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NASA hat den neuen Beitrag NGC 6822: Barnard s Galaxy geschrieben vor 1 Tag, 14 Stunden
Grand spiral galaxies often seem to get all the glory, flaunting their young, bright, blue star clusters in beautiful, symmetric spiral arms. But small galaxies form stars too, like nearby NGC 6822, also known as […]
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NASA hat den neuen Beitrag It’s Black Hole Friday! geschrieben vor 2 Tagen, 6 Stunden
What is a black hole? A black hole is an astronomical object with a gravitational pull so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape it. via NASA https://ift.tt/2JgslCG
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NASA hat den neuen Beitrag Chang e 5 Mission Launch geschrieben vor 2 Tagen, 13 Stunden
This Long March-5 rocket blasted off from the Wenchang launch site in southernmost Hainan province on Tuesday November 24, at 4:30 am Beijing Time, carrying China’s Chang’e-5 mission to the Moon. The lunar landing […]
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NASA hat den neuen Beitrag The Great Turkey Nebula geschrieben vor 3 Tagen, 14 Stunden
Surprisingly reminiscent of The Great Nebula in Orion, The Great Turkey Nebula spans this creative field of view. Of course if it were the Orion Nebula it would be our closest large stellar nursery, found at the […]
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NASA hat den neuen Beitrag Andromeda over Patagonia geschrieben vor 4 Tagen, 13 Stunden
How far can you see? The Andromeda Galaxy at 2.5 million light years away is the most distant object easily seen with your unaided eye. Most other apparent denizens of the night sky — stars, clusters, and nebulae […]
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NASA hat den neuen Beitrag NASA TV Coverage Set for Next Space Station Resupply Mission with SpaceX geschrieben vor 4 Tagen, 20 Stunden
NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting 11:39 a.m. EST Saturday, Dec. 5, for the launch of its 21st commercial resupply services (CRS-21) mission to the International Space Station from Launch Complex […]
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NASA hat den neuen Beitrag Artemis I Stacks Up geschrieben vor 5 Tagen, 5 Stunden
The first of 10 pieces of the twin Space Launch System (SLS) rocket boosters for NASA’s Artemis I mission was placed on the mobile launcher Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. via NASA https://ift.tt/39fNR5h
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NASA hat den neuen Beitrag The Helix Nebula from CFHT geschrieben vor 5 Tagen, 14 Stunden
Will our Sun look like this one day? The Helix Nebula is one of brightest and closest examples of a planetary nebula, a gas cloud created at the end of the life of a Sun-like star. The outer gasses of the star […]
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NASA hat den neuen Beitrag Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launches to Monitor Global Ocean geschrieben vor 6 Tagen, 3 Stunden
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Nov. 21, 2020. via NASA https://ift.tt/35UNevS
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NASA hat den neuen Beitrag Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launches to Monitor Earth’s Oceans geschrieben vor 6 Tagen, 4 Stunden
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Nov. 21, 2020. via NASA https://ift.tt/3lYQhsG
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NASA hat den neuen Beitrag A Jupiter Vista from Juno geschrieben vor 6 Tagen, 13 Stunden
Why do colorful cloud bands encircle Jupiter? Jupiter’s top atmospheric layer is divided into light zones and dark belts that go all the way around the giant planet. It is high horizontal winds — in excess of 300 […]
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NASA hat den neuen Beitrag Dark Molecular Cloud Barnard 68 geschrieben vor 1 Woche
Where did all the stars go? What used to be considered a hole in the sky is now known to astronomers as a dark molecular cloud. Here, a high concentration of dust and molecular gas absorb practically all the […]
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NASA hat den neuen Beitrag NASA, US and European Partners Launch Mission to Monitor Global Ocean geschrieben vor 1 Woche, 1 Tag
A joint U.S.-European satellite built to monitor global sea levels lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Saturday at 9:17 a.m. PST (12:17 […]
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NASA hat den neuen Beitrag Mars and Meteor over Jade Dragon Snow Mountain geschrieben vor 1 Woche, 1 Tag
A brilliant yellowish celestial beacon, Mars still dazzles in the night. Peering between clouds the wandering planet was briefly joined by the flash of a meteor in this moonless dark sky on November 18. The single […]
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NASA hat den neuen Beitrag Hubble Captures Cosmic Cinnamon Bun geschrieben vor 1 Woche, 2 Tagen
Observed with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the faint galaxy featured in this image is known as UGC 12588. via NASA https://ift.tt/2HkG0rH
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NASA hat den neuen Beitrag Global Map: Mars at Opposition geschrieben vor 1 Woche, 2 Tagen
This may be the best global Mars map made with a telescope based on planet Earth. The image data were captured by a team of observers over six long nights at the Pic du Midi mountaintop observatory between October […]
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NASA hat den neuen Beitrag Marcellus Proctor: Bring a Unique Perspective geschrieben vor 1 Woche, 3 Tagen
Marcellus Proctor is an enrolled member of the Piscataway-Conoy Nation and the Assistant Chief in the Electrical Engineering Division at NASA Goddard . via NASA https://ift.tt/3pJ7qc4
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NASA hat den neuen Beitrag Crew 1 Mission Launch Streak geschrieben vor 1 Woche, 3 Tagen
Leaving planet Earth for a moment, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket arced into the early evening sky last Sunday at 7:27 pm EST. This 3 minute 20 second exposure traces the launch streak over Kennedy Space Center’s Launch […]
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NASA hat den neuen Beitrag SpaceX Crew Dragon Approaches Space Station geschrieben vor 1 Woche, 4 Tagen
The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft is pictured approaching the International Space Station for a docking. via NASA https://ift.tt/2HcinBp
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NASA hat den neuen Beitrag A Double Star Cluster in Perseus geschrieben vor 1 Woche, 4 Tagen
Most star clusters are singularly impressive. Open clusters NGC 869 and NGC 884, however, could be considered doubly impressive. Also known as „h and chi Persei“, this unusual double cluster, shown above, is […]
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