Our week through the lens: 3-7 August 2015 To source
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Hubble Finds a Little Gem
This colorful bubble is a planetary nebula called NGC 6818, also known as the Little Gem Nebula. The rich glow of the cloud is just over half a light-year across — humongous compared to its tiny central star — but still a little gem on a cosmic scale. To source
Celebrate perihelion!
Join Rosetta and Philae experts in a Google+ Hangout on 13 August 13:00–15:00 GMT (15:00–17:00 CEST) to celebrate the comet’s closest approach to the Sun To source
Sentinels catch traffic jam
Low water levels in the Danube river have left ships to queue close to the town of Zimnicea in Romania. To source
[Project Topics] AKATSUKI: Orbit successfully controlled
Aug. 5, 2015 Updated AKATSUKI: Orbit successfully controlled JAXA performed an orbit control maneuver for the Venus Climate Orbiter “AKATSUKI” in late July in preparation for its re-injection into the Venus orbit scheduled for Dec. 7, 2015. According to the analysis of telemetry data acquired up to Aug. 2, the orbit control and correction was […]
Stormy Seas in Sagittarius
This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the center of the Lagoon Nebula, an object with a deceptively tranquil name, in the constellation of Sagittarius. The region is filled with intense winds from hot stars, churning funnels of gas, and energetic star formation, all embedded within an intricate haze of gas and pitch-dark dust. […]
Celebrating a year at the comet
ESA’s Rosetta mission today celebrates one year at Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, with its closest approach to the Sun now just one week away. To source
Year at a comet
Celebrating Rosetta’s first year at Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko with a calendar of NavCam images To source