Spiral Galaxy Messier 106 | Mayall Telescope

Spiral Galaxy Messier 106 | Mayall Telescope

This image of the spiral galaxy Messier 106, or NGC 4258, was taken with the 4-meter Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO), a Program of the National Science Foundation's NOIRLab. 

A popular target for amateur astronomers, Messier 106 can also be spotted with a small telescope in the constellation Canes Venatici. This view captures the entire galaxy, detailing the glowing spiral arms, wisps of gas, and dust lanes at the center of Messier 106 as well as the leisurely twisting bands of stars at the galaxy’s outer edges. Two dwarf galaxies also appear in the image—NGC 4248 in the lower right and UGC 7358 in the lower left.

Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Acknowledgment: PI: M.T. Patterson (New Mexico State University)

Image Processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), M. Zamani & D. de Martin

Release Date: March 16, 2021

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Spiral Galaxy Messier 106: Fulldome View | Hubble

Spiral Galaxy Messier 106: Fulldome View | Hubble

 

Seen here in fulldome format, the central structure of spiral galaxy Messier 106 is observed in fantastic detail. Within the bright core, a supermassive black hole is believed to be voraciously feeding on a constant influx of gas from the surrounding galaxy, causing the accretion disc surrounding it to expel huge amounts of radiation.

Note: The full dome video display format is designed for projection systems in planetariums.

Video Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), and R. Gendler (for the Hubble Heritage Team). Acknowledgment: J. GaBany

Duration: 50 seconds

Release Date: Nov. 23, 2015

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The Anomalous Arms of Spiral Galaxy Messier 106 | Hubble

The Anomalous Arms of Spiral Galaxy Messier 106 | Hubble

This video rotates around an artist's impression of Messier 106 (M106), showing how the 'anomalous arms' of hot gas are structured. The jets powered by matter falling into the black hole at the center of the galaxy are inclined compared to the plane of the galaxy. These disrupt the gas within the galaxy's disc, heating it up and pushing it out of the plane of the galaxy, arching away from the jets. Hubble's image of M106 clearly shows the arching red gaseous arms, though the jets coming from the galaxy's center are not visible.

Video Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), L. Calçada

Duration: 26 seconds

Release Date: Feb. 17, 2016

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Zoom on Spiral Galaxy Messier 106 in Canes Venatici | Hubble

Zoom on Spiral Galaxy Messier 106 in Canes Venatici | Hubble

This video zooms in on nearby spiral galaxy Messier 106. The sequence begins with a view of the night sky centered on M 106, with the constellation Ursa Major (the Great Bear) visible. It then zooms through observations from the Digitized Sky Survey 2, and ends with an image that combines data from Hubble with amateur observations by astrophotographers Robert Gendler and Jay GaBany. Gendler combined these images with high resolution Hubble data to produce this stunning image.

Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), Digitzed Sky Survey 2, R. Gendler, J. GaBany, G. Bacon

Duration: 39 seconds

Release Date: Feb. 17, 2016

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Spiral Galaxy Messier 106 in Canes Venatici | Hubble

Spiral Galaxy Messier 106 in Canes Venatici | Hubble

This image combines Hubble Space Telescope observations of Messier 106 with additional information captured by amateur astronomers Robert Gendler and Jay GaBany. Gendler combined Hubble data with his own observations to produce this stunning color image.

Messier 106 is a relatively nearby spiral galaxy, a little over 20 million light-years away.

Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), and R. Gendler (for the Hubble Heritage Team). Acknowledgment: J. GaBany

Release Date: Feb. 5, 2013

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New Expedition 70 Crew Photos | International Space Station

New Expedition 70 Crew Photos | International Space Station

European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen poses wearing a Santa Claus hat

NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli works on the BioFabrication Facility

NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara treats brain cell-like samples

NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli processes liver stem cell samples

O'Hara configures spacewalking tools

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa next to research hardware

Mogensen poses with a spacesuit

Furukawa removes hardware from Kibo's airlock

Expedition 70 Crew

Station Commander: Andreas Mogensen of the European Space Agency (Denmark)

Roscosmos (Russia): Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub, Konstantin Borisov

JAXA: Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa (Japan)

NASA: Jasmin Moghbeli, Loral O'Hara (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.

