Hubble Telescope spies newborn stars in famous Orion Nebula (photo)
A recent photo from the Hubble Space Telescope captures two protostars called HOPS 150 and HOPS 153, which are located in the stellar nursery of the Orion Nebula. …
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Hubble Reveals Jupiter in Ultraviolet Light
Read more: Hubble Reveals Jupiter in Ultraviolet LightThis NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the planet Jupiter in a color composite of ultraviolet wavelengths. Released on Nov. 3, 2023, in honor of Jupiter reaching opposition, which occurs when the planet and the Sun are in opposite sides of the sky, this view of the gas giant planet includes the iconic, massive storm called the…
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astrophysics, Astrophysics Division, goddard space flight center, Hubble Space Telescope, nebulae, Protostars, stars, Tech Industry, Tech News, The UniverseHubble Captures Young Stars Changing Their Environments
Read more: Hubble Captures Young Stars Changing Their EnvironmentsThis NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image peers into the dusty recesses of the nearest massive star-forming region to Earth, the Orion Nebula (Messier 42, M42). Just 1,500 light-years away, the Orion Nebula is visible to the unaided eye below the three stars that form the ‘belt’ in the constellation Orion. The nebula is home to…
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NASA’s Hubble Traces Hidden History of Andromeda Galaxy
Read more: NASA’s Hubble Traces Hidden History of Andromeda GalaxyIn the years following the launch of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way — the magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31). It can be seen with the naked eye on a…
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Hubble Telescope sees rare supernova explosion as a violent ‘pale blue dot’ (image)
Read more: Hubble Telescope sees rare supernova explosion as a violent ‘pale blue dot’ (image)The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a snapshot of a rare supernova that sits in the Gemini constellation, about 650 million light-years away from Earth. …
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NASA Celebrates Edwin Hubble’s Discovery of a New Universe
Read more: NASA Celebrates Edwin Hubble’s Discovery of a New UniverseFor humans, the most important star in the universe is our Sun. The second-most important star is nestled inside the Andromeda galaxy. Don’t go looking for it — the flickering star is 2.2 million light-years away, and is 1/100,000th the brightness of the faintest star visible to the human eye. Yet, a century ago, its…
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NASA’s Hubble Tracks Down a ‘Blue Lurker’ Among Stars
Read more: NASA’s Hubble Tracks Down a ‘Blue Lurker’ Among StarsThe name “blue lurker” might sound like a villainous character from a superhero movie. But it is a rare class of star that NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope explored by looking deeply into the open star cluster M67, roughly 2,800 light-years away. Forensics with Hubble data show that the star has had a tumultuous life, mixing…
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Hubble Reveals Surprising Spiral Shape of Galaxy Hosting Young Jet
Read more: Hubble Reveals Surprising Spiral Shape of Galaxy Hosting Young JetThe night sky has always played a crucial role in navigation, from early ocean crossings to modern GPS. Besides stars, the United States Navy uses quasars as beacons. Quasars are distant galaxies with supermassive black holes, surrounded by brilliantly hot disks of swirling gas that can blast off jets of material. Following up on the groundbreaking 2020 discovery of…
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NASA Research To Be Featured at American Astronomical Society Meeting
Read more: NASA Research To Be Featured at American Astronomical Society MeetingFrom new perspectives on the early universe to illuminating the extreme environment near a black hole, discoveries from NASA missions will be highlighted at the 245th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). The meeting will take place Jan. 12-16 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. Press conferences highlighting…
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Hubble Spies a Cosmic Eye
Read more: Hubble Spies a Cosmic EyeThis NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 2566, which sits 76 million light-years away in the constellation Puppis. A prominent bar of stars stretches across the center of this galaxy, and spiral arms emerge from each end of the bar. Because NGC 2566 appears tilted from our perspective, its disk takes…
