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An ancient super-Earth offers an unexpected clue that life in our galaxy could be older than scientists thoughtJanuary 13, 2021 at 5:59 PM Artist's rendition of the hot, rocky planet in TOI-561 - one of the oldest, most metal-poor planetary systems discovered yet in the Milky Way.
W. M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko
A super-Earth planet 280 light-years away seems to be about 10 billion years old, adding to growing evidence that rocky planets have existed almost as long as our galaxy.
Ancient rocky planets offer further evidence that extraterrestrial life may have existed long before humans.
Scientists may have better su...Tags: Space, Science, News, Trends, Nasa, Earth, Harvard, Hawaii, Aliens, Mars, James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Exoplanet, Milky Way Galaxy, Extraterrestrial Life, Telescopes 142 people like this. Like There may be fewer galaxies in the universe than we thoughtJanuary 13, 2021 at 3:01 PM A previous measurement by Hubble Space Telescope suggested there were 2 trillion galaxies spread across the universe. Now, the latest research points to only hundreds of billions of galaxies instead.Tags: Cnn, Hubble Space Telescope 1 people like this. Like Astronomers spotted a galaxy dying after a major collision. It's bleeding out 10,000 suns' worth of gas each year.January 12, 2021 at 7:39 PM An artist's impression shows galaxy ID2299 losing a tail of gas after being formed in a galactic collision.
ESO/M. Kornmesser
Astronomers can see a distant galaxy dying as it bleeds cold gas into space.
Such gas is critical for forming stars. Galaxies die when they can no longer do so.
This galaxy formed from a collision in which two galaxies merged into one. That left a "tail" that's shedding 10,000 suns' worth of gas each year.
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For ...Tags: England, Science, News, France, Trends, Nasa, Stars, Hubble Space Telescope, Galaxies, Milky Way Galaxy, University College London, Durham University, Telescopes, Alma, JHU, Andromeda Galaxy 76 people like this. Like NASA's shared some interstellar fireworks to bring 2020 to an end. The Orion Nebula looks like a rainbow canvas peppered with dots of light.January 1, 2021 at 1:49 PM A composite image of the Orion Nebula, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space telescope.
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NASA's final "Image of the Day" for 2020 depicts the Orion Nebula, located 1,500 light-years from Earth.
The Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes captured the stunning, colorful image.
Nebulae are giant clouds of gas and dust where new stars are born.
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NASA decided to share some interstellar fireworks to end a...Tags: Photos, Space, Science, News, Trends, Nasa, Earth, Orion, Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, Orion Nebula, NASA JPL Caltech, Hubble Space, Nebulas, Aylin Woodward, Spitzer Space Telescopes 51 people like this. Like NASA shared some interstellar fireworks to bring 2020 to an end. The Orion Nebula looks like a rainbow canvas peppered with dots of light.January 1, 2021 at 1:49 PM A composite image of the Orion Nebula, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space telescope.
NASA/JPL-Caltech STScI
NASA's final "Image of the Day" for 2020 depicts the Orion Nebula, located 1,500 light-years from Earth.
The Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes captured the stunning, colorful image.
Nebulae are giant clouds of gas and dust where new stars are born.
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NASA decided to share some interstellar fireworks to end a...Tags: Photos, Space, Science, News, Trends, Nasa, Earth, Orion, Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, Orion Nebula, NASA JPL Caltech, Hubble Space, Nebulas, Aylin Woodward, Spitzer Space Telescopes 52 people like this. Like Neptune's Weird Dark Spot Just Got WeirderDecember 29, 2020 at 7:30 AM Neptune boasts some of the strangest weather in the solar system. The sun's eighth planet holds the record for the fastest winds observed on any world, with speeds cutting through the atmosphere upward of 1,100 miles per hour, or 1.5 times the speed of sound. Scientists still don't know exactly why its atmosphere is so tumultuous. Their latest glimpse of Neptune provided even more reason to be confused. From a report: The Hubble Space Telescope identified a storm in 2018, a dark spot some 4,600 ...Tags: Tech, Earth, Hubble Space Telescope, Neptune, Association of Universities for Research, Heidi Hammel 84 people like this. Like Jupiter and Saturn will appear closer in the sky than they have for 800 years on Monday, aligning as a 'double planet.' Here's how to see it.December 21, 2020 at 1:13 PM Jupiter and Saturn seen after sunset from Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, December 13, 2020.
