Space photo of the week: Astronaut spots 2 nearby galaxies from SpaceX capsule
A long-duration picture catches the view of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds from a window on the SpaceX Dragon team spacecraft. (Image credit: NASA/Don Pettit ) What it is:…
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Space photo of the week: Hubble uncovers the true identity of an odd galaxy — and it’s not spiral or elliptical
The uncommon galaxy NGC 4694 has characteristics distinct to the 2 primary galaxy types, spiral and elliptical. (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker) What it is: The galaxy NGC…
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Space photo of the week: Stare into the ‘bloodshot eyes’ of a haunting galaxy pair
JWST and Hubble’s brand-new composite image reveals the galaxies IC 2163 and NGC 2207 with bright-red “blood-soaked” eyes. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI) What it is: The spiral nebula…
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Space photo of the week: Hubble spots a stellar ‘H-bomb’ exploding in Aquarius at 1 million mph
This Hubble Space Telescope image includes the binary star system R Aquarii. (Image credit: Image credit: NASA, ESA, Matthias Stute, Margarita Karovska, Davide De Martin(ESA/Hubble ), Mahdi Zamani(ESA/Hubble)) What it…
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Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope spots the ultimate ‘super star cluster’ deep in the Milky Way
JWST’s view of Westerlund 1, among the closest “super star” clusters to the planetary system. (Image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, M.Zamani(ESA/Webb), M. G. Guarcello(INAF-OAPA)and the EWOCS group) What it…
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Space photo of the week: See the gorgeous Rosette Nebula — before it destroys itself
Nestled within the intense petals of the Rosette Nebula is NGC 2244, the young star cluster it supported. (Image credit: Image credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/ NSF/AURA; Image Processing: T.A. Rector (University of…
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Space photo of the week: Easter Island’s last ‘ring of fire’ eclipse for 320 years
A “ring of fire” annular solar eclipse as seen on Oct. 2 from Easter Island. ( Image credit: Aditya Madhavan) What it is: An annular solar eclipse Where it is:…
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Space photo of the week: Entangled galaxies form cosmic smiley face in new James Webb telescope image
What it is: Arp 107, a set of communicating galaxies Where it is: 465 million light-years away, in the constellation Leo Minor When it was shared: Sept. 18, 2024 Why…
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Space photo of the week: Space X’s Polaris Dawn astronauts ‘touch the void’ on 1st-ever private spacewalk
What it is: A picture of personal astronaut Jared Isaacman on the first-ever business spacewalk Where it is: Partly outside the hatch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft, which…
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Space photo of the week: The 1st image of an alien planet
This very first world beyond our planetary system (right) was discovered orbiting a brown dwarf, called 2M1207 (center). (Image credit: ESO) What it is: exoplanet 2M1207b Where it is: about…
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