An astronomer reports on a very old galaxy cluster – labeled XLSSC 122 – whose light has taken 10.4 billion years to travel across the universe to us. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/new-clues-search-oldest-galaxies-in-the-universe…
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Make your own galaxy image with NASA’s Astrophoto Challenges
Open Through February 29, the contest lets you use real astronomical data and tools to create your own beautiful image of the iconic starburst galaxy M82. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/nasa-astrophoto-challenge-feb2020…
Hubble captures a dozen galaxy doppelgangers
The distant galaxy in this image is nicknamed the Sunburst Arc. It’s been lensed into multiple images by a massive, intervening galaxy cluster. A recent study revealed that the 4 bright arcs in this Hubble image contain 12 images – cosmic doppelgangers – of the galaxy, which is 11 billion light-years away. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/hubble-image-dozen-sunburst-arc-doppelgangers…
Colliding Galaxies Form Piercing Eyes of ‘Ghost Face’ in New Hubble Telescope Image
A ghastly face with glowing eyes glares in deep space in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope. Source: https://www.livescience.com/space-ghost-face-hubble.html
Spiral galaxy in profile
Hubble Telescope view of a spiral galaxy – called NGC 3717 – oriented sideways. Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/spiral-galaxy-in-profile-image…
Hubble Telescope zooms in on interstellar visitor
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best pictures yet of our newest interstellar visitor. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-10-hubble-telescope-interstellar-visitor.html…
Hubble’s new portrait of Jupiter
This new Hubble Space Telescope portrait of Jupiter reveals a smaller-than-usual Great Red Spot and an intense color palette in Jupiter’s swirling clouds. NASA said, “The colors, and their changes, provide important clues to ongoing processes in Jupiter’s atmosphere.” Source: https://earthsky.org/space/new-hubble-portrait-jupiter-june-august-2019…
Model suggests how early dark energy could resolve the Hubble tension
The universe is continuously expanding, yet the exact rate at which it does so remains unclear, and has so far only been approximated using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and other similar instruments. Moreover, in recent years, astronomers using the Hubble telescope have unveiled a discrepancy between the two primary techniques used for estimating the universe’s expansion rate. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-06-early-dark-energy-hubble-tension.html…
Hubble Telescope Turns 29, Shares Incredible Photo of Southern Crab Nebula to Celebrate
Hubble scientists like to honor the telescope’s birthday with an annual release of 4/20-worthy space porn, and this year’s pic is as stunning as ever. The image, in full below, offers an updated view of the Southern Crab Nebula.Read more…Source: https://gizmodo.com/hubble-telescope-turns-29-shares-incredible-photo-of-s-1834150389…
Hubble spots flock of cosmic ducks
This star-studded image shows us a portion of Messier 11, an open star cluster in the southern constellation of Scutum (the Shield). Messier 11 is also known as the Wild Duck Cluster, as its brightest stars form a “V” shape that somewhat resembles a flock of ducks in flight.
