hole existed just over 570 million years after the Big Bang and weighs only 9 million solar masses. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Leah Hustak, STScI.

Astronomers Detect Farthest Active Supermassive Black Hole Yet

Jul 6, 2023 by News Staff

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA / CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered an active supermassive black hole in CEERS 1019, a galaxy that existed...

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