Molecular Cloud Chameleon I | James Webb Space Telescope

Molecular Cloud Chameleon I | James Webb Space Telescope

This image by the NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam) features the central region of the Chameleon I dark molecular cloud, which resides 630 light years away. The cold, wispy cloud material (blue, center) is illuminated in the infrared by the glow of the young, outflowing protostar Ced 110 IRS 4 (orange, upper left). The light from numerous background stars, seen as orange dots behind the cloud, can be used to detect ices in the cloud, which absorb the starlight passing through them.

Image Description: A large, dark cloud is contained within the frame. In its top half it is textured like smoke and has wispy gaps, while at the bottom and at the sides it fades gradually out of view. On the left are several orange stars: three each with six large spikes, and one behind the cloud which colors it pale blue and orange. Many tiny stars are visible, and the background is black.

A molecular cloud is a vast interstellar cloud of gas and dust in which molecules can form, such as hydrogen and carbon monoxide. Cold, dense clumps in molecular clouds with higher densities than their surroundings can be the sites of star formation if these clumps collapse to form protostars.

An international team of astronomers has reported the discovery of diverse ices in the darkest, coldest regions of a molecular cloud measured to date by studying this region. This result allows astronomers to examine the simple icy molecules that will be incorporated into future exoplanets, while opening a new window on the origin of more complex molecules that are the first step in the creation of the building blocks of life.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and M. Zamani (ESA/Webb); Science: F. Sun (Steward Observatory), Z. Smith (Open University), and the Ice Age ERS Team.

Release Date: Jan. 23, 2023

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Studying Exoplanets | The James Webb Space Telescope

Studying Exoplanets | The James Webb Space Telescope

Space Sparks Episode 9: Until recently, the only planetary system we could study was our own Solar System. Now astronomers have found evidence for thousands of planets around stars other than our own Sun. These are known as exoplanets. Because of this we are getting closer to answering key questions such as: Is Earth unique? Do other planetary systems similar to ours exist? Are we alone in the Universe?

Thanks to its powerful capabilities at infrared wavelengths, the NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope will offer a unique view of the outer planets in our own magnificent Solar System 

Watch this special Space Sparks episode to learn how Webb will study exoplanets.

Video Credits:

Directed by: Bethany Downer and Nico Bartmann  

Editing: Nico Bartmann  

Web and technical support: Enciso Systems  

Written by: Owen Higgins  

Narration: Sara Mendes de Costa   

Footage and photos: ESA/Hubble, ESA/Webb, ESA, NASA, CSA, STScI, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab, Northrup Grumman, M. Kornmesser, J. Olmsted (STScI), ESO, L. Calçada, Solar Dynamics Observatory, L. Hustak, A Carter (UCSC), the ERS 1386 team, A. Pagan (STScI), A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley), JPL, Caltech, spaceengine.org

Duration: 6 minutes, 40 seconds

Release Date: Jan. 22, 2023

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Tempestuous Young Stars in The Orion Nebula | Hubble

Tempestuous Young Stars in The Orion Nebula | Hubble

The bright variable star V 372 Orionis takes center stage in this image from the NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope, which has also captured a smaller companion star in the upper left of this image. Both stars lie in the Orion Nebula, a colossal region of star formation roughly 1,450 light years from Earth.

Image Description: Two very bright stars with cross-shaped diffraction spikes are prominent: the larger is slightly lower-right of center, the smaller lies towards the upper-left corner. Small red stars with short diffraction spikes are scattered around them. The background is covered nearly completely by gas: smoky, bright blue gas around the larger star in the center and lower-right, and wispier red gas elsewhere.

V 372 Orionis is a particular type of variable star known as an Orion Variable. These young stars experience some tempestuous moods and growing pains, which are visible to astronomers as irregular variations in luminosity. Orion Variables are often associated with diffuse nebulae, and V 372 Orionis is no exception; the patchy gas and dust of the Orion Nebula pervade this scene.

This image overlays data from two of Hubble’s instruments. Data from the Advanced Camera for Surveys and Wide Field Camera 3 at infrared and visible wavelengths were layered to reveal rich details of this corner of the Orion Nebula. Hubble also left its own subtle signature on this astronomical portrait in the form of the diffraction spikes surrounding the bright stars. These prominent artefacts are created by starlight interacting with Hubble’s inner workings, and as a result they reveal hints of Hubble’s structure. The four spikes surrounding the stars in this image are created by four vanes inside Hubble supporting the telescope’s secondary mirror. The diffraction spikes of the NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope, on the other hand, are six-pointed as a result of Webb’s hexagonal mirror segments and 3-legged support structure for the secondary mirror.  

