Expedition 69 Astronaut Andreas Mogensen Calls Home to Denmark

Expedition 69 Astronaut Andreas Mogensen Calls Home to Denmark

[Event starts at 1 minute, 12 second mark] Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 69 Flight Engineer and European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogenson of Denmark discussed living and working in space during an in-flight interview August 31, 2023, with Danish media and the public. Mogenson was launched aboard the SpaceX Dragon “Endurance” on August 25 as part of Crew-7. It is a science mission with astronauts living and working at the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and to demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions. 

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen is on his first long-duration mission to the International Space Station. Andreas was the pilot on the SpaceX Crew Dragon that carried him and the rest of Crew-7 to the Space Station—a first for a European!

The name of European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen’s second mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is ‘Huginn’.

Inspired by Norse mythology, the name is taken from one of two ravens who serve the god Odin. Called Huginn and Muninn, these two birds sit on Odin’s shoulders and are sent flying across the world at dawn. They return at night to inform him of the many events they have seen and heard. In Old Norse, ‘Huginn’ means ‘thought’ and ‘Muninn’ means ‘mind’ or ‘memory’. 

Visit esa.int/huginn for more information on the Huginn mission.

Mogensen completed his 10-day ‘iriss’ mission to the International Space Station in 2015. The name "iriss" combined Iris and ISS. Iris was a Greek goddess, the messenger of the gods of Olympus and the personification of the rainbow. As messenger, she represents the link between humanity and the cosmos, and between the heavens and Earth.

Representing Europe in space, Andreas will carry out science throughout his mission and bring back the knowledge to Earth, for the benefit of humankind.

Astronaut Andreas Mogensen's Official ESA Biography:

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts/Andreas_Mogensen

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 16 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 31, 2023

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Europe's New Ariane 6 Rocket: Upper Stage Hot Fire Test | European Space Agency

Europe's New Ariane 6 Rocket: Upper Stage Hot Fire Test | European Space Agency

On Sept. 1, 2023, the European Space Agency’s all-new Ariane 6 launch vehicle fired its two upper stage engines to simulate the way they will have to operate together at the German aerospace agency’s engine test center in Lampoldshausen, Germany. The test of the new Vinci engine and a smaller Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) took place on a purpose-built test bench.

Vinci, the upper stage engine of Ariane 6, fed by liquid hydrogen and oxygen, can be stopped and restarted multiple times to place satellites into different orbits and then de-orbit the upper stage, so it is not left behind as hazardous space debris. 

The APU makes it possible for Vinci to restart in space, by maintaining adequate pressure in the fuel tanks and preventing bubbles in the fuel lines. The power unit uses small amounts of liquid hydrogen and oxygen from the main tanks, replacing a system which relied on large quantities of tanked helium. 

Ariane 6 is an all-new design, created to succeed Ariane 5 as Europe's heavy-lift launch system. This autonomous capability to reach Earth orbit and deep space is the foundation of Europe's vision of space-enabled navigation, Earth observation, scientific and security services. This vision is reality thanks to the sustained dedication of thousands of talented people working in the European Space Agency’s 22 Member States who call themselves "Space Team Europe".

The European Space Agency (ESA) owns and manages the Ariane 6 program and defines its performance objectives. ArianeGroup is the prime contractor, and the launch operator is Arianespace. France's space agency, CNES, operates Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana—the home of Ariane launchers since the first liftoff in 1979.

ESA's new Ariane 6 rocket takes up the baton from the Ariane 5, supporting Europe’s institutional missions and is intended to meet the needs of the commercial launch market.

Video Credits: ESA/Arianegroup/DLR - Hill Media

Image Credits: ©ArianeGroup/Frank T. Koch/Hill Media GmbH

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 2 minutes, 24 seconds

Release Date: Sept. 2, 2023

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Aditya-L1 Launch: India's First Space Mission to The Sun | ISRO

Aditya-L1 Launch: India's First Space Mission to The Sun | ISRO

For ISRO’s PSLV-C57 mission, a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in the “XL” configuration (PSLV-XL) launched the Aditya-L1 spacecraft, from the First Launch Pad (FLP) of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR) in Sriharikota, India, on September 2, 2023, at 06:20 GMT (11:50 IST). Aditya-L1 is ISRO’s first space-based mission to study the Sun—named after Surya—the Hindu god of Sun, also known as Aditya. It will travel 1.5 million km (932,000 miles) from the Earth—1% of the Earth-Sun distance. India's space agency says it will take four months to travel that far. And L1 stands for Lagrange point 1—the place between Sun and Earth where the Indian spacecraft is heading. A Lagrange point is a place where the gravitational forces of two large objects, such as the Sun and the Earth, cancel each other out, allowing a spacecraft to "hover".

