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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured the first snapshots of a suspected asteroid collision. The images show a bizarre X-shaped object at the head of … Read the rest of this article
Hubble Captures First Images of Aftermath of Possible Asteroid Collision
October 13, 2010
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NASA’S Hubble Captures First Images Of Aftermath Of Possible Asteroid Collision
Hubble Astronomers Uncover an Overheated Early Universe
October 10, 2010
During a period of universal warming 11 billion years ago, quasars — the brilliant core of active galaxies — produced fierce radiation blasts that stunted the growth of some dwarf galaxies for approximately 500 million years.
This important conclusion comes from a team of astronomers that used the new capabilities of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to probe the invisible, remote … Read the rest of this article
NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has discovered the first confirmed planetary system with more than one planet crossing in front of, or transiting, the same star.
The transit signatures of two distinct planets were seen in the data for the sun-like star designated Kepler-9. The planets were named Kepler-9b and 9c. The discovery incorporates seven months of observations of more than 156,000 … Read the rest of this article
NASA’s Kepler Mission has released 43 days of science data on more than 156,000 stars. These stars are being monitored for subtle brightness changes as part of an ongoing search for Earth-like planets outside of our solar system.
Astronomers will use the new data to determine if orbiting planets are responsible for brightness variations in several hundred stars. These stars … Read the rest of this article
Herschel Telescope Finds a Hole in Space
May 11, 2010
11 May, 2010: ESA’s Herschel infrared space telescope has made an unexpected discovery: a hole in space. The hole has provided astronomers with a surprising glimpse into the end of the star-forming process.
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NGC 1999 is the green tinged cloud towards the top of the image. The dark spot to the right was thought to be a cloud of dense …
NASA’s recently launched Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is returning early images that confirm an unprecedented new capability for scientists to better understand our sun’s dynamic processes. These solar activities affect everything on Earth.
Some of the images from the spacecraft show never-before-seen detail of material streaming outward and away from sunspots. Others show extreme close-ups of activity on the … Read the rest of this article
Herschel’s latest image reveals the formation of previously unseen large stars, each one up to ten times the mass of our Sun. These are the stars that will influence where and how the next generation of stars are formed. The image is a new release of ‘OSHI’, ESA’s Online Showcase of Herschel Images.
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Infrared image of the Rosette molecular cloud. …
Hubble Space Telescope Confirms Cosmic Acceleration
March 25, 2010
A comprehensive analysis of distorted galaxies from the most ambitious cosmic survey ever undertaken by the Hubble Space Telescope has confirmed the mysterious cosmic acceleration. It has also provided the equivalent of a 3D map of part of the Universe.
A group of astronomers, led by Tim Schrabback of Leiden Observatory, conducted an intensive study of more than 446,000 galaxies … Read the rest of this article
Planck Sees Cold Interstellar Dust
March 17, 2010
Giant filaments of cold dust stretching through our Galaxy are revealed in a new image from ESA’s Planck satellite. Analysing these structures could help to determine the forces that shape our Galaxy and trigger star formation.
Planck is principally designed to study the biggest mysteries of cosmology. How did the Universe form? How did the galaxies form? This new image … Read the rest of this article
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