Highlights of Three Nebulae: Sharpless 2-54, Eagle Nebula, Omega Nebula | ESO

Highlights of Three Nebulae: Sharpless 2-54, Eagle Nebula & Omega Nebula | ESO

This pan video shows a few of the many highlights in an enormous three gigapixel image from the European Southern Observatory’s VLT Survey Telescope (VST) that includes the faint, glowing cloud of gas called Sharpless 2-54, the iconic Eagle Nebula and the Omega Nebula.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Duration: 50 seconds

Release Date: June 14, 2017

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Three Nebulae: Sharpless 2-54, Eagle Nebula, Omega Nebula | ESO

Three Nebulae: Sharpless 2-54, Eagle Nebula, Omega Nebula | ESO

Three spectacular nebulae in one image

Two of the sky’s more famous residents share the stage with a lesser-known neighbor in this enormous three gigapixel image from the European Southern Observatory’s VLT Survey Telescope (VST). On the right lies the faint, glowing cloud of gas called Sharpless 2-54, the iconic Eagle Nebula (Messier 16) is in the center, and the Omega Nebula (Messier 17) to the left. This cosmic trio makes up just a portion of a vast complex of gas and dust within which new stars are springing to life and illuminating their surroundings.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Release Date: June 14, 2017

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Spiral Galaxy NGC 1187: Wide-field View | ESO

Spiral Galaxy NGC 1187: Wide-field View | ESO

This wide-field view is centered on the spiral galaxy NGC 1187 in the constellation of Eridanus (The River). It is a color composite made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). The distorted companion galaxy ESO 480-G020 can be seen to the upper-right of NGC 1187, close to a star. The bright star at the bottom of the picture is Tau3 Eridani.

Distance: 60 million light years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Digitized Sky Survey 2

Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

Release Date: August 1, 2012

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Spiral Galaxy NGC 1187: Location of Supernova 2007Y | ESO

Spiral Galaxy NGC 1187: Location of Supernova 2007Y | ESO

This picture taken with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) shows the galaxy NGC 1187. This impressive spiral lies about 60 million light-years away in the constellation of Eridanus (The River). NGC 1187 has hosted two supernova explosions during the last thirty years, the latest one in 2007. Type Ib supernova 2007Y is still faintly visible in this picture and is marked with a circle. 

A supernova is the biggest explosion that humans have ever seen. Each blast is the extremely bright, super-powerful explosion of a star. Type Ib supernovae are formed when a massive star collapses under its own gravity. This star must have had its outer envelope of hydrogen stripped away, because we observe no hydrogen in the spectra of these objects. However, we do observe the second ‘onion layer’ of helium.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Release Date: August 1, 2012

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Panning across Distant Spiral Galaxy NGC 1187 | ESO

Panning across Distant Spiral Galaxy NGC 1187 | ESO

This pan video takes a close look at an image taken with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) showing the galaxy NGC 1187. This impressive spiral lies about 60 million light-years away in the constellation of Eridanus (The River). NGC 1187 has hosted two supernova explosions during the last thirty years, the latest one in 2007.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: August 1, 2012

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Zooming in on Far Away Spiral Galaxy NGC 1187 | ESO

Zooming in on Far Away Spiral Galaxy NGC 1187 | ESO 

Travel 60 million light years in a minute. This zoom video sequence starts with a wide view of the large but faint constellation of Eridanus (The River), not far from the more familiar form of Orion (The Hunter). As we zoom in we see a small patch of light that proves to be an attractive spiral galaxy named NGC 1187. The detailed final view shows a new VLT image of this object.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/A. Fujii/Digitized Sky Survey 2

Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: August 1, 2012

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A Galaxy Far Away: Spiral Galaxy NGC 1187 | ESO

A Galaxy Far Away: Spiral Galaxy NGC 1187 | ESO

This picture taken with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) shows the galaxy NGC 1187. This impressive spiral lies about 60 million light-years away in the constellation of Eridanus (The River). NGC 1187 has hosted two supernova explosions during the last thirty years, the latest one in 2007.

