A new report from the Hubble Space Telescope collaboration: Hubble discovers “wobbling galaxies” Observations may hint at nature of dark matter Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered that the brightest galaxies within galaxy clusters “wobble” relative to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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A new report from ESO (European Southern Observatory): Revealing Galactic Secrets Countless galaxies vie for attention in this monster image of the Fornax Galaxy Cluster, some appearing only as pinpricks of light while others dominate the foreground. One of these is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An announcement from Hubble Space Telescope observatory: Hubble observes source of gravitational waves for the first time The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has observed for the first time the source of a gravitational wave, created by the merger of two neutron stars. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The company Unistellar is developing a small telescope called the evScope that includes an active light amplification system that greatly brightens and sharpens images: Turn the Amplified Vision ON and the system will start to accumulate light from the objects you are viewing all […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest report from ESO (European Southern Observatory): The Strange Structures of the Saturn Nebula The spectacular planetary nebula NGC 7009, or the Saturn Nebula, emerges from the darkness like a series of oddly-shaped bubbles, lit up in glorious pinks and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hubble telescope spots an unusual pair of asteroids that orbit each other and also emit water vapor like the coma and tail of a comet: Hubble discovers a unique type of object in the Solar System With the help of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest report from the ESO (European Southern Observatory) Ageing Star Blows Off Smoky Bubble Astronomers have used ALMA to capture a strikingly beautiful view of a delicate bubble of expelled material around the exotic red star U Antliae. These observations […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A new finding with the Hubble Space Telescope: Hubble observes pitch black planet Astronomers have discovered that the well-studied exoplanet WASP-12b reflects almost no light, making it appear essentially pitch black. This discovery sheds new light on the atmospheric composition of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest report from ESO (European Southern Observatory): Inferno World with Titanium Skies ESO’s VLT makes first detection of titanium oxide in an exoplanet Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have detected titanium oxide in an exoplanet atmosphere for the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The BoldlyGo Institute and several other institutions are supporting Project Blue, a private initiative to develop a space telescope specialized to look for habitable planets around other stars. The Project has opened a crowd-funding campaign to pay for the design of the spacecraft: Project […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is NASA JPL’s latest monthly preview of the night sky, “What’s Up for September 2017”: And here is the Hubble Space Telescope’s “Tonight’s Sky: September 2017”:
The latest ESO (European Southern Observatory) report: ALMA Finds Huge Hidden Reservoirs of Turbulent Gas in Distant Galaxies ALMA has been used to detect turbulent reservoirs of cold gas surrounding distant starburst galaxies. By detecting CH+ for the first time in the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest report from ESO (European Southern Observatory): Best Ever Image of a Star’s Surface and Atmosphere First map of motion of material on a star other than the Sun Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer astronomers have constructed the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The lastest report from ESO (European Southern Observatory): Supermassive Black Holes Feed on Cosmic Jellyfish Observations of “Jellyfish galaxies” with ESO’s Very Large Telescope have revealed a previously unknown way to fuel supermassive black holes. It seems the mechanism that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Latest ESO (European Southern Observatory) report: Hint of Relativity Effects in Stars Orbiting Supermassive Black Hole at Centre of Galaxy A new analysis of data from ESO’s Very Large Telescope and other telescopes suggests that the orbits of stars around […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Commercial space ventures such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, Bigelow Aerospace, and Stratolaunch that are backed by wealthy moguls are often described as representing a brand new phenomena. However, NASA historian Alex MacDonald has a new book out called The Long Space Age: The Economic Origins […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here is NASA JPL’s preview of the night sky for August: And here is the Hubble Telescope Institute‘s August night preview: ====
The Hubble Telescope observes two galaxies Galactic David and Goliath The gravitational dance between two galaxies in our local neighbourhood has led to intriguing visual features in both as witnessed in this new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The tiny […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest report from ESO (European Southern Observatory): A Tale of Three Stellar Cities Using new observations from ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope, astronomers have discovered three different populations of young stars within the Orion Nebula Cluster. This unexpected discovery adds […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Planetary Society has released three short videos about the solar eclipse over the US on August 21st: Bill Nye explains the basics of a solar eclipses, the path of totality, and how to safely view a solar eclipse with […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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