NASA is ringing in the holiday season with the release of a new image, showing a cosmic wreath. The image, using data taken by several space telescopes, shows a star cluster called NGC 602, located in a nearby satellite galaxy of the Milky Way called theSmall Magellanic Cloud. The image ...
A visual grouping of five galaxies, is best known for being prominently featured in the holiday classic film, "Its a Wonderful Life." Space Telescope Science Institute/NASA The image provides new information about the cluster, including the birth of millions of stars -- as they happened ...
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Other creepy tricks in the telescope's roster this week include catching agalaxy bending lightand revealing a mystery, as scientists aren't sure if they are seeing two galaxies or two star cluster in behind.Hidden star formationalso came forth in a galaxy collision imaged in unprecedented detail...
Astronomers once again have combined the observational powers ofNASA’sJames Webb Space TelescopeandHubble Space Telescopeto create one of the most detailed and colorful portraits of the cosmos, just in time for the holiday season. The new image, dubbed the Christmas Tree Galaxy Cluster by ...
In one image, a cluster of stars located about 13,000 light-years from Earth, called NGC 6791, can be seen in the lower left corner. The other image zooms in on a region containing a star, called Tres-2, with a known Jupiter-like planet orbiting every 2.5 days. "It's thrilling to...
and starburst regions of fresh star birth grace the image. Sweeping tails of gas, dust and stars are being pulled from several of the galaxies due to gravitational interactions. Most dramatically, Webb captures huge shock waves as one of the galaxies, NGC 7318B, smashes through the cluster. ...
NASA is ringing in the holiday season with the release of a new image, showing a cosmic wreath. The image, using data taken by several space telescopes, shows a star cluster called NGC 602, located in a nearby satellite galaxy of the Milky Way called theSmall Magellanic Cloud. ...
NASA is ringing in the holiday season with the release of a new image, showing a cosmic wreath. The image, using data taken by several space telescopes, shows a star cluster called NGC 602, located in a nearby satellite galaxy of the Milky Way called theSmall Magellanic Cloud. ...