NASA/Bill Ingalls
Jupiter and Saturn will align in the night sky on Monday. It'll be the closest they've appeared in 800 years.
The two planets move into alignment, or conjunction, every 20 years. But this year they will be so close that they'll look like a "double planet."
The last time Saturn and Jupiter were both this close and visible was in 1226.
Here are the best ways to see, photograph...Tags: Europe, Astronomy, Space, Science, News, Virginia, Los Angeles, Trends, Nasa, Earth, Rome, University, Planets, Saturn, Jupiter, Dslr 57 people like this. Like Newly discovered Jupiter-like world could be the long-sought ‘Planet X’ (the next web)December 20, 2020 at 7:21 PM When the Hubble Space Telescope set its sights toward the binary star system HD 106906, astronomers found a world that could resemble the long-sought Planet X. For the first time, astronomers are able to view a massive Jupiter-like world orbiting far from its parent star. The planet is visible orbiting at a distance beyond the debris field surrounding the stellar furnace. Such a world would resemble the hypothesized Planet X, thought by some astronomers to orbit beyond Neptune in our own solar s...Tags: News, Jupiter, Hubble Space Telescope, Neptune, The Cosmic Companion 5 people like this. Like Newly discovered Jupiter-like world could be the long-sought ‘Planet X’December 19, 2020 at 9:00 AM When the Hubble Space Telescope set its sights toward the binary star system HD 106906, astronomers found a world that could resemble the long-sought Planet X. For the first time, astronomers are able to view a massive Jupiter-like world orbiting far from its parent star. The planet is visible orbiting at a distance beyond the debris field surrounding the stellar furnace. Such a world would resemble the hypothesized Planet X, thought by some astronomers to orbit beyond Neptune in our own solar s...Tags: Startups, Jupiter, Hubble Space Telescope, Neptune, Syndication 81 people like this. Like Hubble watches massive storm on Neptune reverse courseDecember 17, 2020 at 3:33 PM A dark vortex-like storm on Neptune discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope in September 2018 has reversed course to avoid an untimely demise on the blue ice giant.Tags: Cnn, Hubble Space Telescope, Neptune 35 people like this. Like Jupiter and Saturn are about to appear closer in the sky than they have for 800 years, aligning as a 'double planet.' Here's how to see it.December 16, 2020 at 2:01 PM Saturn and Jupiter seen after sunset from Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, December 13, 2020.
NASA/Bill Ingalls
Jupiter and Saturn will align in the night sky on Monday. It'll be the closest they've appeared in 800 years.
The two planets move into alignment, or conjunction, every 20 years. But this year they will be so close that they'll look like a "double planet."
The last time Saturn and Jupiter were both this close and visible was in 1226.
Here are the best ways to see, photograph...Tags: Europe, Astronomy, Space, Science, News, Virginia, Los Angeles, Trends, Nasa, Earth, Rome, Planets, Saturn, Jupiter, Dslr, Hubble Space Telescope 89 people like this. Like Hubble finds cosmic twin of Solar System's mysterious Planet NineDecember 12, 2020 at 11:14 AM NASA's Hubble Telescope provides 14 years of data on the exoplanet HD106906 b.It exhibits strange behavior along its orbit 336 light-year away from Earth.Scientists think data from the exoplanet may explain what happened to the possibly hidden Planet Nine in our Solar System. How many planets are in our Solar System? You may think there's an obvious answer you learned in kindergarten, but the number has fluctuated between 8 and 9, depending on whether you accept Pluto as being large enough for ...Tags: Space, Nasa, Earth, Innovation, University Of California Berkeley, Jupiter, James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Pluto, Exoplanets, Telescope, Neptune, Planet Nine, Nguyen, Cosmos, Kalas 119 people like this. Like Don't give up on Planet Nine yet: Hubble 'scope finds just such a world a mere 336 light-years awayDecember 11, 2020 at 6:34 AM Massive planets at far out distances from their stars are possible after all
The Hubble Space Telescope has spied a previously unknown exoplanet with similar properties as our Solar System's hypothetical object Planet Nine. This newly spotted body is living on the outskirts of another solar system 336 light-years away.…Tags: Software, Hubble Space Telescope, Don 41 people like this. Like The Hubble telescope has revealed a 'very dramatic and very weird' fading nebula in deep spaceDecember 7, 2020 at 2:31 PM Images taken of the Stingray Nebula between 1996 and 2016 show it fading.
