Galaxy 1068 is shown in visible light and X-rays in this composite image. High-energy X-rays (magenta) captured by NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, are overlaid on visible-light images from both NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. To source
Galaxy 1068 is shown in visible light and X-rays in this composite image. High-energy X-rays (magenta) captured by NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, are overlaid on visible-light images from both NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. To source
Movie posters from three “Star Wars” films. (L to r): “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace” (1999); “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope”; “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (2015).Credit: Disney/Lucasfilm/Bad Robot A long time ago, in a cinema not so far away, filmmaker George Lucas introduced the world to “Star Wars.” […]
ESA’s Rosetta probe directed it’s wide angle camera to capture 30 images at 1-minute intervals of comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko as it moved against the background stars. The probe’s own orbital motion adds to the changing perspective. Cosmic ray hits creates photographic ‘noise’ and dust particles can be seen as well. Credit: ESA / Rosetta / MPS […]
A chronograph flown on Apollo 17 sold at Christie’s New York for $245,000, setting a new record for the most paid for an Omega Speedmaster.Credit: Christie’s A watch that was flown to the moon, of the same make and model as the watches NASA issued to all of its Apollo astronauts to wear while in […]
A young star wields a double-bladed lightsaber of its own creation in this infrared image captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Padgett (GSFC), T. Megeath (University of Toledo), and B. Reipurth (University of Hawaii) A powerful lightsaber slices through the dark clouds of dust and gas that surround it. It’s not […]
Europe now has a dozen navigation satellites in orbit To source
NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission has turned up evidence that meteor showers help create the moon’s wispy atmosphere. Here, an artist’s concept of the LADEE spacecraft in orbit above the moon.Credit: NASA Ames/Dana Berry Meteoroid showers help create the moon’s exosphere, its wispy version of an atmosphere, a new study suggests. […]
Just in time for the release of ‘Stars Wars: The Force Awakens’, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope team has released imagery of Herbig–Haro object 24 (HH24 ). These objects are “tangled, knotted clumps of nebulosity,” and in this case resembles Darth Maul’s weapon (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace villain). Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, Digitized Sky Survey, […]
ESA’s CryoSat mission has provided the best maps yet of the changing height of Earth’s largest ice sheets To source
The OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter will create 3-D maps of asteroid Bennu to help the mission team select a sample collection site. To source
The OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter will create 3-D maps of asteroid Bennu to help the mission team select a sample collection site. To source
SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk, speaking at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union Dec. 15, said the upcoming Falcon 9 was “significantly improved” over previous versions of the vehicle.Credit: AGU webcast WASHINGTON — SpaceX is gearing up for both the first launch of its Falcon 9 rocket since a June launch failure and the […]