Tag Archive for 'NASA'

This Hubble image shows DEM L249, a remnant of Type Ia supernova located some 160,000 light-years away in the constellation of Mensa. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Y. Chou, Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Observes Distant Remnant of Type Ia Supernova

Nov 9, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shot this image of the supernova remnant DEM L249. This Hubble image shows DEM L249, a remnant of Type Ia supernova...

(A) location map for glass localities in Chile: (1) southwest of La Calera; (2) near the town of Pica; (3) Puquio de Núñez; (4) Quebrada de Chipana; and (5) Quebrada Guatacondo. (B) concentration of glassy slabs (dark masses) at the Chipana locality. Largest example in this view is 0.4 m across. Image credit: Schultz et al., doi: 10.1130/G49426.1.

Massive Comet Exploded over Atacama Desert 12,000 Years Ago, Study Suggests

Nov 8, 2021 by News Staff

According to a study published in the journal Geology, samples of glassy slabs found in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile, contain tiny fragments with...

Levin et al suggest that we could have more in common with our extraterrestrial neighbors than initially thought. Image credit: Fernando Ribas.

Astrobiologists Call for New Framework in Search for Extraterrestrial Life

Nov 8, 2021 by News Staff

The question of whether we are alone in the Universe has been a source of wonder for humanity for millennia or more. Advances in planetary sciences, astronomy,...

This Hubble image shows Markarian 1337, a barred spiral galaxy 119.5 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Riess et al.

Hubble Snaps Beautiful Image of Markarian 1337

Nov 8, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a striking new photo of the barred spiral galaxy Markarian 1337. This Hubble image...

This Hubble image shows NGC 1535, a planetary nebula located 5,500-7,500 light-years away in the constellation of Eridanus. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Bond et al. / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Sees Cleopatra’s Eye Nebula

Nov 5, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this vivid image of NGC 1535, or the Cleopatra’s Eye Nebula. This Hubble image shows NGC 1535, a planetary...

This Hubble image shows the planetary nebula NGC 2438. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Knoll et al. / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Space Telescope Looks at NGC 2438

Nov 5, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers on the Hubble team have released a spectacular image of the colorful planetary nebula NGC 2438. This Hubble image shows the planetary nebula...

This Hubble image shows N44, an emission nebula located 170,000 light-years away in the southern constellation of Dorado. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Ksoll et al. / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Spots Beautiful Emission Nebula in Large Magellanic Cloud

Nov 4, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

NASA has released a high-resolution photo taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of an emission nebula called N44. This Hubble image shows N44, an...

An artist’s impression of the sub-Neptune TOI-2285b and its parent star. Image credit: Sci-News.com.

Temperate Sub-Neptune Found Orbiting Nearby Red Dwarf

Nov 1, 2021 by Natali Anderson

Using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and several ground-based telescopes, astronomers have discovered and confirmed a...

This visible-light image of Jupiter was created from data captured on January 11, 2017 using Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3. Near the top, a long brown feature called a ‘brown barge’ extends 72,000 km (nearly 45,000 miles) in the east-west direction. The Great Red Spot stands out prominently in the lower left, while the smaller feature nicknamed Red Spot Jr. (known to Jovian scientists as Oval BA) appears to its lower right. Image credit: NASA / ESA / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / Wong et al. / de Pater et al. / M. Zamani.

Juno Provides New Information about Jupiter’s Enigmatic Atmospheric Features

Nov 1, 2021 by News Staff

Juno launched on August 5, 2011 and successfully entered Jupiter’s orbit on July 4, 2016. During each of the spacecraft’s 37 passes of Jupiter to date,...

This Hubble image shows NGC 6984, a barred spiral galaxy some 164 million light-years away in the constellation of Indus. The color image is made up of observations from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) in the ultraviolet, near-infrared, and optical parts of the spectrum. Six 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 / D. Milisavljevic.

Hubble Sees Elegant Spiral Galaxy: NGC 6984

Nov 1, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured an amazing new photo of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 6984. This Hubble image shows...

This Hubble image shows the carbon star CW Leonis. The image incorporates observations from 2011 and 2016 by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). The star is brightest in the red filters, R and I, and therefore the simmering orange color pervading the center of the image well represents the real color of the star. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / T. Ueta / H. Kim.