NASA, ESA, Balick (University of Washington), Guerrero (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía), and G. Ramos-Larios (Universidad de Guadalajara)
A team of astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to capture images of a nebula dimming quickly over just 20 years.
One researcher called the rapid fading "very, very dramatic, and very weird."
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Astronomers often study...Tags: Space, Science, Trends, Spain, Nasa, Earth, Hubble, Stingray, Hubble Space Telescope, Andalusia, University of Washington, Guerrero, Nebula, Susie Neilson, Stingray Nebula, G Ramos Larios Universidad de Guadalajara 54 people like this. Like Hubble captures unprecedented fading of Stingray nebulaDecember 4, 2020 at 12:00 AM Astronomers have caught a rare look at a rapidly fading shroud of gas around an aging star. Archival data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveal that the nebula Hen 3-1357, nicknamed the Stingray nebula, has faded precipitously over just the past two decades. Witnessing such a swift rate of change in a planetary nebula is exceeding rare, say researchers.Tags: Science, Nasa, Hubble Space Telescope 40 people like this. Like Jupiter and Saturn are about to appear closer in the sky than they have for 800 years, aligning as a 'double planet'November 23, 2020 at 6:18 PM A man with a telescope watches the night sky over the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument in Los Angeles, California, on July 19, 2020.
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Jupiter and Saturn will align in the night sky on December 21. It'll be the closest they've appeared in 800 years.
The two planets move into alignment, or conjunction, every 20 years. But this year, they will be so close that they'll look like a "double planet."
The last time Saturn and Jupiter were both this close and visible was in ...Tags: Astronomy, Space, Science, News, Trends, Nasa, Earth, Planets, Saturn, Jupiter, Hubble Space Telescope, Telescopes, Stellarium, Rice University, Los Angeles California, Houston Texas 62 people like this. Like NASA Discovers a Rare Metal Asteroid That's Worth $10,000 Quadrillion (slashdot)October 29, 2020 at 7:21 PM Iwastheone shares a report from Observer: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a rare, heavy and immensely valuable asteroid called "16 Psyche" in the Solar System's main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Asteroid Psyche is located at roughly 230 million miles (370 million kilometers) from Earth and measures 140 miles (226 kilometers) across, about the size of West Virginia. What makes it special is that, unlike most asteroids that are either rocky or icy, Psyche is made almost ent...Tags: News, West Virginia, Nasa, Earth, Mars, Hubble Space Telescope, BeauHD, SpaceX Falcon Heavy, Planetary Science Journal, Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph 14 people like this. Like NASA Discovers a Rare Metal Asteroid That's Worth $10,000 QuadrillionOctober 29, 2020 at 3:00 AM Iwastheone shares a report from Observer: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a rare, heavy and immensely valuable asteroid called "16 Psyche" in the Solar System's main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Asteroid Psyche is located at roughly 230 million miles (370 million kilometers) from Earth and measures 140 miles (226 kilometers) across, about the size of West Virginia. What makes it special is that, unlike most asteroids that are either rocky or icy, Psyche is made almost ent...Tags: West Virginia, Tech, Nasa, Earth, Mars, Hubble Space Telescope, SpaceX Falcon Heavy, Planetary Science Journal, Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph 129 people like this. Like Take a peek at a stellar nursery with this Hubble imageOctober 18, 2020 at 9:13 AM A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope released this week shows a special area of star formation; a nursery where stars are born from swirling gas.Tags: Space, News, Trends, Hubble, Hubble Space Telescope, Star Formation, Breaking Twitter Hubble captures a spectacular time-lapse of a supernova explosionOctober 4, 2020 at 10:59 AM The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a time-lapse of a supernova, showing the explosion and aftermath of a white dwarf detonating in a thermonuclear blast.Tags: Space, News, Trends, Hubble, Hubble Space Telescope, Supernova, Breaking Twitter 48 people like this. Like Hubble watches as an exploding star fades awayOctober 3, 2020 at 4:12 AM The Hubble Space Telescope watched a supernova, first spotted in 2018, as it faded away into nothing over nearly a year, essentially capturing a time-lapse movie of this event.Tags: Cnn, Hubble Space Telescope 18 people like this. Like The Hubble telescope caught a supernova outshining every star in its galaxyOctober 2, 2020 at 7:58 PM The Hubble Space Telescope got a rare look at one of the most awesome light shows in the universe, catching a supernova that outshone...Tags: Hubble Space Telescope 8 people like this. Like Hubble observes spectacular supernova time-lapseOctober 1, 2020 at 12:00 AM The NASA/ESA's Hubble Space Telescope has tracked the fading light of a supernova in the spiral galaxy NGC 2525, located 70 million light years away. Supernovae like this one can be used as cosmic tape measures, allowing astronomers to calculate the distance to their galaxies. Hubble captured these images as part of one of its major investigations, measuring the expansion rate of the Universe, which can help answer fundamental questions about our Universe's very nature.Tags: Science, Nasa, Hubble Space Telescope, NGC 2 people like this. Like Hubble watches exploding star fade into oblivionOctober 1, 2020 at 12:00 AM When a star unleashes as much energy in a matter of days as our Sun does in several billion years, you know it's not going to remain visible for long. Like intergalactic paparazzi, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured the quick, fading celebrity status of a supernova, the self-detonation of a star.Tags: Science, Nasa, Hubble Space Telescope 30 people like this. Like NASA's Hubble space telescope captured the ribbon of a supernova blast that ancient humans saw about 15,000 years agoSeptember 21, 2020 at 8:35 AM A Hubble Space Telescope photo shows a small section of the Cygnus supernova blast wave.
