That NASA’s Mars rover, Perseverance, achieved a remarkable feat by navigating through a field of boulders that was more than 1,700 feet wide, and it did so in about one-third of the time it would have taken previous Mars rovers. This challenging terrain was called “Snowdrift Peak.”What makes this achievement even more impressive is […]
Month: September 2023
A planet is orbiting star where it should have been destroyed.
The discovery of an enormous planet orbiting a dying star, known as 8 Ursae Minoris b, is shaking up our understanding of how planets form and the limits of stellar destruction. Astronomers have been surprised to find the planet in a stable, nearly circular orbit around the star, as it had been expected that […]
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera (ACS) shows Arp 107.
Arp 107, a pair of galaxies in the midst of a cosmic collision. using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), we can get a great look at this amazing phenomenon. The larger galaxy in the image is a Seyfert galaxy, a type of powerful and energetic galaxy with an active […]
Webb captured the beautiful curved arms of the spiral galaxy M51.
The grand-design spiral galaxy M51 is enveloped by graceful and winding arms that are captured in this image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. Unlike other galaxies which have ragged or disrupted spiral arms, M51 has prominent and well-developed arms that are clearly visible. This portrait was taken by the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) […]
Webb's observations reveal an excellent distribution of supersonic outflow from a young star.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has provided an extremely detailed view of Herbig-Haro 211, a young star analogous to our Sun. This nearby star is surrounded by gas and dust which is propelled outward at high speeds due to the stellar winds or jets of gas from the new star. The image taken by […]
Image of the rotating galaxy IC 1776, captured by the Hubble Telescope.
Gazing out into the night sky, it’s easy to be in awe of the wonders of the universe. But there’s one particular sight that’s truly out of this world: the swirling galaxy IC 1776, located over 150 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Pisces. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a […]
The Hubble telescope sees a spherical view of the stars.
Messier 89, located in the Virgo constellation, was discovered and catalogued by Charles Messier in 1781. Messier was an astronomer who had grown tired of being mistaken for Halley’s comet after identifying a faint object in the sky. To prevent others from making the same mistake, he created a catalogue of bright deep-sky objects […]
Webb's observations have revealed new structures within the iconic supernova.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has begun to study one of the most renowned supernovae, SN 1987A (Supernova 1987A). Located 168,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, SN 1987A has been closely observed at various wavelengths for nearly 40 years since its discovery in February of 1987. Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) captured a detailed […]