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Unexpectedly Calm and Remote Galaxy Cluster Discovered

by SpaceRef EditorJuly 24, 2023July 15, 2024

Galaxy JO206

Hubble Observes Galaxy JO206 In Aquarius

by SpaceRef EditorJuly 23, 2023July 15, 2024

A now iconic collage showing 22 individual well-known PNe, artistically arranged in a spiral pattern by order of approximate physical size. CREDIT ESA/Hubble and NASA, ESO, NOAO/AURA/NSF from an idea by the corresponding author and Ivan Bojičić and rendered by Ivan Bojičić with input from David Frew and the author.

Mysterious Action Of Ghost Stars In Our Galaxy

by SpaceRef EditorJuly 23, 2023July 15, 2024

Unusual White Dwarf Star Is Made Of Hydrogen On One Side And Helium On The Other

Two-Faced Star Exposed: Unusual White Dwarf Star Is Made Of Hydrogen On One Side And Helium On The Other

by SpaceRef EditorJuly 19, 2023July 15, 2024

This image, taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which ESO is a partner, shows the young planetary system PDS 70, located nearly 400 light-years away from Earth. The system features a star at its centre, around which the planet PDS 70 b (highlighted with a solid yellow circle) is orbiting. On the same orbit as PDS 70b, indicated by a solid yellow ellipse, astronomers have detected a cloud of debris (circled by a yellow dotted line) that could be the building blocks of a new planet or the remnants of one already formed. The ring-like structure that dominates the image is a circumstellar disc of material, out of which planets are forming. There is in fact another planet in this system: PDS 70c, seen at 3 o’clock right next to the inner rim of the disc. CREDIT ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) /Balsalobre-Ruza et al.

Does This Exoplanet Have A Sibling Sharing The Same Orbit?

by SpaceRef EditorJuly 19, 2023July 15, 2024

This NASA illustration shows the structure of a black hole jet as inferred by recent observations of the blazar Markarian 421 by the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). The jet is powered by an accretion disk, shown at the bottom of the image, which orbits and falls into the black hole over time. Helical magnetic fields are threaded through the jet. IXPE observations have shown that the X-rays must be generated in a shock originating within material spiraling around the helical magnetic fields. The inset shows the shock front itself. X-rays are generated in the white region nearest the shock front, whereas optical and radio emission must originate from more turbulent regions further away from the shock. Credits: NASA/Pablo Garcia

New IXPE Blazar Findings

by SpaceRef EditorJuly 18, 2023July 15, 2024

eMACS J1353.7+4329

Hubble Views A Galactic Monster

by SpaceRef EditorJuly 17, 2023July 15, 2024

These three objects (JADES-GS-z13-0, JADES-GS-z12-0, and JADES-GS-z11-0) were originally identified as galaxies in December 2022 by the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES). Now, a team including Katherine Freese at The University of Texas at Austin speculate they might actually be “dark stars,” theoretical objects much bigger and brighter than our sun, powered by particles of dark matter annihilating. Image credit: NASA/ESA

James Webb Telescope Catches Glimpse Of Possible First-ever Dark Stars

by SpaceRef EditorJuly 17, 2023July 15, 2024

The Jellyfish Galaxy JW39

Hubble Views The Jellyfish Galaxy JW39

by SpaceRef EditorJuly 15, 2023July 15, 2024

Glowing nebula IC 2220 Larger image

Rare, Double-Lobe Nebula Resembles Overflowing Cosmic ‘Jug’

by SpaceRef EditorJuly 13, 2023July 15, 2024