Webb’s New N159 Panorama Catches a Stellar Nursery at Every Stage of Birth
Webb’s new N159 panorama reveals ionized bubbles, cold molecular filaments and generations of young stars forming across one neighboring-galaxy nursery.
Posts Tagged: astronomy
Hubble’s Edge-On View of NGC 1827 Turns a Pretty Galaxy Into a Cosmology Test
Hubble’s new edge-on portrait of NGC 1827 reveals dust lanes, young stars and a survey testing cosmology’s small-galaxy predictions.
Astronomers Think a Dead Star May Be Making a New Planet—Thanks to 1999 Hubble Data
A 25-year-old Hubble puzzle may point to a gas giant forming from the debris of a star’s death. The planet is still a candidate, but the clue is remarkable.
A Building-Sized Space Rock Hit the Moon. NASA Found the 728-Foot Crater in Old Images
A natural impact carved a 728-foot crater on the Moon. NASA found the fresh scar by comparing old orbital images—and discovered the blast changed the surrounding ground, too.
Astronomers Report Radio Bursts From an Exoplanet—and Interpret Them as Possible Auroras
A preprint reports radio bursts localized to the giant exoplanet Beta Pictoris b. The authors interpret them as likely auroral emissions tied to a magnetic field—not an alien signal.
After 800 Years The Star of Bethlehem Will Be Visible In December
The “great conjunction” of Jupiter and Saturn will make it possible for the Star of Bethlehem to be visible from Earth again 800 years later. The year 2020 could not say goodbye without first surprising with another astronomical phenomenon that will occur after several centuries. During December, the famous Star of Bethlehem will once again… Read more »
They Found A Planet Similar To Mustafar From ‘Star Wars’ And It’s Not That Far Away
Fans love when science fiction borders on reality, at least on this kind of aspect. Scientists have discovered a planet very similar to Mustafar from ‘Star Wars’, it is not just any planet, one of the most important of the entire saga. Astronomers discovered an exoplanet with extreme conditions just outside our Solar System, with… Read more »
Dark Universe 101
Of all the great unknowns in outer space, the dark universe might just be the most mysterious. Learn the basics of dark energy and dark matter and how scientists study this nearly undetectable realm of the cosmos.
Is ‘Oumuamua an Interstellar Asteroid or Comet?
Observatories including NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope found that the interstellar object named ‘Oumuamua gained an extra boost of speed, which likely comes from comet-like jets of gas. Read more: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/our-solar-system-s-first-known-interstellar-object-gets-unexpected-speed-boost Find more Hubble visuals here: http://hubblesite.org/news_release/news/2018-25 Find the science paper…