Credit: European Space Agency (ESA)/Hubble & NASA, J. Bally, M. Robberto

Release Date: Jan. 23, 2023

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Space Butterfly: Nebula Westerhout 40 | NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope

Space Butterfly: Nebula Westerhout 40 | NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope

What looks like a red butterfly in space is in reality a nursery for hundreds of baby stars, revealed in this infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Officially named Westerhout 40 or W40, the butterfly is a nebula—a giant cloud of gas and dust in space where new stars may form. The butterfly's "wings" are giant bubbles of hot, interstellar gas blowing from the hottest, most massive stars in this region.

The material that forms W40's wings was ejected from a dense cluster of stars that lies between the wings in the image. The hottest, most massive of these stars, W40 IRS 1a, lies near the center of the star cluster.

W40 is about 1,400 light-years from the Sun, about the same distance as the well-known Orion Nebula, although the two are almost 180 degrees apart in the sky.

Image Credit: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)/Caltech

Release Date: March 27th, 2019

 

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Zooming in on The Andromeda Galaxy | Hubble

Zooming in on The Andromeda Galaxy | Hubble

This image, captured with the NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope, is one of the largest and sharpest images ever taken of the Andromeda galaxy—otherwise known as M31.

Distance: 2 million light years

This is a cropped version of the full image and has 1.5 billion pixels. You would need more than 600 HD television screens to display the whole image. It is one of the biggest Hubble images ever released and shows over 100 million stars and thousands of star clusters embedded in a section of the galaxy’s pancake-shaped disc stretching across over 40,000 light-years.

Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), J. Dalcanton (University of Washington, USA), B. F. Williams (University of Washington, USA), L. C. Johnson (University of Washington, USA), the PHAT team, and R. Gendler

Duration: 50 seconds

Release Date: Feb. 18, 2016

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Panning across The Andromeda Galaxy | Hubble

Panning across The Andromeda Galaxy | Hubble

This image, captured with the NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope, is one of the largest and sharpest images ever taken of the Andromeda galaxy—otherwise known as M31.

Distance: 2 million light years

This is a cropped version of the full image and has 1.5 billion pixels. You would need more than 600 HD television screens to display the whole image. It is one of the biggest Hubble images ever released and shows over 100 million stars and thousands of star clusters embedded in a section of the galaxy’s pancake-shaped disc stretching across over 40,000 light-years.

Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), J. Dalcanton (University of Washington, USA), B. F. Williams (University of Washington, USA), L. C. Johnson (University of Washington, USA), the PHAT team, and R. Gendler

Duration: 50 seconds

Release Date: Feb. 18, 2016

#NASA #Hubble #Astronomy #Space #Science #Galaxy #AndromedaGalaxy #M31 #Messier31 #Spiral #Andromeda #Constellation #Cosmos #Universe #HST #SpaceTelescope #ESA #Europe #GSFC #STScI #UnitedStates #STEM #Education #HD #Video

The Andromeda Galaxy: Close-up View | Hubble

The Andromeda Galaxy: Close-up View | Hubble

This image, captured with the NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope, is one of the largest and sharpest images ever taken of the Andromeda galaxy—otherwise known as M31.

Distance: 2 million light years

This is a cropped version of the full image and has 1.5 billion pixels. You would need more than 600 HD television screens to display the whole image. It is one of the biggest Hubble images ever released and shows over 100 million stars and thousands of star clusters embedded in a section of the galaxy’s pancake-shaped disc stretching across over 40,000 light-years.

Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), J. Dalcanton (University of Washington, USA), B. F. Williams (University of Washington, USA), L. C. Johnson (University of Washington, USA), the PHAT team, and R. Gendler.