Once Aditya-L1 reaches this "parking spot", it will be able to orbit the Sun at the same rate as the Earth. This also means the satellite will require less fuel to operate.

Credit: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 4 minutes, 36 seconds

Release Date: Sept. 2, 2023

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A New International Space Station Crew | This Week @NASA

A New International Space Station Crew | This Week @NASA

A new crew heads to the space station, a major storm spotted from space, and a robotic spacecraft enabling human missions to the Moon . . . a few of the stories to tell you about–This Week at NASA!

The hatch of SpaceX’s Crew-7 “Endurance” Crew Dragon spacecraft, with NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark, JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa of Japan and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov of Russia, was opened on August 27, 2023, at 10:58 EDT. Crew-7 is SpaceX’s seventh operational mission for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Learn more about the Crew-7 Mission:

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/what-you-need-to-know-about-nasa-s-spacex-crew-7-mission

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: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Video Producer, Editor & Narrator: Andre Valentine

Duration: 2 minutes, 42 seconds

Release Date: Sept. 1, 2023

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Esto es lo que necesitas saber sobre astrobiología | NASA en Español

Esto es lo que necesitas saber sobre astrobiología | NASA en Español

¿Cómo surgió la vida en la Tierra? ¿Existe vida fuera de nuestro planeta? ¿Cómo podemos encontrarla? Estas son las GRANDES preguntas que los astrobiólogos de la NASA y de todo el mundo están tratando de responder. Esto es lo que necesitas saber sobre astrobiología.

Credit: NASA en Español

Duration: 1 minute, 45 seconds

Release Date: Sept. 1, 2023

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Expedition 69 Photos: Welcoming New Crew | International Space Station

Expedition 69 Photos: Welcoming New Crew | International Space Station

From left, are Expedition 69 Flight Engineers Woody Hoburg, Jasmin Moghbeli, and Frank Rubio, all from from NASA, posing for a portrait aboard the International Space Station. The three astronauts were selected as part NASA's 22nd group of astronauts, nicknamed "The Turtles", in June of 2017.

Astronauts Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates and Andreas Mogensen of the European Space Agency

Astronaut Stephen Bowen works in the Microgravity Science Glovebox

Three Expedition 69 flight engineers work together. Clockwise from left are, astronauts Woody Hoburg and Frank Rubio, both from from NASA, and Sultan Alneyadi from the United Arab Emirates.

The four newest crew members aboard the International Space Station are adjusting to life in weightlessness while stepping up orbital maintenance duties. The seven other Expedition 69 crew mates continued their space research and health activities before orbital residents leave in September. Members of the Expedition 69 crew can be seen in a series of portraits and candid photos here.

Cosmonaut and flight engineer Andrey Fedyaev of Russia will be returning to Earth soon with NASA astronauts Woody Hoburg and Stephen Bowen, plus Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates—all members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-6. The quartet will enter the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour, undock from Harmony’s forward port, and splashdown off the coast of Florida to complete a six-month space mission.

Follow Expedition 69 updates here: https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 69 Crew (September 2023)

Station Commander: Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Flight Engineers Dmitri Petelin, Andrey Fedyaev, Konstantin Borisov

Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

European Space Agency: Flight Engineer Andreas Mogensen (Denmark)

JAXA: Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa (Japan)

NASA: Flight Engineers Frank Rubio, Stephen Bowen, Warren Hoburg, Jasmin Moghbeli (USA)

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: Aug. 17-31, 2023

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What's Up for September 2023? | Skywatching Tips from NASA | JPL

What's Up for September 2023? | Skywatching Tips from NASA | JPL

What are some skywatching highlights in September 2023 for the Earth's northern and southern hemispheres?

