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- Thu May 04, 2023 3:01 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: Hubble Follows Shadow Play Around Planet-Forming Disk
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Hubble Follows Shadow Play Around Planet-Forming Disk
Hubble Follows Shadow Play Around Planet-Forming Disk NASA | GSFC | STScI | HubbleSite | ESA Hubble | 2023 May 04 The young star TW Hydrae is playing ‘shadow puppets’ with scientists https://cdn.spacetelescope.org/archives/images/screen/heic2305a.jpg In 2017 astronomers reported discovering a shado...
- Wed May 03, 2023 5:07 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: NOIRLab: Astronomers Witness Star Devouring Planet
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NOIRLab: Astronomers Witness Star Devouring Planet
Astronomers Witness Star Devouring Planet: Possible Preview of the Ultimate Fate of Earth NOIRLab Science Release | Gemini South | 2023 May 03 Gemini South captures first direct evidence of an exoplanet being swallowed by an ancient Sun-like star https://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/scr...
- Wed May 03, 2023 4:45 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: ESO: Distant Gas Clouds with Leftovers of the First Stars
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ESO: Distant Gas Clouds with Leftovers of the First Stars
Astronomers Find Distant Gas Clouds with Leftovers of the First Stars ESO Science Release | 2023 May 03 https://cdn.eso.org/images/screen/eso2306a.jpg Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), researchers have found for the first time the fingerprints left by the explosion of the first stars in the U...
- Tue May 02, 2023 6:33 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: CXC: Centaurus A Shines in New Image from Chandra and IXPE
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CXC: Centaurus A Shines in New Image from Chandra and IXPE
Centaurus A Shines in New Image from Chandra and IXPE NASA | MSFC | SAO | Chandra X-ray Observatory | 2023 May 02 https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2023/cena/cena.jpg The galaxy Centaurus A (Cen A) shines bright in this image combining data from multiple observatories. In the center of this galaxy is a ...
- Mon May 01, 2023 9:06 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: HEAPOW: Art and Science, Truth and Beauty (2023 May 01)
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HEAPOW: Art and Science, Truth and Beauty (2023 May 01)
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Images/objects/heapow/special/fermibubbles_art_small.jpg Art and Science, Truth and Beauty No matter how you view it, there's an awesome beauty in the cosmos. We are exceedingly fortunate to live in a time when technology exposes this beauty for our appreciation, study...
- Mon May 01, 2023 8:09 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 May
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ESA: Ghostly Galactic Jellyfish (JO175)
Ghostly Galactic Jellyfish ESA Hubble Picture of the Week | 2023 May 01 https://cdn.spacetelescope.org/archives/images/screen/potw2318a.jpg Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Gullieuszik and the GASP team The jellyfish galaxy JO175 appears to hang suspended in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Spa...
- Mon May 01, 2023 8:00 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 May
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ESO: A Scarlet Cosmic Sea (Gum 10)
A Scarlet Cosmic Sea ESO Picture of the Week | 2023 May 01 https://cdn.eso.org/images/screen/potw2318a.jpg In this colorful Picture of the Week we see a portion of the Gum 10 nebula through the eyes of ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile. Gum 10 was discovered by the Australian astronomer Colin Sta...
- Mon May 01, 2023 6:43 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: Webb Finds Water Vapor, but from a Rocky Planet or Its Star?
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Webb Finds Water Vapor, but from a Rocky Planet or Its Star?
Webb Finds Water Vapor, But From a Rocky Planet or Its Star? NASA | GSFC | STScI | Webb Telescope | 2023 May 01 https://stsci-opo.org/STScI-01GYT3Z2RQDNDAWZT9R8Y9V06E.jpg The most common stars in the universe are red dwarf stars, which means that rocky exoplanets are most likely to be found orbitin...
- Mon May 01, 2023 5:58 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: MIT: Closest Example Yet of a Black Hole Devouring a Star
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MIT: Closest Example Yet of a Black Hole Devouring a Star
Astronomers Detect the Closest Example Yet of a Black Hole Devouring a Star Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2023 Apr 28 The event was spotted in infrared data — also a first — suggesting further searches in this band could turn up more such bursts. https://news.mit.edu/sites/default/files/s...
- Mon May 01, 2023 5:38 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 May
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Found Images: 2023 May
Have you seen a great image or video somewhere that you think would make a great APOD? Nominate it for APOD! Please post as much information here as you have about the image/video with a link to any source(s) for it you know of here, and the editors will take a look. When posting the image itself, ...
- Mon May 01, 2023 5:37 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2023 May
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Submissions: 2023 May
__________________________________________________________________________________________________ Please post your images here. Please see this thread before posting images; posting images demonstrates your agreement with the possible uses for your image. If hotlinking to an image, please ensure i...
- Mon May 01, 2023 5:33 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: UT: Bizarre Exoplanet Breaks All the Orbital Rules
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UT: Bizarre Exoplanet Breaks All the Orbital Rules
Bizarre Exoplanet Breaks All the Orbital Rules Universe Today | 2023 Apr 30 https://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/exoplanet-2000x1200.jpg In our solar system, the planetary orbits all have a similar orientation. Their orbital planes vary by a few degrees, but roughly the planets ...
- Mon May 01, 2023 5:02 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: JHU: Could This Copycat Black Hole Be a New Type of Star?
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JHU: Could This Copycat Black Hole Be a New Type of Star?