Hubble Observes Red Giant Star CW Leonis

Oct 29, 2021 by News Staff

CW Leonis, which is located 400 light-years away in the constellation of Leo, is a carbon star — a luminous type of red giant star with a carbon-rich...

This image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope shows a Godzilla-like nebula in the constellation of Sagittarius. Four colors (blue, cyan, green, and red) represent different wavelengths of infrared light: blue and cyan represent wavelengths primarily emitted by stars; dust and organic molecules called hydrocarbons appear green; and warm dust that’s been heated by stars or supernovae appears red. Image credit: NASA/ Spitzer / JPL-Caltech.

Spitzer Spots ‘Godzilla-Like Nebula’

Oct 27, 2021 by News Staff

NASA has released an incredibly beautiful image of a nebula, a cloud of gas and dust captured by the agency’s Spitzer Space Telescope. This image from...

False-color image of SN 2020fqv in its host galaxy system NGC 4567 and NGC 4568; the location of the supernova is shown in the inset. The image is composed of a pre-explosion single-band HST/WFPC2 image in the F606W filter with the color information from ground-based images obtained using the Nickel Telescope at Lick Observatory. The image of SN 2020fqv and the area outside of HST field of view is also from Nickel. Image credit: Joseph Depasquale / STScI.

Astronomers Observe ‘Rosetta Stone of Supernovae’

Oct 25, 2021 by News Staff

A Type II core-collapse supernova called SN 2020fqv exploded in NGC 4568, a member of a pair of colliding unbarred spiral galaxies; the other member of...

This Hubble image shows the barred spiral galaxy NGC 2903. The color image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by Hubble’s ACS and WFC3 instruments. Six 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 / L. Ho / J. Lee / PHANGS-HST Team.

Hubble Captures Striking New Image of Spiral Galaxy NGC 2903

Oct 25, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced an outstanding image of the central part of the isolated barred spiral galaxy NGC 2903. This Hubble image...

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

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Records Martian Sounds

Oct 20, 2021 by News Staff

NASA’s Perseverance rover carries two microphones which are directly recording sounds on Mars, including wind gusts, rover wheels crunching over gravel,...

An artist’s impression of a white dwarf -- in this case a white dwarf in the MV Lyrae system -- accreting as it draws in material from a companion star. Image credit: Helena Uthas.

TESS Finds Pulsating White Dwarf in TW Pictoris System

Oct 19, 2021 by News Staff

The white dwarf observed by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is a member of the binary system TW Pictoris and is known to be accreting...

An artist’s rendering of the surface of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. Image credit: Benjamin de Bivort, debivort.org / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Scientists Create Maps of Titan’s Hydrocarbon Rivers and Tributaries

Oct 19, 2021 by News Staff

Planetary researchers have mapped all observable fluvial features on Saturn’s hazy moon Titan — excluding those in the highly incised labyrinth...

This WISE multicolor image shows NGC 1605, a binary open cluster located 8,480 light-years away in the constellation of Perseus. It was first discovered on December 11, 1786 by the German-born British astronomer William Herschel. Image credit: NASA / WISE / Camargo, arXiv: 2109.14664.

Astronomer Discovers Ancient Binary Open Cluster in Milky Way

Oct 18, 2021 by Sergio Prostak

An open cluster called NGC 1605 is in fact two merging open clusters with evidence of tidal streams, according to new research by Professor Denilso Camargo...

This illustration shows NASA’s Lucy spacecraft passing one of the Trojan asteroids near Jupiter. Image credit: Southwest Research Institute.

NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Launches to Study Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids

Oct 18, 2021 by News Staff

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft was launched on October 16, 2021, at 5:34 a.m. EDT aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket out of Space Launch Complex...

This composite image shows two interacting galaxies NGC 7752 and NGC 7753, collectively known as Arp 86. The image is composed of infrared, optical and ultraviolet observations from Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on the Victor M. Blanco 4-m Telescope, and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Nine 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 / Dark Energy Survey / J. Dalcanton.

Hubble Spots Beautiful Pair of Interacting Galaxies

Oct 18, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides a detailed look at the galaxy pair Arp 86. This composite image shows two interacting...

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