Venus returns to the early morning skies as a bright beacon in the east. The full moon at the end of the month is known as the Harvest Moon. And if you have access to dark skies away from urban light pollution, you might be able to glimpse the faint, glowing pillar of the zodiacal light.

0:00 Intro 

0:13 Venus in the morning sky

0:36 Viewing Jupiter and Saturn

1:01 The Harvest Moon

1:37 The Zodiacal Light

2:50 OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return

3:21 September Moon phases

Credit: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Narrator: Preston Dyches

Duration: 3 minutes, 43 seconds

Release Date: Sept. 1, 2023

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Tonight's Sky: September 2023 (Northern Hemisphere)

Tonight's Sky: September 2023  (Northern Hemisphere)

In September 2023, the Pegasus constellation becomes increasingly prominent in the southeastern sky, allowing stargazers to locate globular star clusters and a nearby double star, Alpha Capricorni. Keep watching for space-based views of densely packed, spherical collections of ancient stars in visible and X-ray light.

About this Series

“Tonight’s Sky” is a monthly video of constellations you can observe in the night sky. The series is produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute, home of science operations for the Hubble Space Telescope, in partnership with NASA’s Universe of Learning.

Credit: Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

Duration: 5 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 29, 2023

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NASA's Space to Ground: Hello, Goodbye | Week of Sept. 1, 2023

NASA's Space to Ground: Hello, Goodbye | Week of Sept. 1, 2023

NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. NASA and SpaceX are standing down from the Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023, departure opportunities for the agency’s Crew-6 mission from the International Space Station due to unfavorable weather conditions near the splashdown sites off the coast of Florida. The next available undocking opportunity is no earlier than 7:05 a.m. EDT on Sunday, Sept. 3, with a splashdown no earlier than 12:07 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 4, pending weather evaluations.

Mission teams will meet Friday evening to determine the viability of the next Crew-6 undock target. The Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, remains healthy while currently docked to the space station as Crew-6 prepares for their return trip to Earth completing a nearly six-month science mission in orbit.

Crew-6’s Dragon undocking depends on a variety of factors, including spacecraft readiness, recovery team readiness, weather, sea states, and other factors.

Expedition 69 Crew (Sept. 2023)

Station Commander: Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Flight Engineers Dmitri Petelin, Andrey Fedyaev, Konstantin Borisov

Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

European Space Agency: Flight Engineer Andreas Mogensen (Denmark)

JAXA: Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa (Japan)

NASA: Flight Engineers Frank Rubio, Stephen Bowen, Warren Hoburg, Jasmin Moghbeli (USA)

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

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)

Duration: 2 minutes, 46 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 31, 2023

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NASA's Perseverance Rover Mars Sample Return: Exciting New Region | JPL

NASA's Perseverance Rover Mars Sample Return: Exciting New Region | JPL

The Mars Report: NASA is preparing to bring scientifically selected rock samples back from Mars for the first time as part of the planned Mars Sample Return (MSR) campaign with the European Space Agency. Already having gathered 20 samples from the Red Planet, NASA’s Perseverance rover is now poised to enter a new area of Mars’ Jezero Crater and begin collecting samples with the strongest signal of a mineral called carbonate, which on Earth is deposited by liquid water. In bringing these samples to state-of-the-art Earth-based laboratories, the campaign will help scientists understand how rocky planets form and how potentially habitable environments evolve.

This edition of the Mars Report, set in the Mars Yard at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, features Mars Sample Return Principal Scientist Mini Wadhwa. She explains the testing and preparations for the Mars Sample Return campaign, as well as the excitement that’s building for bringing those Mars samples to labs on Earth for the first time. 

For more information on NASA's Mars Sample Return Campaign, visit https://mars.nasa.gov/msr

A key objective for Perseverance's mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover characterizes the planet's geology and past climate, paves the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and is the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and dust).

Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/JHU-APL; Personal Images: Courtesy of M. Wadwha

Duration: 3 minutes, 28 seconds

Release Date: Aug 31, 2023

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Falcon-9 Rocket Plume & Exhaust

NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Falcon-9 Rocket Plume & Exhaust

This illuminated cloud of gas and dust dazzled early morning spacecoast skygazers on August 26, 2023. The snapshot was taken about 2 minutes after the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket on the SpaceX Crew-7 mission—the seventh commercial crew rotation mission for the International Space Station. It captures drifting plumes and exhaust from the separated first and second stage illuminated against the still dark skies. 

