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Jellyfish Galaxy JO206

Hubble Observes Jellyfish Galaxy JO206

by SpaceRef EditorAugust 26, 2023July 15, 2024

SN 1987A

Using Supernovae To Study Neutrinos’ Strange Properties

by SpaceRef EditorAugust 21, 2023July 15, 2024

This image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope of a massive galaxy cluster called WHL0137-08 contains the most strongly magnified galaxy known in the universe’s first billion years: the Sunrise Arc, and within that galaxy, the most distant star ever detected. In this image, the Sunrise Arc appears as a red streak just below the diffraction spike at the 5 o’clock position. Credits: Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, D. Coe (STScI/AURA for ESA; Johns Hopkins University), B. Welch (NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center; University of Maryland, College Park). Image processing: Z. Levay.

Webb Reveals Colors of Earendel, The Most Distant Star Ever Detected

by SpaceRef EditorAugust 20, 2023July 15, 2024

M-31 - Galaxy in Andromeda

Dark Energy Could Be Measured By Studying The Galaxy Next Door

by SpaceRef EditorAugust 20, 2023July 15, 2024

Images of Uranus (below) taken by Anthony Wesley of Murrumbateman, Australia with a 16″ Newtonian telescope with a 650-850nm filter and PGR GS3-U3-23S6M camera, show the dramatic appearance of a bright storm on a planet that normally displays only a diffuse bright polar region. Credits: Anthony Wesley

New Horizons Team Calls Amateur Astronomers To Augment Observations Of Uranus And Neptune

by SpaceRef EditorAugust 15, 2023July 15, 2024

The lenticular galaxy NGC 6684 bathes this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in a pale light.

Hubble Sees Galaxy NGC 6684 In A Ghostly Haze

by SpaceRef EditorAugust 14, 2023July 15, 2024

Artist’s interpretation of an array of pulsars being affected by gravitational ripples produced by a supermassive black hole binary in a distant galaxy. CREDIT Aurore Simonnet for the NANOGrav Collaboration

After 15 years, pulsar timing yields evidence of cosmic background gravitational waves

by SpaceRef EditorAugust 11, 2023July 15, 2024

ComPair principal investigator Carolyn Kierans (NASA, left) and the University of Maryland Baltimore county’s Janeth Valverde Quispe (right) and Nicholas Cannady (back) work on ComPair ahead of thermal vacuum testing at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, in this photograph. They are connecting the instrument via cable to power systems and the onboard computer. Once inside the chamber, ComPair experienced conditions similar to those found at balloon altitudes. Credit: NASA/Scott Wiessinger

NASA’s ComPair Balloon Mission Readies for Flight

by SpaceRef EditorAugust 9, 2023July 15, 2024

NinjaSat X-ray observatory

RIKEN, Mitsui Bussan Aerospace and NanoAvionics collaborate on launching the NinjaSat X-ray observatory

by SpaceRef EditorAugust 8, 2023July 15, 2024

JWST/NIRcam composite image of the Ring Nebula. The images clearly show the main ring, surrounded by a faint halo and with many delicate structures. The interior of the ring is filled with hot gas. The star which ejected all this material is visible at the very centre. It is extremely hot, with a temperature in excess of 100,000 degrees. The nebula was ejected only about 4000 years ago. Technical details: The image was obtained with JWST's NIRCam instrument on August 4, 2022. Images in three different filters were combined to create this composite image: F212N (blue); F300M (green); and F335M (red). CREDIT The University of Manchester

James Webb Space Telescope Captures Stunning Images Of The Ring Nebula

by SpaceRef EditorAugust 6, 2023July 15, 2024