Tag Archive for 'NASA'

This artist’s illustration shows NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft in the outer Solar System. In the background lies the Sun and a glowing band representing Zodiacal Light, caused by sunlight reflecting off of dust. Image credit: Joe Olmsted / STScI.

New Horizons Detects Galactic Lyman-alpha Emissions

Nov 23, 2021 by News Staff

Hydrogen is the most abundant element. When a neutral hydrogen atom gets blasted with energy, its electron can be boosted to a larger orbit with a higher...

This Hubble image shows the Prawn Nebula. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / J. Tan, Chalmers University of Technology / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Space Telescope Observes Prawn Nebula

Nov 23, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

The Hubble team has released a striking image captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope showing a small section of the Prawn Nebula (IC 4628). This...

This Hubble image shows a massive galaxy cluster (bottom left corner) and three images of the gravitationally lensed galaxy SGAS 0033+02. The color image was made from separate exposures taken in the visible and infrared regions of the spectrum with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). Five 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 / E. Wuyts.

Hubble Spots Gravitationally Lensed Galaxy in Pisces

Nov 22, 2021 by News Staff

What makes SGAS 0033+02, an extremely distant galaxy in the constellation of Pisces, interesting is a little unusual — it appears not just once in...

Hubble’s photo of Jupiter displays the ever-changing landscape of its turbulent atmosphere. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Amy Simon, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center / Michael H. Wong, University of California, Berkeley / Joseph DePasquale, STScI.

Hubble Observes Solar System’s Giant Planets

Nov 19, 2021 by News Staff

Hubble’s snapshots of the outer Solar System’s planets — Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune — reveal both extreme and subtle changes...

This Hubble image shows a protostar called J1672835.29-763111.64. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / T. Megeath, University of Toledo / K. Stapelfeldt, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory / Gladys Kober, NASA / Catholic University of America.

Hubble Space Telescope Spots Infant Star in IC 2631

Nov 19, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a striking infrared image of a protostar called J1672835.29-763111.64 (J1672 for short). This...

This Hubble image shows G035.20-0.74, a star-forming nebula located 7,143 light-years away in the constellation of Aquila. Image credit: NASA / ESA / J. Tan, Chalmers University of Technology / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Spots Colorful Star-Forming Nebula

Nov 18, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides a detailed look at the massive star-forming nebula G035.20-0.74. This Hubble image...

This image shows the closest stellar system to the Sun, the bright double star Alpha Centauri AB and its distant and faint companion Proxima Centauri. Image credit: ESO / B. Tafreshi, twanight.org / Digitized Sky Survey 2 / Davide De Martin / Mahdi Zamani.

TOLIMAN Space Telescope Will Look for Potentially Habitable Exoplanets in Alpha Centauri System

Nov 17, 2021 by News Staff

Astronomers from the University of Sydney, the Breakthrough Initiative, Saber Aeronautics and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced this week the...

This Hubble images shows the dark nebula LDN 1165. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / T. Megeath, University of Toledo / K. Stapelfeldt, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Looks at Absorption Nebula LDN 1165

Nov 17, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured an amazing new photo of LDN 1165, a sinuous, inky-black nebula located in the constellation...

This Hubble image shows UGC 11537, a spiral galaxy some 217.5 million light-years away in the constellation of Aquila. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / A. Seth.

Hubble Sees Majestic Spiral Galaxy on the Edge

Nov 15, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking new photo of the edge-on spiral galaxy UGC 11537. This Hubble image shows UGC 11537, a spiral...

This Hubble image shows part of the Snowman Nebula. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / J. Tan, Chalmers University of Technology / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Space Telescope Looks at Snowman Nebula

Nov 11, 2021 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced an outstanding image of part of the Snowman Nebula. This Hubble image shows part of the Snowman Nebula....

This Hubble image shows frEGGs J203441.7+405216, compact globules of interstellar dust and gas located in the constellation of Cygnus. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / R. Sahai, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Finds Free-Floating EGGs in Northern Coalsack Nebula

Nov 10, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

The free-floating Evaporating Gaseous Globules (frEGGs) are the recently-discovered class of star-forming nurseries. This Hubble image shows frEGGs J203441.7+405216,...

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,...

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