Near the center of the image, within the ragged blueish ring, are two bright points of light. The lower one is the second stage of the rocket carrying four humans to space in a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The bright point above is the Falcon 9 first stage booster orienting itself for the trip back to Landing Zone-1 at Cape Canaveral, planet Earth.

Learn more about the Crew-7 Mission:

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/what-you-need-to-know-about-nasa-s-spacex-crew-7-mission

Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Seeley

Michael's website: http://www.mseeley.net

Release Date: Aug. 31, 2023

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NASA's "Espacio a Tierra" | El vuelo del cuervo: 25 de agosto de 2023

NASA's "Espacio a Tierra" | El vuelo del cuervo: 25 de agosto de 2023

Espacio a Tierra, la versión en español de las cápsulas Space to Ground de la NASA, te informa semanalmente de lo que está sucediendo en la Estación Espacial Internacional. 

Para obtener más información sobre la ciencia de la NASA, suscríbete al boletín semanal: https://www.nasa.gov/suscribete

Ciencia de la NASA: https://ciencia.nasa.gov/

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 3 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 31, 2023

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Expedition 69: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Says Farewell | International Space Station

Expedition 69: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Says Farewell | International Space Station

Aboard the International Space Station, Crew-6, which includes NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg as well as United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev provided farewell remarks on August 31, 2023, ahead of their upcoming departure from the space station. Joining Crew-6 for the farewell remarks were NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Dmitri Petelin and Sergey Prokopyev. Crew-6 is slated to undock on September 2, 2023, and splashdown off the coast of Florida September 3 after completing a six-month mission. 

Follow Expedition 69 updates here: https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 69 Crew (August 2023)

Station Commander: Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Flight Engineers Dmitri Petelin & Andrey Fedyaev

Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

European Space Agency: Flight Engineer Andreas Mogensen (Denmark)

JAXA: Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa (Japan)

NASA: Flight Engineers Frank Rubio, Stephen Bowen, Warren Hoburg, Jasmin Moghbeli (USA)

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)

Duration: 11 minutes

Release Date: Aug. 31, 2023

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Expedition 69 Photos: Eleven Crew & Five Countries | International Space Station

Expedition 69 Photos: Eleven Crew & Five Countries | International Space Station

NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli inside the Unity module

European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen of Denmark inside the Columbus laboratory module

Astronauts Frank Rubio of the United States & Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates enjoy a slice of pizza

NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen enjoys a slice of pizza

NASA Astronaut Woody Hoburg relaxes and plays guitar

Expedition 69 Flight Engineers (from left) Andrey Fedyaev of Roscosmos (Russia) and Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, both from NASA, are pictured in the SpaceX pressure suits they will wear when they return to Earth aboard the company's Dragon Endeavour spacecraft in September.

United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi wears a SpaceX pressure suit

Hurricane Idalia in the Gulf of Mexico

The four newest crew members aboard the International Space Station are adjusting to life in weightlessness while stepping up orbital maintenance duties. The seven other Expedition 69 crew mates continued their space research and health activities before September sees the orbital residents split up. Members of the Expedition 69 crew can be seen in a series of portraits and candid photos here. 

Cosmonaut and flight engineer Andrey Fedyaev of Russia will be returning to Earth soon with NASA astronauts Woody Hoburg and Stephen Bowen, plus Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates—all members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-6. The quartet will enter the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft one week after Crew-7 arrives, undock from Harmony’s forward port, and splashdown off the coast of Florida to complete a six-month space mission.

NASA and SpaceX are currently targeting no earlier than Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023, for Crew-6 and SpaceX’s Dragon to undock from the space station and safely splashdown off the coast of Florida on Sunday, Sept. 3. Joint teams are monitoring weather forecasts across seven potential splashdown sites off the coast of Florida and any impacts Hurricane Idalia may have on recovery operations.

