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NASA shares image of Whirlpool Galaxy, internet cannot take its eyes off stunning photo
The Whirlpool Galaxy is located 31 million light-years away, tucked into the constellation Canes Venatici. Also known as galaxy M51, the image of stunning celestial body was captured by NASA’s Hubble Telescope.
NASA shares image of Lagoon Nebula, leaves internet awestruck
The giant star in the middle of the photo, called Herschel 36, “is still young in a cosmic sense, roughly 1 million years old, and is throwing off its natal cocoon of material – ionized gasses like hydrogen and nitrogen”, according to the caption of the post
NASA shares images of 'different kinds of light'; view viral images of cosmic phenomena here
NASA added that it could investigate the different cosmic phenomena highlighted in the images by 'combining data from telescopes that can detect different kinds of light'
James Webb Space Telescope: Why it's a big deal, how it works, and what happens next
Named after the man who led NASA during the space-trailblazing 1960s, the seven-ton James Webb Space Telescope is 100 times more powerful than Hubble
James Webb Space Telescope: Why the world’s astronomers are very, very anxious right now
After $10 billion and years of delays, the telescope is finally scheduled to lift off from a European launch site in French Guiana on its way to a point 1 million miles on the other side of the moon
NASA shares stunning image of cluster of stars on occasion of Diwali, wins hearts online
Calling it a 'festival of lights', the agency explained that the image is of a globular cluster or 'a densely-packed collection of colorful stars', which is situated close to the heart of the Milky Way
European Space Agency shares images of edge-on galaxy; leaves netizens amazed
In their latest post, ESA has shared photos of the galaxy that 'plays' twister. These images of the edge-on galaxy have been captured by the Hubble Telescope
Final testing of the James Webb space telescope is complete, it is getting ready for its 31 October launch
The telescope will observe the universe from the vantage point of Lagrangian Point 2 (L2), located some 1.5 million kilometres away from Earth.
After a month, NASA fixes Hubble and resumes science observations
The telescope also shared an image of galaxies with spiral arms and a pair of interacting galaxies in the southern hemisphere.
Hubble telescope faces technical issues for a week, NASA insists it's in good health
NASA said the payload computer stopped working last Sunday and attempts to restart it have failed.
Hubble telescope captures image of unique lopsided spiral galaxy, 120 mn light-years away
Another image by Hubble shows galaxy cluster ACO S 295 and crowded background galaxies and stars.
Understanding exoplanets: Unraveling the mysteries of planets that are hotter than stars
Kelt-9 b might've formed away from its parent star and had a violent past with collisions happening as it migrated inwards.
Space exploration in 2021 to see missions to Mars, the Moon, views from beyond 'deep space'
An eclipse in May overlaps with a period when the moon is close to Earth, in what is known by some as a 'super blood moon'.
NASA's time-lapse of the Comet ISON shows it journeying towards the Sun, before it broke apart in 2013
ISON had a tail that was 20 times wider than the full Moon and its head was so bright that it could have been seen in the “pre-dawn eye with the unaided eye”.
NASA's Hubble telescope captures an exploding star 70-million light-years from Earth
The supernova was observed by Hubble astronomers to “precisely measure the expansion rate of the universe”.
Stunning images from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory show cosmic objects, stars, supernovas
While Chandra captures X-rays in the outflow of stellar explosions in some images, Hubble throws light on galaxies.
Hubble telescopes finds that Andromeda’s halo is already touching the Milky Way's halo
Scientists have mapped the enormous halo of Andromeda and found that the halo extends 1.3 million light-years from the galaxy.
NASA's Hubble telescope captures dreamy 'veil-like' edge of Cygnus supernova blast wave
The star, 20 times larger than our Sun, went supernova between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago, and its shockwave is still expanding at a rate of around 350 kilometers per second, the space agency said
Hubble telescope captures close-up shot of ‘celebrity’ comet NEOWISE as it passes by the Sun
NASA’s Hubble telescope captured close-up shots of the coma of the comet which is the cloud of gas and dust that surrounds the icy nucleus of the comet.
Puzzling dimming of Betelgeuse's brightness could be due to supernova, study suggests
The mystery has enthralled skywatchers since the star began to lose brightness, and fast, in October 2019.