Category: Cosmos

  NASA is gearing up to provide extensive coverage of the prelaunch and launch activities for its upcoming Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission. Scheduled to launch at 1:33 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Feb. 6, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, PACE aims to unravel the […]

  In the latest snapshot captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, we are presented with the striking visage of ESO 420-G013, a face-on spiral and Seyfert galaxy. Resembling a celestial baseball launched into the vast expanse of the universe, ESO 420-G013 reveals its intricate features as dark lanes of dust cut across the cosmic canvas, […]

  The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope presents a stunning collection of near- and mid-infrared portraits capturing 19 face-on spiral galaxies. These detailed images, showcasing stars, gas, and dust on unprecedented scales beyond our own galaxy, are a testament to the telescope’s groundbreaking capabilities. Researchers are delving into the imagery to unravel the origins of […]

  The Hubble Space Telescope unveils a image featuring a member of the galaxy group Arp 295. This celestial snapshot reveals one of the galaxies from Arp 295, accompanied by a portion of a delicate 250,000-light-year-long bridge of stars and gas extending between two galaxies. The formation of this cosmic bridge is a consequence of […]

  On January 25, 2024, the INSAT-3DS satellite, a dedicated meteorological endeavor by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), was ceremoniously flagged off to the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR) launch port. This satellite marks a pivotal stride in providing seamless services, ensuring continuity from the existing INSAT-3D and 3DR satellites while significantly amplifying the […]

  In this Hubble Picture of, we delve into the cosmic drama of Arp 122, a peculiar galaxy that is, in fact, an amalgamation of two galaxies – NGC 6040, a tilted and warped spiral, and LEDA 59642, a round, face-on spiral. These celestial entities find themselves entwined in the midst of a dramatic collision, […]

In this latest image captured by the NASA Hubble Space Telescope, a captivating duo of interacting galaxies, NGC 5410 and UGC 8932/PGC 49896, takes center stage. The more prominent of the two, NGC 5410, was originally discovered by the renowned British astronomer William Herschel in 1787. Spanning an impressive 80,000 light-years, NGC 5410 features a […]

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have achieved a significant breakthrough by detecting water vapor in the atmosphere of the smallest exoplanet observed to date. GJ 9827d, with a size approximately twice that of Earth, stands as a potential example of planets with water-rich atmospheres beyond our solar system. According to team member Björn […]

For the first time at the Moon,a laser beam was successfully transmitted and reflected between NASA’s orbiting Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and a compact device on ISRO’s Vikram lander. Positioned near the Manzinus crater in the Moon’s South Pole region, the Vikram lander, located 62 miles (100 kilometers) away from the LRO, became the focal […]

  This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a group of interacting galaxies known as LEDA 60847. Classified as an active galactic nuclei (AGN), LEDA 60847 harbors a supermassive black hole in its central region, actively accreting material. The AGN radiates across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, emanating an intense brilliance. This celestial display offers […]