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Space & Cosmos
Circinus West: Dark nebula carrying newly formed star nests
The shadow of the celestial body, known as the Circinus West Molecular Cloud, creeps through this image, taken with the Department of Energy’s 570 megapixel dark energy camera (decam). Within the opaque boundaries of this stellar nursery, the infant star ignites from cold, dense gases and dust, and the spill harps the remaining material into space. Credit: CTIO/NOIRLAB/DOE/NSF/AURAImaging Processing: TA…
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Space & Cosmos
Hubble Spot Star Cluster NGC 346
NGC 346. Credit: European Space Agency/Hubble In anticipation of the 35th anniversary of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, ESA/Hubble is starting to celebrate with new images of the Star Cluster NGC 346 with new data and processing technology. This prolific star factory is located in the small Magellan cloud, one of the largest of the Milky Way satellite galaxies. As…
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Space & Cosmos
Wolf-Rayet 104 “Pinwheel” star reveals surprise (and some relief)
The concept of the artist of the famous Wolf Rayette 104 “Pinwheel Star” previously known as “Death Star.” A new study conducted from Mauna Kea, Hawaii using three Keck Observatory equipment reveals that the orbits of the two stars are 30 or 40 degrees away from us, saving the planet from potential gamma ray bursts (GRB). Credit: WM Keck Observatory/Adam…
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Science
Webb has incredible details when actively shaping the star system
Actively form Star System Lynds 483 (Nircam Image). Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STSCI High-resolution near-infrared light, captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, shows exceptional new details and structure in the Lynds 483 (L483). In this typical color image, two positively formed stars of sparkling gases and dusty junctions in orange, blue and purple. For tens of thousands of…
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Space & Cosmos
Runaway Star reveals hidden black holes of the Milky Way’s most recent neighbor
Impressions of the Hyper Belt Lattist artist ejected from the large Magellan cloud (shown on the right). If the binary star system gets too close to an ultra-large number of black holes, intense gravity will tear the pair apart. One star is captured in a tight orbit around a black hole, while the other jumps outward at extreme speeds. Often,…
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Space & Cosmos
A large Magellan cloud star throwing stars in the Milky Way could have a super-large black hole
This beautiful image shows four auxiliary telescopes, large and small Magellan clouds above the Naar Observatory of ESO, as well as a very large telescope (VLT) array. New research shows that the LMC holds an ultra-high Massive black hole that serves part of the multi-speed star in the Milky Way. Credit: By ESO/J. Colosimo — http://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1511a/, cc by 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38973313…
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Physics
Neutron star measurements put limits on color superconductivity in dense quark matter
Ground-based radio telescopes, gravitational wave detectors, and space-based X-ray telescopes (right) all measure neutron stars (top left, showing mergers) and pairings of differently colored quarks in dense matter (bottom left). ). ). Credit: Rachel Steinhorst, NASA/Roscosmos, California Institute of Technology/MIT/LIGO Lab At very high densities, quarks are expected to form pairs, similar to electrons in superconductors. This behavior of dense…
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Science
Neutron star “mountains” will cause ripples in space-time
The gravitational pull from the fast-spinning neutron star mountains creates ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) searches for such waves. Credit: Charles Horowitz The collapsed dead stars known as neutron stars are a trillion times denser than lead, and their surfaces are poorly characterized. Nuclear theorists have investigated the mountain-building mechanisms at work…
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Space & Cosmos
Dark energy camera captures sparkling galaxies in the Antria star cluster
The Antria Galaxy Cluster (Abell S636) is a group of at least 230 galaxies located approximately 130 million light-years away in the direction of the Antria constellation (air pump). There are many different types of galaxies, including lenticular galaxies, irregular galaxies, and microdwarfs. This cluster is dominated by two giant elliptical galaxies: NGC 3268 (center) and NGC 3258 (bottom right).…
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Space & Cosmos
Video: Our Sun is the star of a new simulation
Credit: NASA NASA’s supercomputers are unraveling the causes of some of the sun’s most complex behaviors. Now, using data from a series of solar observing spacecraft observing the star at the center of our solar system, researchers are able to investigate the dynamics of the sun in an unprecedented way. This animation shows the strength of the turbulent motion in…
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