A familiar sight from Georgia, USA, the
Moon sets near the western horizon in this rural night skyscape
What did the monster active region that created the recent auroras look like when at the Sun’s edge?
There, AR 3664 better showed its 3D structure
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Mission: Spitzer Space Telescope Instrument: Spitzer Space Telescope Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech |
Target: Earth Mission: SWOT Instrument: KaRIn Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UNC-Chapel Hill/Google Earth |
For the mostly harmless denizens of planet Earth, the
brighter stars of open cluster
NGC 2169
seem to form a cosmic
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Target: Doradus Nebula Mission: Instrument: Image Credit: NASA, N. Walborn and J. Ma`iz-Apell`aniz (Space Telescope Science Institute), R. Barb`a (La Plata Observatory, La Plata, Argentina) |
Target: Doradus Nebula Mission: Instrument: Image Credit: NASA, N. Walborn and J. Ma`iz-Apell`aniz (Space Telescope Science Institute), R. Barb`a (La Plata Observatory, La Plata, Argentina) |
Bright elliptical galaxy Messier 87 (M87)
is home to the
supermassive black hole captured in 2017 by planet Earth’s
Event Horizon Telescope
in the first ever image of a black hole
What would it look like to circle a black hole?
If the
black hole was surrounded by a
swirling disk of glowing and accreting gas,
then the great gravity of the black hole would
deflect light
emitted by the disk to make it look very unusual
What happens when a black hole devours a star?
Many details remain unknown, but observations are providing new clues
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Target: Ida Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00135
Read MoreWhat happens to a star that goes near a black hole?
If the star directly impacts a massive
black hole,
then the star falls in completely — and everything vanishes
Target: Gaspra Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00119
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Target: Gaspra Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00125
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Mission: Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration (CADRE) Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech |
Target: Gaspra Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00229
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Target: Gaspra Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00228
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Mission: Instrument: Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) |
Target: Earth Mission: Terra Instrument: ASTER Image Credit: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team |
Target: Mars Mission: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Instrument: HiRISE Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona |
Target: Ida Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00136
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Target: Asteroid Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00070
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Target: Sol (our sun) Mission: Instrument: Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
A mere 280 light-years from Earth,
tidally locked, Jupiter-sized exoplanet WASP-43b
orbits its parent star once every 0
Target: Mars Mission: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Instrument: HiRISE Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona |
Target: Mars Mission: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Instrument: HiRISE Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona |
Target: Gaspra Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00118
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Target: Ida Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00137
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Target: Sol (our sun) Mission: Instrument: Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
Majestic on a truly cosmic scale, M100 is appropriately known as a
grand design spiral galaxy
Target: Mars Mission: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Instrument: HiRISE Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona |
Target: Gaspra Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00078
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Target: Ida Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00069
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Mission: Instrument: Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) |
Something strange happened to this galaxy, but what?
Known as the
Cigar Galaxy and cataloged as
M82,
red glowing gas and dust are being cast out from the center
Mission: Instrument: Image Credit: NASA/JPL/STScI Hubble Deep Field Team |
Target: Ida Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00138
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Target: Gaspra Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00079
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Target: Earth Mission: Terra Instrument: ASTER Image Credit: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team |