Follow Expedition 69 updates here: https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 69 Crew (August 2023)

Station Commander: Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Flight Engineers Dmitri Petelin, Andrey Fedyaev, Konstantin Borisov

Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

European Space Agency: Flight Engineer Andreas Mogensen (Denmark)

JAXA: Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa (Japan)

NASA: Flight Engineers Frank Rubio, Stephen Bowen, Warren Hoburg, Jasmin Moghbeli (USA)

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: Aug. 23-29, 2023

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Supernova 1987A | James Webb Space Telescope

Supernova 1987A | James Webb Space Telescope

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has begun the study of one of the most renowned supernovae, SN 1987A (Supernova 1987A). Located 168,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, SN 1987A has been a target of intense observations at wavelengths ranging from gamma rays to radio for nearly 40 years, since its discovery in February 1987. New observations by Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) provide a crucial clue to our understanding of how a supernova develops over time to shape its remnant. 

This image reveals a central structure like a keyhole. This center is packed with clumpy gas and dust ejected by the supernova explosion. The dust is so dense that even near-infrared light that Webb detects cannot penetrate it, shaping the dark “hole” in the keyhole. 

A bright, equatorial ring surrounds the inner keyhole, forming a band around the waist that connects two faint arms of hourglass-shaped outer rings. The equatorial ring, formed from material ejected tens of thousands of years before the supernova explosion, contains bright hot spots, which appeared as the supernova’s shock wave hit the ring. Now spots are found even exterior to the ring, with diffuse emission surrounding it. These are the locations of supernova shocks hitting more exterior material.

These crescents are thought to be a part of the outer layers of gas shot out from the supernova explosion. Their brightness may be an indication of limb brightening, an optical phenomenon that results from viewing the expanding material in three dimensions. In other words, our viewing angle makes it appear that there is more material in these two crescents than there actually may be.

Image Description: A supernova. The center of the image contains a dense green cloud, shaped like a keyhole. Within this keyhole, there is a dark spot, composed of even denser gas. Outside of this cloud of gas is a ring of dense orange gas and dust that becomes more diffused as it travels further away from the center. The innermost part of this dense orange ring contains brighter orange clumps of glowing gas. Outside of these structures, both above and below them, are very faint orange rings of gas and dust. There are several bright white stars, three of which show an eight-pronged diffraction pattern brought about by the Webb Space Telescope. Several other white stars are strewn throughout the image.

Despite the decades of study since the supernova’s initial discovery, there are several mysteries that remain, particularly surrounding the neutron star that should have been formed in the aftermath of the supernova explosion. Like NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, Webb will continue to observe the supernova over time. Its NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) and MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) instruments will offer astronomers the ability to capture new, high-fidelity infrared data over time and gain new insights into the newly identified crescent structures. Further, Webb will continue to collaborate with Hubble, Chandra, and other observatories to provide new insights into the past and future of this legendary supernova.

Image Credit: NASA, European Space Agency, Canadian Space Agency, Mikako Matsuura (Cardiff University), Richard Arendt (NASA-GSFC, UMBC), Claes Fransson (Stockholm University), Josefin Larsson (KTH)

Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

Image Capture Dates: Sept. 1-2, 2022

Image Release Date: Aug. 31, 2023

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Three Astronomy Myths | European Southern Observatory

Three Astronomy Myths | European Southern Observatory

ChasingStarlight Episode 4: Join European Southern Observatory astronomer, Suzanna Randall, as we look at three common cosmic beliefs.

00:00 Introduction

00:57 Black holes: cosmic vacuum cleaners?

02:25 Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star?

04:03 Your star sign

Which ones are true or false? Watch our ChasingStarlight episode to find out. 

Video Credits: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Directed by: Luis Calçada, Martin Kornmesser, Martin Wallner 

Hosted by: Suzanna Randall 

Written by: Thomas Howarth, Claudia Sciarma, Bárbara Ferreira 

Editing: Martin Kornmesser 

Videography: Angelos Tsaousis

Footage and photos: ESO/M. Kornmesser, ESO/L. Calçada, ESO/ERIS team, videvo, S. Brunier, The Simpsons Created by: Matt Groening 

Producers: Bonita Pietila, Richard Raynis, Richard Sakai, Denise Sirkot 

Production: Gracie Films, 20th Television

Animations & infographics:  Luis Calçada, Martin Kornmesser 

Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida 

Scientific consultancy: Juan Carlos Muñoz Mateos, Bárbara Ferreira   

Promotion: Oana Sandu

Filming Locations: ESO Supernova

Duration: 7 minutes, 32 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 31, 2023

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