Tag Archive for 'Star'

This Hubble image shows a free-floating evaporating gaseous globule (small tadpole-shaped dark region in the upper center-left) within the emission nebula Westerhout 5. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / R. Sahai.

Hubble Spots Free-Floating Globule in Westerhout 5

Dec 19, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

The Hubble team has released an incredibly beautiful image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of a small portion of the large emission nebula...

This Hubble image shows NGC 6956, a barred spiral galaxy some 215 million light-years away in the constellation of Delphinus. Image credit: NASA / ESA / D. Jones, University of California, Santa Cruz / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Space Telescope Spots Cepheid Variables in NGC 6956

Dec 17, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have imaged the barred spiral galaxy NGC 6956, which is found in the constellation of Delphinus. This...

This image of the Southern Ring Nebula was captured by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI); it highlights the very hot gas that surrounds the central stars. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / O. De Marco, Macquarie University / J. DePasquale, STScI.

Multiple Star System Produced Southern Ring Nebula, Webb Astronomers Say

Dec 12, 2022 by News Staff

At least three, and possibly four, progenitor stars crafted the oblong, curvy shapes of the Southern Ring Nebula, according to a new analysis of data from...

This Hubble image shows several member stars of the young open cluster NGC 6530. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / ESO / O. De Marco / M.H. Özsaraç.

Hubble Spots Open Star Cluster in Lagoon Nebula

Dec 12, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

NASA has released a beautiful photo taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of a portion of NGC 6530, a young open cluster embedded within the Lagoon...

This artist’s illustration shows the location and size of a hypothetical cloud of dust surrounding our Solar System. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Andi James, STScI.

Astronomers Detect Residual Glow around Our Solar System

Dec 8, 2022 by News Staff

Astronomers with the SKYSURF project have searched through 200,000 archival images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and made tens of thousands...

This Hubble image shows NGC 2002, an open cluster some 160,000 light-years away in the southern constellation of Dorado. Image credit: NASA / ESA / G. Gilmore, University of Cambridge / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Captures Stunning View of NGC 2002

Dec 7, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

The Hubble team has released a beautiful new image of the open star cluster NGC 2002. This Hubble image shows NGC 2002, an open cluster some 160,000 light-years...

This Hubble image shows BSDL 2757, an open cluster some 160,000 light-years away in the constellation of Dorado. Image credit: NASA / ESA / L. Bianchi, Johns Hopkins University / G. Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Sees Blue-White Stars in Distant Open Cluster

Dec 6, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured an amazing new photo of the open cluster BSDL 2757. This Hubble image shows BSDL 2757,...

This Webb image shows the Pillars of Creation, a small star-forming region some 6,500 light-years away in the constellation of Serpens. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / J. DePasquale, STScI / A. Pagan, STScI / A. M. Koekemoer, STScI.

Webb Team Releases Composite Image of Pillars of Creation

Dec 5, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers have combined Webb’s near-infrared image with the mid-infrared image, setting the iconic Pillars of Creation ablaze with new details. This...

This Hubble image shows the young open star NGC 376. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / A. Nota / G. De Marchi.

Hubble Space Telescope Observes NGC 376

Dec 5, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have produced this beautiful image of NGC 376, a young open star cluster in the Small Magellanic...

An artist’s impression of a tidal disruption event. Image credit: Carl Knox / OzGrav, ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, Swinburne University of Technology.

Astronomers Detect Very Luminous Jet from Star-Eating Supermassive Black Hole

Dec 1, 2022 by News Staff

A supermassive black hole devours a star that has come too close. In extremely rare instances — only about 1% of the time — these so-called...

This Webb image shows the center of Messier 74. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Webb / Hoyer et al., arXiv: 2211.13997.

Webb Focuses on Nuclear Star Cluster of Messier 74

Nov 30, 2022 by Natali Anderson

Using new images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope as well as archival data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have studied...

This Hubble image shows NGC 2660, an open cluster 8,617 light-years away in the constellation of Vela. Image credit: NASA / ESA / T. von Hippel, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University / Gladys Kober, NASA & Catholic University of America.

Hubble Space Telescope Takes a Close Look at NGC 2660

Nov 30, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have taken a very detailed image of the open cluster NGC 2660. This Hubble image shows NGC 2660,...

This Hubble image shows the 12-billion-year-old globular cluster Pismis 26. Imag credit: NASA / ESA / R. Cohen, Rutgers the State University of New Jersey / Gladys Kober, NASA / Catholic University of America.

Hubble Observes Globular Cluster Pismis 26

Nov 29, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

The Hubble team has released a beautiful image of Pismis 26, an ancient globular cluster in the constellation of Scorpius. This Hubble image shows the...

This image of the Orion Nebula features plenty of dust but no stars. The color image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, NASA’s Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer and ESA’s Herschel Space Telescope. Image credit: NASA / ESA / JPL-Caltech.

Astronomers Release Breathtaking New View of Orion Nebula

Nov 24, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

The famous Orion Nebula can be seen with the naked eye as a fuzzy patch surrounding the star Theta Orionis in the Hunter’s Sword, below Orion’s belt. This...

This artist’s illustration emphasizes the shape of the stellar halo surrounding our Milky Way Galaxy. Image credit: Melissa Weiss / Harvard & Smithsonian’s Center for Astrophysics.

Milky Way’s Stellar Halo is Oblong and Tilted, Astronomers Say

Nov 21, 2022 by News Staff

Accounting for approximately 1% of the total stellar mass, the stellar halo — the diffuse cloud of stars surrounding the Galactic disk — plays...

The protostar IRAS 04368+2557, shown in this Webb image, is embedded within LDN 1527, a cloud of material that is feeding its growth. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / J. DePasquale, STScI.

Webb Sees Hourglass-Like Nebula around Young Protostar

Nov 16, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have revealed new details surrounding the dark...

Ecker et al. suggest that light (heavy) stars have stiff (soft) cores and soft (stiff) outer layers. Image credit: Peter Kiefer / Luciano Rezzolla.

Theoretical Study Sheds More Light on Internal Properties of Neutron Stars

Nov 15, 2022 by News Staff

Using more than 10 million randomly generated equations of state that satisfy nuclear theory and astronomical observations, astrophysicists from the Institut...

Bonsor et al. present distinct observational evidence from white dwarf planetary systems for planetesimal formation occurring during the first few hundred thousand years after cloud collapse in exoplanetary systems. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Stars and Building Blocks of Their Planets ‘Grow Up’ Together, New Study Suggests

Nov 15, 2022 by News Staff

The timing and locations of formation of planetesimals — the building blocks of planets — are crucial to the understanding of planet formation....

This Hubble image shows the dense core CB 130-3. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / STScI / C. Britt / T. Huard / A. Pagan.

Hubble Spots Carbon-Chain-Rich Molecular Cloud

Nov 14, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

The Hubble team has released a detailed photo taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the orange molecular cloud CB 130-3. This Hubble image shows...

This new view of the Cone Nebula was captured with the FORS2 instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. Image credit: ESO.

ESO Celebrates Its 60th Anniversary with Stunning View of Cone Nebula

Nov 10, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

On October 5, 1962, five countries agreed to create the European Southern Observatory (ESO) through the signature of a convention. Now, six decades later...

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