Space photos: The most amazing images this week! By Doris Elin Urrutia published 24 September 22 James Webb Space telescope sees Neptune, amazing Soyuz launch views from space and more! These are some of this week's top photos.
See Mars pass an asterism in the Taurus constellation on Saturday (Sept. 24) By Robert Lea published 24 September 22 There is some debate as to the nature of the star cluster NGC1746.
Dead stars in Milky Way's companion galaxy cause mysterious gamma-ray cocoon By Robert Lea published 23 September 22 Rapidly spinning dead stars in the dwarf galaxy Sagittarius are the source of gamma-ray emissions within the massive bubbles that blow out from our galaxy.
See the moon buzz the Beehive cluster on Wednesday (Sept. 21) By Robert Lea published 21 September 22 On Wednesday morning, the moon will pass the Beehive cluster in the night sky, giving sky watchers an easy reference point to spot it.
See the crescent moon pose with Pollux this week By Robert Lea published 20 September 22 The moon will pass by the brightest stars of the Gemini constellation — Pollux and Castor — and will be closest to the former early Tuesday morning.
Ultraluminous 'hot DOG' galaxy fed by swarm of surrounding satellite galaxies By Robert Lea published 16 September 22 A massive "hot DOG" galaxy is surrounded by a swarm of smaller galaxies that may be helping it grow to tremendous sizes.
This spiral galaxy photo from the Hubble Space Telescope is just spectacular By Samantha Mathewson published 16 September 22 An intermediate spiral galaxy called NGC 1961 was photographed by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, revealing gorgeous spiral arms and glittering, blue regions of bright young stars.
Strange quark star may have formed from a lucky cosmic merger By Paul Sutter published 16 September 22 A team of physicists has found that the remnant of a neutron star merger observed in 2019 has just the right mass to be a strange hypothetical quark star.
Dazzling imagery of supernova remnant holds clues about star's death (video) By Samantha Mathewson published 14 September 22 Using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope and recently retired Spitzer Space telescope, astronomers traced the timeline of a supernova explosion called SNR 0519.
Best telescopes for seeing planets 2022 By Tom Kerss published 14 September 22 Buying Guide Tour the Universe with the best telescopes for seeing planets: stargaze the best views of Saturn, Jupiter and more.
Supernova alert! Astronomers just found a way to predict explosive star deaths By Paul Sutter published 14 September 22 If you see a giant red star surrounded by a thick shroud of material, watch out — the star will likely explode within a few years.
Hubble Space Telescope captures two 'overlapping' spiral galaxies in new photo By Samantha Mathewson published 14 September 22 A new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope captures two distant "overlapping" spiral galaxies.
Star blasted stellar nursery in 'Orion's sword' seen in detail By Robert Lea published 13 September 22 Using the Keck Observatory astronomers have imaged the Orion nebula, an intense star-forming region close to Earth, in unprecedented detail.
James Webb Space Telescope spots baby stars cocooned in the Orion Nebula By Tereza Pultarova published 13 September 22 Newborn stars still wrapped in cocoons of dust and gas are revealed in a new image of the famous Orion Nebula captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.
'Lobster Nebula' glows red in stunning new image from dark energy hunter By Tereza Pultarova published 12 September 22 A camera designed to decode the secrets of dark energy has captured a stunning new image that reveals the insides of a distant star-forming region.
Hubble Space Telescope sees spiral of star formation in neighboring galaxy By Robert Lea published 9 September 22 The early universe experienced a rapid "baby boom" of star formation. Now clues collected from a stellar nursery in the Small Magellanic Cloud could hint at the conditions that caused it.
Missing carbon monoxide in planetary nurseries could be frozen in ice By Robert Lea published 7 September 22 A new astrophysical model confirmed by ALMA observations suggests that carbon monoxide missing from planetary nebulas could be frozen as undetectable ice.
Massive asteroid 3 Juno shines in opposition on Wednesday (Sept. 7) By Robert Lea published 7 September 22 Asteroid 3 Juno, half the length of the Grand Canyon, will whip past Earth at an average speed 30 times that of a jet fighter on its 4-year orbit around our star.
Discovery suggests red supergiant Betelgeuse was actually yellow 2,000 years ago By Robert Lea published 6 September 22 New research from historical sources indicates that Betelgeuse had a yellowish hue around two millennia ago.
James Webb Space Telescope snaps mind-boggling image of Tarantula Nebula By Andrew Jones published 6 September 22 The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed new details of stellar nursery 30 Doradus, known as the Tarantula Nebula.
