Seven stellar sights from the Hubble Space Telescope
2. The Carina Nebula This shot of the Carina Nebula is really beyond description, so we'll let NASA spell it out for you: "The image captures the top of a three-light-year-tall pillar of gas and dust that is being eaten away by the brilliant light from nearby bright stars. The pillar is also being pushed apart from within, as infant stars buried inside it fire off jets of gas that can be seen streaming from towering peaks like arrows sailing through the air.Nasa Hubble Images - News
If this picture is too static for you, NASA also released a video explaining Arp 273. This shot of the Carina Nebula is really beyond description, so we'll let NASA spell it out for you: "The image captures the top of a three-light-year-tall pillar of
A whirlpool-like spiral galaxy is being distorted by the gravitational pull of a neighbor in a new photo from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The photo was released Wednesday (April 20) to mark the orbiting observatory's upcoming 21st birthday.
In this image, the Voorwerp floats near a spiral galaxy. Credit: NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope When van Arkel noticed this unusual greenish object and posted an image of it on the Galaxy Zoo forum, not even the experts knew what it was.
Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has afforded many advances in the realm of space and science, on top of its awe-inspiring unprecedented images of deep space. Now its future—like nasa's—remains uncertain. For the United States,
Spectacular: Nasa's Hubble Telescope, left, also captured this detailed image of the Helix Nebula, right. Nebuli expand in different shapes depending on the reaction takin place in the dying core But scientists are yet to fully understand this reaction
NASA's Hubble Celebrates 21st Anniversary with 'Rose' of Galaxies
"For 21 years, Hubble has profoundly changed our view of the universe, allowing us to see deep into the past while opening our eyes to the majesty and wonders around us," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said."I was privileged to pilot space shuttle Discovery as it deployed Hubble. After all this time, new Hubble images still inspire awe and are a testament to the extraordinary work of the many people behind the world's most famous observatory." "Hubble is America's gift to the world," Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland said. "Its jaw-dropping images have rewritten the textbooks and inspired generations of schoolchildren to study math and science. It has been documenting the history of our universe for 21 years. Thanks to the daring of our brave astronauts, a successful servicing mission in 2009 gave Hubble new life. I look forward to Hubble's amazing images and inspiring discoveries for years to come." The newly released Hubble image shows a large spiral galaxy, known as UGC 1810, with a disk that is distorted into a rose-like shape by the gravitational tidal pull of the companion galaxy below it, known as UGC 1813. A swath of blue jewel-like points across the top is the combined light from clusters of intensely bright and hot young blue stars. These massive stars glow fiercely in ultraviolet light. A series of uncommon spiral patterns in the large galaxy are a tell-tale sign of interaction. The large, outer arm appears partially as a ring, a feature seen when interacting galaxies actually pass through one another. This suggests the smaller companion dived deep, but off-center, through UGC 1810. The inner set of spiral arms is highly warped out of the plane, with one of the arms going behind the bulge and coming back out the other side. How these two spiral patterns connect is not precisely known. The larger galaxy in the UGC 1810 - UGC 1813 pair has a mass about five times that of the smaller galaxy. In unequal pairs such as this, the relatively rapid passage of a companion galaxy produces the lopsided or asymmetric structure in the main spiral. Also in such encounters, the starburst activity typically begins in the minor galaxies earlier than in the major galaxies. These effects could be because the smaller galaxies have consumed less of the gas present in their nuclei, from which new stars are born. The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between NASA and the European Space Agency.
RT : NASA Celebrates Hubble's 21st Birthday with Stunning Galaxy Images 
RT : NASA Celebrates Hubble's 21st Birthday with Stunning Galaxy Images 
RT : NASA Celebrates Hubble's 21st Birthday with Stunning Galaxy Images 
NASA celebrates Hubble's 21st birthday with stunning galaxy images... 
NASA celebrates Hubble's 21st birthday with stunning galaxy images... Nasa Hubble Images - Bookshelf
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