Release Date: Jan. 5, 2015

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New Mars Images | NASA's Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers | JPL

New Mars Images | NASA's Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers | JPL

MSL - Sol 3716 - Mastcam

MSL - Sol 3712 - MAHLI

MSL - Sol 3714 - Mastcam

Mars2020 - Sol 680 - Mastcam-Z

Mars2020 - Sol 680 - SuperCam

MSL - Sol 3716 - MAHLI

MSL - Sol 3714 - Mastcam

MSL - Sol 3715 - MastCam

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Celebrating 10 Years+ on Mars! (2012-2023)

Mission Name: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)

Rover Name: Curiosity

Main Job: To determine if Mars was ever habitable to microbial life. 

Launch: Nov. 6, 2011

Landing Date: Aug. 5, 2012, Gale Crater, Mars

Mission Name: Mars 2020

Rover Name: Perseverance

Main Job: Seek signs of ancient life and collect samples of rock and regolith (broken rock and soil) for possible return to Earth.

Mars Helicopter (Ingenuity)

Launch: July 30, 2020    

Landing: Feb. 18, 2021, Jezero Crater, Mars

Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

Processing: Kevin M. Gill

Image Release Dates: Jan. 17-20, 2023

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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch: GPS III Mission | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch: GPS III Mission | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Jan. 18, 2023, lifted off at 7:24 a.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, carrying a U.S. Space Force GPS satellite. The Falcon 9 launched the Lockheed Martin-built GPS III SV-06—the 6th of the newest version of the satellite known as GPS III. The GPS constellation of 31 satellites operated by the U.S. Space Force provides positioning, navigation and timing signals to military and civilian users. GPS satellites operate in medium Earth orbit at an altitude of 12,550 miles. 

The launch of SV-06 was SpaceX’s fifth GPS mission, its second national security space launch of 2023 and Falcon 9’s 196th flight.

The first stage booster supporting this mission previously launched Crew-5 astronauts to the International Space Station. 

Approximately two and a half minutes after liftoff, the rocket’s first stage separated. Following separation, the first stage landed on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

GPS III SV06 will augment the current GPS constellation that is comprised of 31 operational spacecraft operating in MEO at an altitude of approximately 20,200 km (12,550 miles) in six orbital planes. Each satellite circles the Earth twice per day. GPS is the premier space-based provider of positioning, navigation, and timing services for more than four billion users worldwide.

This latest generation of GPS satellite boasts a 15-year design life—25 percent longer than the previous generation of GPS satellites on orbit and brings new capabilities to users such as the new L1C civilian signal, which opens the window for future interoperability with international satellite navigation systems.

The payload for this mission is Global Positioning System III Space Vehicle 06 (GPS-III-SV06). It was built in Littleton, Colorado, by Lockheed Martin and it was placed into a medium Earth orbit (MEO) with an operational circular orbit at 20,180 km and an inclination of 55 degrees.

GPS-III-SV06 had a launch mass of 4.352 kg and is named after Amelia Earhart, the famous aviator who became the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean solo in 1932. Earhart disappeared during a flight around the world in 1937.

The mission marked the fifth GPS III satellite launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with one previously launched on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Medium+ (4,2) rocket.

GPS III SV06 will augment the current GPS constellation that is comprised of 31 operational spacecraft operating in MEO at an altitude of approximately 20,200 km (12,550 miles) in six orbital planes. Each satellite circles the Earth twice per day. GPS is the premier space-based provider of positioning, navigation, and timing services for more than four billion users worldwide.

This latest generation of GPS satellite boasts a 15-year design life—25 percent longer than the previous generation of GPS satellites on orbit and brings new capabilities to users such as the new L1C civilian signal, which opens the window for future interoperability with international satellite navigation systems.

Credit: SpaceX

Image Date: Jan. 18, 2023

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China's Lunar Rover Yutu-2: New Images of The Moon's Far Side | CNSA

China's Lunar Rover Yutu-2: New Images of The Moon's Far Side | CNSA

China's lunar rover beamed back new images from far side of moon before Chinese New Year. For the new Year of the Rabbit, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) released the latest pictures taken by the robotic lunar rover Yutu-2 to send its New Year wishes to everyone.

Yutu-2 is the robotic lunar rover component of CNSA's Chang'e 4 mission to the Moon, launched on December 7, 2018. Chang'e 4 entered lunar orbit on December 12, 2018, before making the first soft landing on the far side of the Moon on January 3, 2019. Yutu-2 is currently operational as the longest-lived lunar rover and the first lunar rover traversing the far side of the Moon.

It has travelled a distance of over 1,000 meters (3,300 ft) along the Moon's surface.