Could This Copycat Black Hole Be a New Type of Star? Johns Hopkins University | 2023 Apr 20 Though the mysterious object is a hypothetical mathematical construction, new simulations by Johns Hopkins researchers suggest there could be other celestial bodies in space hiding from even the best telesco...
- Sun Apr 30, 2023 3:50 am
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: Purdue: Uncovering a Star’s Demise
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Purdue: Uncovering a Star’s Demise
Uncovering a Star’s Demise: Supermassive Black Hole Tears Apart a Giant Star in a Display Brighter, More Energetic and Longer Lasting Than Any Observed Before Purdue University | 2023 Apr 25 https://www.purdue.edu/uns/images/2023/milisavljevic-scarybarbieLO.jpg A distant star, dying a fiery and dra...
- Sat Apr 29, 2023 2:55 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Solar Eclipse from a Ship (2023 Apr 29)
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Re: APOD: Solar Eclipse from a Ship (2023 Apr 29)
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- Thu Apr 27, 2023 3:42 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 1333: Stellar Nursery in Perseus (2023 Apr 22)
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Hubble Celebrates Turning 33 with NGC 1333
https://esahubble.org/news/heic2304/ https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-012 https://illuminateduniverse.org/2023/04/20/hubble-celebrates-turning-33-with-ngc-1333/ https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2023/hubble-celebrates-33rd-anniversary-with-a-peek-into-nearby-star...
- Wed Apr 26, 2023 10:26 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 April
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NOIRLab: A Cosmic Overpass
A Cosmic Overpass NOIRLab Image of the Week | 2023 Apr 26 https://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/screen/iotw2317a.jpg Above the peaks of Cerro Pachón lies a bridge made of stars, intangible yet visible to the naked eye. This beautiful arch, composed of the Milky Way with its network of ne...
- Wed Apr 26, 2023 9:59 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: ESO: Black Hole Expelling a Powerful Jet (M87)
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ESO: Black Hole Expelling a Powerful Jet (M87)
Astronomers Image for the First Time a Black Hole’s Shadow Together with a Powerful Jet ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) | 2023 Apr 26 First Direct Image of a Black Hole Expelling a Powerful Jet ESO Science Release | 2023 Apr 26 https://cdn.eso.org/images/large/eso2305a.jpg For the first time, astronomers have...
- Tue Apr 25, 2023 3:15 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: UT: Milky Way Trapped the Large Magellanic Cloud
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UT: Milky Way Trapped the Large Magellanic Cloud
Milky Way Trapped the Large Magellanic Cloud with Its Gravity. What Comes Next? Universe Today | Scott Alan Johnston | 2023 Apr 23 The_Large_Magellanic_Cloud_revealed_by_VISTA-1834x1200[1].jpg Large Magellanic Cloud ~ Credit: ESO/VMC Survey Our galaxy’s largest nearby companion is the Large Magella...
- Mon Apr 24, 2023 8:57 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: HEAPOW: The Return of RHESSI (2023 Apr 24)
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HEAPOW: The Return of RHESSI (2023 Apr 24)
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Images/objects/heapow/technology/rhessi_small.jpg The Return of RHESSI Of all the damage which may come to earth from the cosmos, from killer asteroids to deadly supernova explosions , solar flares are perhaps the likeliest event to impact our civilization. Solar flare...
- Mon Apr 24, 2023 4:56 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: Webb Reveals Early-Universe Prequel to Huge Galaxy Cluster
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Webb Reveals Early-Universe Prequel to Huge Galaxy Cluster
Webb Reveals Early-Universe Prequel to Huge Galaxy Cluster ESA Webb | ESA Space Science | 2023 Apr 24 https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/esa_multimedia/images/2023/04/webb_reveals_early-universe_prequel_to_huge_galaxy_cluster/24846003-1-eng-GB/Webb_reveals_early-Universe_prequel_to_huge_gal...
- Mon Apr 24, 2023 3:55 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 April
- Replies: 29
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ESA: The Cluster That Almost Got Away
The Cluster That Almost Got Away ESA Hubble Picture of the Week | 2023 Apr 24 https://cdn.spacetelescope.org/archives/images/screen/potw2317a.jpg Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, H. Ebeling A menagerie of interesting astronomical finds fill this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. A...
- Mon Apr 24, 2023 2:58 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 April
- Replies: 29
- Views: 36121
ESO: A New Planet Is Born (HD 169142 b)
A New Planet Is Born ESO Picture of the Week | 2023 Apr 24 https://cdn.eso.org/images/large/potw2317a.jpg This Picture of the Week shows a newly-formed planet with a mass similar to Jupiter’s orbiting the star HD 169142 . The star has a disc around it, and as the protoplanet moves it carves a circu...
- Mon Apr 24, 2023 2:33 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Found Images: 2023 April
- Replies: 29
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NOIRLab: Nebular Harvest (LBN 867)
Nebular Harvest NOIRLab Image of the Week (KPNO) | 2023 Apr 19 https://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/screen/iotw2316a.jpg Observing the night sky has never been so delightful as with this image of LBN 867 , the Raspberry Nebula. Captured here by the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope u...
- Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:11 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: HEAPOW: The Shape of the Brightest Burst (2023 Apr 17)
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HEAPOW: The Shape of the Brightest Burst (2023 Apr 17)
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/Images/objects/heapow/transients/grb221009a_ixpe_small.jpg The Shape of the Brightest Burst On October 9, 2022, a cosmic explosion, now known as GRB 221009a, blasted earth with dangerous high-energy radiation. This blast came from a gamma-ray burst , the most powerful ...