Beauty Above Us

07/11/2023

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured an incredible image - of a star taking birth.

29/09/2023

Jupiter’s moon Europa from James Web Telescope.
Europa or Jupiter II, is the smallest of the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter, and the sixth-closest to the planet of all the 95 known moons of Jupiter.

11/09/2022

The Helix Nebula - NGC 7293.
The Helix Nebula is an example of a Planetary nebula, the expanding shell of glowing gas around a dying, Sun-like star.
Photo credit : NASA

12/07/2022

Here it is! The long-awaited first image from JWST, the most powerful space telescope ever built.

This deep field image is the highest-resolution and deepest infrared view of our Universe taken to date. It shows galaxies as they appeared over 13 billion years ago. The light from these galaxies is gravitationally lensed by the mass of galaxies in the foreground, causing their light to be warped into beautiful arcs.

This image represents a part of the sky that's so small that it could fit behind a grain of sand on the tip of your finger held at arm's length.

What is your reaction to this awe-inspiring view of our Universe, and how does it make you feel about your place within it?

(Image: NASA/STScI)

11/04/2022

Full solar disk captured in Ha light on 9th April from Kent, UK, with my Lunt LS152, and Altair Hypercam 174M cooled camera.

23/09/2021

NGC 346: Star Forming Cluster

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Are stars still forming in the Milky Way's satellite galaxies? Found among the Small Magellanic Cloud's (SMC's) clusters and nebulas, NGC 346 is a star forming region about 200 light-years across,...

19/09/2021

Quote of the Day

19/08/2021

N49 is a supernova remnant located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way

X-ray data from Chandra (blue) reveals the presence of a bullet-shaped object to the lower right

This “bullet,” which is traveling at 5 million miles per hour, is evidence that the supernova explosion was highly asymmetric

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N49 is a supernova remnant located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way X-ray data from Chandra (blue) reveals the presence of a bullet-shaped object to the lower...

15/08/2021

Arp 299 (parts of it are also known as IC 694 and NGC 3690) is a pair of colliding galaxies approximately 134 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Both of the galaxies involved in the collision are barred irregular galaxies.

04/08/2021

Where is Dark Matter?
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Where is dark matter? Galaxies rotate and move in clusters as if a tremendous amount of unseen matter is present. But does dark matter exist in the greater universe too -- and if so, where? The answer...

03/08/2021

A dramatic triplet of galaxies takes center stage in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, which captures a three-way gravitational tug-of-war between interacting galaxies. This system – known as Arp 195 – is featured in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, a list which showcases some of the weirder and more wonderful galaxies in the universe.
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A dramatic triplet of galaxies takes center stage in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, which captures a three-way gravitational tug-of-war between interacting galaxies. This system...

01/08/2021

The interaction of two doomed stars has created this spectacular ring adorned with bright clumps of gas ­– a diamond necklace of cosmic proportions. Fittingly known as the “Necklace Nebula,” this planetary nebula is located 15,000 light-years away from Earth in the small, dim constellation of Sagitta (the Arrow).

01/08/2021

The Orion Bar is a diagonal, ridge-like feature of gas and dust in the lower left quadrant of this image of the Orion Nebula. Sculpted by the intense radiation from nearby hot, young stars, the Orion Bar at first glance appears to be shaped like a bar. It is probably prototypical of a photodissociation region, or PDR.

20/07/2021

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23/06/2021

Milkyway Map
The most complete map of the Milky Way Galaxy ever. Made in April 2021 by the infographic illustrator the map points out the main characteristics and notable astronomical objects of our galaxy including Arms, Bar and central bulge, Open and globular star clusters, Nebulae, Spurs, etc.

Constellations that cross the galactic plane and the galactic longitude and latitude coordinates are also indicated to search for your favorite celestial object.

A side view is included pointing out the parts that make up our beloved exquisitely designed spiral. Also, Andromeda, Magellanic clouds, co-moving, and moving directions are annotated.

04/06/2021

Science News: Amid all the pandemic gloom, good news emerging from India’s space tech sector is that the number of private firms — more than 350 — is already more t

13/02/2021

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