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The supernova explosion of a massive, dying star was so bright that ancient humans would have seen it from Earth about 15,000 years ago.
The supernova's blast wave continues to scream through space, heating and compressing dust and gas in a way that causes them to glow in a web of colorful ribbons called the Cygnus Loop.
NASA's Hubble space telescope recently captured an image ...Tags: Space, Science, News, Trends, Nasa, Earth, Stars, European Space Agency, Hubble Space Telescope, Supernova, Cygnus, Nebula, ESA Hubble NASA, Morgan McFall Johnsen, Corey Powell, Hester Arizona State University Hubble 66 people like this. Like Hubble captures a galaxy that’s chock full of dark matterSeptember 21, 2020 at 7:34 AM The newest image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a galaxy that's more than it appears: NGC 5585 is thought to be chock full of dark matter.Tags: Space, News, Trends, Hubble, Hubble Space Telescope, Dark Matter, NGC, Breaking Twitter 15 people like this. Like A striking new photo of Jupiter shows the Great Red Spot is shrinking – and other storms are growingSeptember 20, 2020 at 10:16 AM This photo of Jupiter, captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope on August 25, 2020, provides astronomers with new information about the planet's turbulent weather patterns.
NASA, ESA, STScI, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley) and the OPAL team
The Hubble Space Telescope took a striking new photo of Jupiter that shows how the planet's weather patterns have evolved.
The gas giant's most famous storm – its Great Red Spot – has b...Tags: Space, Science, Trends, Nasa, Earth, Jupiter, Europa, Hubble Space Telescope, Opal, Great Red Spot, Hubble Telescope, ScienceAlert, Simon Goddard Space Flight Center, H Wong University of California Berkeley, Oval BA, Michelle Star 134 people like this. Like New types of polar lights are upending what we know about the aurora. Amateur scientists and interns made the latest discoveries.September 20, 2020 at 8:09 AM The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) in the sky in Ivalo, Lapland, Finland September 27, 2019.
Alexander Kuznetsov/Reuters
Scientists, amateur aurora-hunters, and a NASA intern have discovered fascinating new types of aurora in recent years.
One new type of aurora revealed curls in Earth's upper atmosphere, and another pointed to a strange magnetic crunch in space.
New observations of Jupiter's aurorae have also raised questions about the nature of these lights.
Visit Business Insider's h...Tags: Space, Science, News, Trends, Nasa, Earth, Features, Canada, International Space Station, European Space Agency, Norway, Atmosphere, North America, Aurora Borealis, Jupiter, Jennifer Briggs 62 people like this. Like NASA releases new image of cosmic fireworks showSeptember 18, 2020 at 5:30 PM The newest image from the Hubble Space Telescope has captured a cosmic fireworks show that has been unfolding over two centuries.Tags: News, Nasa, Stories, Hubble Space Telescope 13 people like this. Like NASA's beautiful new pastel image of JupiterSeptember 18, 2020 at 4:05 PM NASA released this astonishingly beautiful image of Jupiter captured by the Hubble Space Telescope on August 25. From NASA: Hubble's near-infrared imaging, combined with ultraviolet views, provides a unique panchromatic look that offers insights into the altitude and distribution of the planet's haze and particles. This complements Hubble's visible-light pictures that show the ever-changing cloud…
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