Distance: 60 million light years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Release Date: August 1, 2012

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Teams Review Options for Artemis I Moon Launch | This Week @NASA

Teams Review Options for Artemis I Moon Launch | This Week @NASA 

Week of September 9, 2022: Teams review options for the next Artemis I launch attempt, the National Space Council meets in Houston, and Webb captures a new image of a cosmic tarantula . . . a few of the stories to tell you about—This Week at NASA!

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Producer: Lacey Young

Editor: Sonnet Apple

Credit: NASA

Duration: 3 minutes, 33 seconds

Release Date: Sept. 9, 2022

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Pan of the Glowing Gas Cloud LHA 120-N55 in Large Magellanic Cloud | ESO

Pan of the Glowing Gas Cloud LHA 120-N55 in Large Magellanic Cloud | ESO

This pan video gives a close-up look at a new image of the strikingly colorful emission nebula, called LHA 120-N55 from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). Light from blazing blue stars energizes the gas left over from the stars’ recent formation to create a mantle of glowing gas. Astronomers study these beautiful displays to learn about the conditions in places where new stars develop.

Distance: 160,000 light years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Duration: 50 seconds

Release Date: June 3, 2016

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Zooming in Glowing Gas Cloud LHA 120-N55 in the Large Magellanic Cloud | ESO

Zooming in Glowing Gas Cloud LHA 120-N55 in the Large Magellanic Cloud | ESO

This zoom sequence takes us on a journey of 160, 000 light-years to one of our neighboring galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud. In the final image, taken with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), light from blazing blue stars energizes the gas left over from the stars’ recent formation to create a strikingly colorful emission nebula, called LHA 120-N55, in which the stars are adorned with a mantle of glowing gas. Astronomers study these beautiful displays to learn about the conditions in places where new stars develop.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Duration: 48 seconds

Release Date: June 3, 2016

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The Glowing Gas Cloud LHA 120-N55 in the Large Magellanic Cloud | ESO

The Glowing Gas Cloud LHA 120-N55 in the Large Magellanic Cloud | ESO

In this image from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), light from blazing blue stars energizes the gas left over from the stars’ recent formation. The result is a strikingly colorful emission nebula, called LHA 120-N55, in which the stars are adorned with a mantle of glowing gas. Astronomers study these beautiful displays to learn about the conditions in places where new stars develop.

Distance: 160,000 light years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Release Date: May 18, 2016

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A New Era of Earth Science | NASA

A New Era of Earth Science | NASA

For more than 50 years, NASA has been collecting and providing data about Earth’s land, water, ice and atmosphere. Now, a new era of Earth Science has begun. NASA will launch a fleet of state-of-the-art satellites forming the Earth System Observatory, which will create a comprehensive 4D view of Earth like never before. NASA, working with federal partners, will equip decision makers with the information they need to mitigate, adapt and respond to climate change through the new Earth Information Center. A new satellite observatory in the sky and an information center here on Earth, protecting our planet for the next generation.

For more information about the Earth System Observatory, visit: 

https://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/earth-system-observatory

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Producers: Scott Bednar & Jessie Wilde

Editor: Matt Schara

Duration: 1 minute, 34 seconds

Release Date: September 9, 2022

#NASA #Earth #Planet #Science #Satellites #EarthScience #Atmosphere #Oceans #Land #Climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #EarthSystemObservatory #ESO #GSFC #UnitedStates #STEM #Education #HD #Video

NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 Image Gallery: Prelaunch | International Space Station

NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 Image Gallery: Prelaunch | International Space Station

NASA Astronauts Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada are going to the International Space Station no earlier than Oct. 3, 2022, alongside their crewmates, Koichi Wakata of JAXA (Japan), and Anna Kikina of Roscosmos (Russia) via SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft.

From left are JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, mission specialist; NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, mission commander; Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, mission specialist; and NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, pilot. 

