Tag: ESA
Webb unmasks nature of Cosmic Tornado
Craving an ice cream sundae with a cherry on top? This random alignment of Herbig-Haro 49/50, a frothy-looking outflow from a nearby protostar, with [...]
Star and galaxy, not so close after all
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a sparkling spiral galaxy paired with a prominent star, both in the constellation Virgo [...]
Webb brings great detail in actively forming star system
High-resolution near-infrared light captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows extraordinary new detail and structure in Lynds 483 (L483). T [...]
Rapid-fire light show in Milky Way’s central black hole
The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way appears to be having a party, complete with a disco ball-style light show. Using NASA’s Ja [...]
Hubble spots a supernova
The subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is a supernova-hosting galaxy located about 600 million light-years away in the c [...]
Webb finds intricate layers of interstellar dust, gas
Once upon a time, the core of a massive star collapsed, creating a shockwave that blasted outward, ripping the star apart as it went. When the shockw [...]
Hats off to Webb’s Sombrero galaxy new image
In a new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a galaxy named for its resemblance to a broad-brimmed Mexican hat appears more like an archery [...]
Hubble, Webb spot surprisingly smooth disk around Vega
In the 1997 movie "Contact," adapted from Carl Sagan's 1985 novel, the lead character scientist Ellie Arroway (played by actor Jodi Foster) takes a s [...]
Webb captures light signature never seen before
Looking deep into the early universe with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have found something unprecedented: a galaxy with an odd lig [...]
Webb provides another look into galactic collisions
Smile for the camera! An interaction between an elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy, collectively known as Arp 107, seems to have given the spiral [...]