Tag Archive for 'R Aquarii'

Two stars in the R Aquarii binary system are separated by about 1.6 billion miles. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Matthias Stute / Margarita Karovska / Davide De Martin / Mahdi Zamani / N. Bartmann, ESA & Hubble.

Hubble Observes Binary System R Aquarii

Oct 16, 2024 by News Staff

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have made a unique timelapse of R Aquarii’s dynamic behavior from observations spanning from 2014...

This image taken by ESO’s Very Large Telescope shows the binary system R Aquarii and the jets of material spewing from the stellar couple. Image credit: ESO / Schmid et al.

Astronomers Obtain Sharpest Ever Image of R Aquarii

Dec 27, 2018 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet Research (SPHERE) instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope have captured dramatic...