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Tag Archives: Hubble

Follow Friday & Weekly Stumbles For 2011-08-19

Posted on Aug 19, 2011 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Physics, Space Exploration, Weekly Digests

Honeycomb Carbon Crystals Possibly Detected in Space. NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted the signature of flat carbon flakes, called graphene, in space. If confirmed, this would be the first-ever cosmic detection of the material – which is arranged like chicken wire in flat sheets that are one atom thick. Continue reading →

Astronomy Picture of the Week – Galaxy Cluster MS0735

Posted on Aug 17, 2011 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Pictures
Galaxy Cluster MS 0735 Composite Image by Hubble Space Telescope

This image of galaxy cluster MS 0735 is actually a composite of three separate images in different wavelengths. The cluster’s full scientific designation is MS0735.6+7421. It is located about 2.6 billion light-years away in the constellation of Camelopardalis. Continue reading →

Astronomy Picture of the Week – Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Posted on Aug 10, 2011 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Pictures
Star Cluster Nebula NGC 2074 in the Large Magellanic Cloud

This composite image of the nebula near the star cluster NGC 2074 was taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on August 10, 2008, in commemoration of completing its 100,000th orbit in its 18th year since the beginning of the mission. Continue reading →

Astronomy Picture of the Week – Hubble Finds Ring of Dark Matter

Posted on Aug 3, 2011 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Physics, Pictures
Hubble Finds Dark Matter Ring in Galaxy Cluster

This composite image of a ghostly ring of dark matter in the galaxy cluster Cl 0024+17 was taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in November 2004. A false color map is superimposed on a Hubble image of the cluster in order to make the cluster’s dark matter distribution more evident. Continue reading →

Astronomy Picture of the Week – Distant Spiral Galaxy NGC 4603

Posted on Jul 27, 2011 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Physics, Pictures

This photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope shows a magnificent view of the spiral galaxy NGC 4603. It is a very distant galaxy because it is located in the Centaurus cluster about 108 million light-years away from Earth. Continue reading →

Follow Friday & Weekly Stumbles For 2011-07-22

Posted on Jul 22, 2011 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Futurism, Physics, Pictures, Space Exploration, Weekly Digests

New observations from the Herschel Space Observatory show a bizarre, twisted ring of dense gas at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Only a few portions of the ring, which stretches across more than 600 light-years, were known before. Continue reading →

Ara Constellation

Posted on Jul 18, 2011 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Pictures, Stargazing
Ara constellation map

Ara is a southern constellation located between Scorpius and Triangulum Australe. It was one of the 48 Greek constellations described by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical … Continue reading →

Astronomy Picture of the Week – Pandora’s Cluster

Posted on Jul 13, 2011 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Pictures
Pandora

This galaxy cluster commonly known as Pandora’s Cluster is officially named Abell 2744. As observed by a team of scientists, the cluster has a complex and violent history. The giant galaxy cluster appears to be the result of a simultaneous pile-up of at least four separate, smaller galaxy clusters. Continue reading →

Aquila Constellation

Posted on Jul 11, 2011 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Pictures, Stargazing
Aquila constellation map

Aquila is a constellation that lies just a few degrees North of the celestial equator. It is best seen in the summer because of its apparent location along the line of our galaxy. This is why many clusters and nebulae … Continue reading →

Follow Friday & Weekly Stumbles For 2011-07-08

Posted on Jul 8, 2011 by Paul Tomaszewski. Filed under Astronomy, Physics, Space Exploration, Weekly Digests

As NASA prepares to wrap up its shuttle program, leaving open questions about what comes next for U.S. human spaceflight, the next big thing in NASA’s astronomy program has been dealt a blow. Continue reading →

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