This stunning image of the Spider Web Galaxy, as captured by NASA / ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope, showcases its irregular shape in all its glory, located around 30 million light-years from Earth. It’s classified as UGC 5829 and consists of a large central body of dull-colored stars, with distorted arms around it.
This aptly named ‘Necklace Nebula’ located 15,000 light-years away was captured by NASA / ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope in the constellation Sagitta (the Arrow). Classified as PN G054.203.4, this nebula consists of a pair of tightly orbiting Sun-like stars where one of them expanded and engulfed its smaller companion around 10,000 years ago, creating something astronomers call a “common envelope.”
NASA / ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured this mesmerizing image of the Bubble Nebula, also known as NGC 7635, located 7,100 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia. This celestial object appears to contain a massive star trapped inside a bubble that burns a million times brighter than our Sun.
Scientists announced the discovery of a new giant volcano on Mars located near the planet’s equator, an area that has been imaged repeatedly by orbiting spacecraft since Mariner 9 in 1971. The region is known as Noctis Labyrinthus (Labyrinth of the Night) and could also contain a buried sheet of glacier ice, making the site an attractive option in the search for signs of ancient life.
Photo credit: NASA | Warren Hoburg
Annual Pi Day celebrations are underway and NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen isn’t going to be left out. In this image snapped aboard the International Space Station, we can see him holding an actual pie that is festively decorated in commemoration of Pi Day.
With just over 2-years of service under its belt, the James Webb Space Telescope continues to dazzle, and its latest image of NGC 604 is no exception. This star-forming region is located in the Triangulum galaxy (M33), roughly 2.73 million light-years away from Earth.
NASA / ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured Magellanic spiral galaxy LEDA 42160 located 52 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo. This galaxy is forcing its way through the comparatively dense gas in the Virgo cluster, and the forces exerted are also known as ram pressure.
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured two types of dunes on the Martian surface: barchan and linear. The former are the small dots and upwind, while linear can be seen as the downwind dunes.