Credit: China National Space Administration (CNSA)/South China Morning Post (SCMP)

Duration: 45 seconds

Release Date: Jan. 21, 2023

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Chinese New Year Greetings from China's Space Station!

Chinese New Year Greetings from China's Space Station!

Just ahead of the Spring Festival, three Chinese astronauts send their greetings from China's space station 400 km above the Earth.

"Happy Chinese Lunar New Year/Spring Festival 2023! Year of The Rabbit!"

Credit: China Manned Space Agency (CMSA)/GLOBALink 

Duration: 1 minute, 52 seconds

Release Date: Jan. 21, 2023

 

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Preparing for a More Powerful International Space Station | This Week @NASA

Preparing for a More Powerful International Space Station | This Week @NASA

Week of Jan. 20, 2023: Preparing for a more powerful space station, building a more fuel-efficient aircraft, and a way to possibly predict solar flares . . . a few of the stories to tell you about—This Week at NASA!

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Duration: 2 minutes

Release Date: Jan. 20, 2023

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NASA's Space to Ground: First Timers | Week of Jan. 20, 2023

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata concluded their spacewalk on Jan. 20, 2023, at 3:35 p.m. EST after 7 hours and 21 minutes.

Mann and Wakata completed work left over from a previous spacewalk for a platform on which a set of International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Arrays (iROSAs) for the station’s 1B power channel will be installed later this year, as well as most of the work to install a similar mounting platform for a set of iROSAs for the 1A power channel. Due to time constraints, plans to bolt a final strut for the second platform were deferred until a future spacewalk. There is no impact to station operations.

The installation is part of a series of spacewalks to augment the International Space Station’s power channels with new iROSAs. Four iROSAs have been installed so far, and two more will be mounted to the platforms installed during this spacewalk in the future.

It was the 258th spacewalk in support of space station assembly, upgrades, and maintenance, the first spacewalk of 2023, and the first spacewalk for both astronauts.

Mann and Wakata are in the midst of a planned six-month science mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions, including lunar missions through NASA’s Artemis program.

Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science 

For more information about STEM on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation

Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) Education

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 3 minutes, 41 seconds

Release Date: Jan. 20, 2023

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Expedition 68: New Crew & Earth Photos | International Space Station

Expedition 68: New Crew & Earth Photos | International Space Station

NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Nicole Mann is pictured during a fit check of her Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), or spacesuit, ahead of a planned spacewalk 

Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is pictured during a fit check of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), or spacesuit, ahead of a planned spacewalk 

Nicole and Koichi are pictured during a fit check of their Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMUs), or spacesuit, inside the Quest airlock ahead of a planned spacewalk

Cosmonaut Anna Kikina (Russia) works on life support maintenance tasks

Cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev (Russia) practices futuristic piloting techniques

Cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev (Russia) practices futuristic piloting techniques

The African nation of Namibia

A portion of the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Bahamas

Follow Expedition 68 crew updates at:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 68 Crew

Station Commander: Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Flight Engineers Anna Kikina & Dmitri Petelin

NASA: Flight Engineers Nicole Mann, Frank Rubio & Josh Cassada

JAXA (Japan): Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata

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.

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Dates: Dec. 2, 2022 to Jan. 16, 2023

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Views of Planet Earth | China Space Station

Views of Planet Earth | China Space Station

"Enjoy these stunning Earth views from the China Space Station. Take a four-minute space tour! Happy Chinese New Year/Spring Festival 2023! Year of The Rabbit!"

Shenzhou-15 Crew Members: 

Fei Junlong (commander), Zhang Lu (taikonaut), and Deng Qingming (taikonaut) 

Credit: China Global Television Network (CGTN)

Duration: 4 minutes

Release Date: Jan. 20, 2023

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The Island Nation of Madagascar in The Indian Ocean | International Space Station

The Island Nation of Madagascar in The Indian Ocean | International Space Station

The island nation of Madagascar, looking north toward Earth's horizon, is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above the Indian Ocean.

Follow Expedition 68 crew updates at: https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 68 Crew

Station Commander: Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Flight Engineers Anna Kikina & Dmitri Petelin

NASA: Flight Engineers Nicole Mann, Frank Rubio & Josh Cassada

JAXA (Japan): Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata

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.

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Date: Jan. 18, 2023

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