Monday, 31 August 2020

Sunrise Shadows Over the Philippine Sea


As the International Space Station orbited more than 200 miles above our home planet, the crew caught this glimpse of the sunrise casting long shadows over a cloudy Philippine Sea. via NASA https://ift.tt/2ELAaOm

Friday, 28 August 2020

Hubble Views Edge of Stellar Blast


This Hubble Space Telescope image depicts a small section of the Cygnus supernova blast wave, the result of the "death" of a star 20 times more massive than our Sun 10,000 to 20,000 years ago. Light from this supernova takes around 2,400 years to reach Earth. via NASA https://ift.tt/3gzjyqd

Thursday, 27 August 2020

Spitzer Captures Stellar Family Portrait


In this large celestial mosaic taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and published in 2019, there's a lot to see, including multiple clusters of stars born from the same dense clumps of gas and dust. via NASA https://ift.tt/3hysgqd

Wednesday, 26 August 2020

A Fermi Spirograph and Women's Equality Day


What does this Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Spirograph have in common with Women's Equality Day? via NASA https://ift.tt/3aXrtMU

Tuesday, 25 August 2020

Artist’s View of a Planet Where Liquid Water Might Exist


A newly discovered, roughly Earth-sized planet orbiting our nearest neighboring star might be habitable, according to a team of astronomers using the European Southern Observatory's 3.6-meter telescope at La Silla, Chile. via NASA https://ift.tt/2YuEIiX

Monday, 24 August 2020

Defining Radiation Risk to Astronauts


In this image, one of the radiation detectors for the Radi-N2 experiment floats in the space station. This device will help researchers explore the radition risk to humans in space. via NASA https://ift.tt/34pcOJb

Friday, 21 August 2020

Hubble Hooks a Supernova Host Galaxy


Galaxy NGC 2442, seen here by the Hubble Space Telescope, is nicknamed the Meathook galaxy owing to its extremely asymmetrical and irregular shape. via NASA https://ift.tt/3giJ4zK

An Eye-catching Star Cluster

Westerlund 1 is the biggest and closest “super” star cluster to Earth. Data from Chandra and other telescopes are helping astronomers delve...