From left are JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, mission specialist; Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, mission specialist; NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, pilot; and NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, mission commander.

From left are JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Koichi Wakata, mission specialist; Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, mission specialist; NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, mission commander; and NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, pilot.

NASA astronauts Nicole Mann (left) and Josh Cassada are photographed inside the crew access arm at Launch Complex 39A during a visit to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

SpaceX Crew-5 Commander Nicole Aunapu Mann

SpaceX Crew-5 Pilot Josh Cassada of NASA

Clockwise from top left are, Commander Nicole Aunapu Mann and Pilot Josh Cassada, both from NASA; Mission Specialist Anna Kikina from Roscosmos; and Mission Specialist Koichi Wakata from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Clockwise from top left are, Commander Nicole Aunapu Mann and Pilot Josh Cassada, both from NASA; Mission Specialist Anna Kikina from Roscosmos; and Mission Specialist Koichi Wakata from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

Astronaut Josh Cassada Official NASA Biography

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/josh-a-cassada

Astronaut Nicole Mann Official NASA Biography

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/nicole-a-mann

Astronaut Koichi Wakata Official JAXA Biography

https://humans-in-space.jaxa.jp/en/astronaut/wakata-koichi/

Cosmonaut Anna Kikina Roscosmos Info

Anna Yuryevna Kikina (Russian: Анна Юрьевна Кикина, born August 27, 1984, in Novosibirsk) is a Russian engineer and test cosmonaut, selected in 2012. She is the only woman cosmonaut currently in active service at Roscosmos. [Wikipedia]

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the  International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Learn more about the important research being operated on ISS: https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science

Credit: SpaceX 

Image Dates: April 3-July 20, 2022

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Boeing's Starliner Orbital Flight Test-2: Uncrewed Landing | International Space Station

Boeing Starliner Orbital Flight Test-2: Uncrewed Landing | NASA

On May 25, 2022, Boeing's Starliner spacecraft landed in the desert at White Sands Missile Range’s Space Harbor in New Mexico, rather than splashing down in the ocean, after returning from the second uncrewed flight test to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP). This was a first for an orbital capsule built in the United States. Starliner's proven parachute and airbag systems provide a soft landing on sand, reducing the load on the crew. Without sea state considerations, like wave height, swells, currents and surface winds, passengers are able to step right out of the spacecraft onto dry land.

Watch our rollout recap, and follow along with us as humanity prepares to journey back to the Moon.

Boeing's Starliner and SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft have been developed and tested to fly astronauts to and from the International Space Station from U.S. soil.

For more info on OFT-2 and Starliner, visit: boeing.com/starliner

Learn more about NASA’s Commercial Crew Program at: https://www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew

Credit: Boeing

Duration: 3 minutes, 25 seconds

Release Date: September 9, 2022

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Star Cluster Terzan 5: Wide-field View

Star Cluster Terzan 5: Wide-field View

This wide-field image, based on data from Digitized Sky Survey 2, shows the whole region around the stellar grouping Terzan 5.

Distance: 25,000 light years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: November 25, 2009

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Star Cluster Terzan 5 at The Milky Way's Center | ESO

Star Cluster Terzan 5 at The Milky Way's Center | ESO

Peering through the thick dust clouds of our galaxy's central parts (the "bulge") with an amazing amount of detail, a team of astronomers has revealed an unusual mix of stars in the stellar grouping known as Terzan 5. Never observed anywhere in the bulge before, this peculiar cocktail of stars suggests that Terzan 5 is in fact one of the bulge's primordial building blocks, most likely the relic of a dwarf galaxy that merged with the Milky Way during its very early days.

Distance: 25,000 light years

This near-infrared image was obtained with the Multi-conjugate Adaptive Optics Demonstrator (MAD) instrument on the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope. Observations in two bands (J and K) were combined. The field of view is 40 arcseconds across.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/F. Ferraro

Release Date: November 25, 2009

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