Follow Expedition 70 Updates:

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

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

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Dates: Oct. 27-Nov. 24, 2023

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Going For It All—Hubble’s Servicing Mission 1: Story Musgrave | NASA Goddard

Going For It All—Hubble’s Servicing Mission 1: Story Musgrave | NASA Goddard

Join us as we delve into the remarkable history of the Hubble Space Telescope and the critical role played by astronaut Story Musgrave during Servicing Mission 1.

In this interview, Story Musgrave shares firsthand accounts of the groundbreaking mission that revitalized Hubble, allowing it to capture breathtaking images and unlock the secrets of the cosmos. Discover the challenges, triumphs, and the incredible journey that made it all possible.

Hear from a true space legend as we explore the awe-inspiring achievements of both the Hubble Space Telescope and the dedicated individuals like Story Musgrave who made it all happen. Get ready to embark on a journey through the stars and beyond!

For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

Paul Morris: Lead Producer 

Rob Andreoli: Lead Camera Operator

Story Musgrave: Interviewee

Video Credits:

Silhouetted Pole Vaulter Athlete Training Makes It Over High Bar via POND5

Duration: 6 minutes, 30 seconds

Release Date: Dec. 5, 2023

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Moonset | International Space Station

Moonset | International Space Station

A waning gibbous moon sets just beyond the horizon of Earth's atmosphere as the International Space Station soared 260 miles above the South Pacific Ocean.

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Release Date: Nov. 30, 2023

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Russian Progress MS-25 Cargo Spacecraft Arrival | International Space Station

Russian Progress MS-25 Cargo Spacecraft Arrival | International Space Station

Russian Progress 86 cargo craft approaches the International Space Station

Russian Progress 84 cargo craft departs the International Space Station

International Space Station Configuration on Dec. 3, 2023

An uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 86 spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station’s Poisk module at 6:18 a.m. EST on Dec. 3, 2023. The spacecraft launched on a Soyuz rocket at 4:25 a.m. EST Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, (2:25 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko manually docked the spacecraft to the orbital complex after the automated rendezvous system took Progress out of its expected orientation.

Progress is delivering almost three tons of food, fuel and supplies to the International Space Station for the Expedition 70 crew.

Expedition 70 Crew

Station Commander: Andreas Mogensen of the European Space Agency (Denmark)

Roscosmos (Russia): Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub, Konstantin Borisov

JAXA: Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa (Japan)

NASA: Jasmin Moghbeli, Loral O'Hara (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.

Follow Expedition 70 Updates:

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

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

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Dates: Nov. 29 - Dec. 3, 2023

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European & U.S. Astronauts Talk with Houston Media | International Space Station

European & U.S. Astronauts Talk with Houston Media | International Space Station

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli and Lora O’Hara of NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut and current space station Commander, Andy Mogensen of Denmark, discussed life and work aboard the orbital outpost during an in-flight interview Dec. 4, 2023, with KHOU-TV, Houston and the Houston Chronicle in Texas. 

The trio are in the midst of a long-duration mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration missions. Such research benefits people on Earth and lays the groundwork for future human exploration through the agency’s Artemis missions, which will send astronauts to the Moon to prepare for future expeditions to Mars.

Expedition 70 Crew

Station Commander: Andreas Mogensen of the European Space Agency (Denmark)

Roscosmos (Russia): Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub, Konstantin Borisov

JAXA: Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa (Japan)

NASA: Jasmin Moghbeli, Loral O'Hara (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.

Follow Expedition 70 Updates:

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

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

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 18 minutes

Release Date: Dec. 4, 2023

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A Magical Night in Chile's Valley of The Moon

A Magical Night in Chile's Valley of The Moon

This image feels "alien" to look at. The upper two thirds constitute the night sky, a dark canvas painted with thousands of stars, the hazy white band of the Milky Way stretching off to the upper left, and wispy green and red features clinging near the horizon. The bottom third of the image curves like a bowl as the desert floor stretches up in front of the lens. Pointed features poke out of the dusty red ground that is speckled with white flecks of salt.

There is magic in this picture. Can you feel it? The strange geological formations protruding out of the desert floor are twisted and gnarled like old wizards’ hats, while the sky above is filled with thousands of stars and a myriad of mesmerizing colors. This is Valle de la Luna—meaning “Valley of the Moon”—in the Chilean Atacama Desert, close to where the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is located. 

It is easy to see where the valley gets its name from; the moon-like formations on the dried-up salt beds have been eroded by aeons of exposure to the elements and feel far more out of this world than of it. Its altitude and dry air, as well as its distance from civilization, make it a great place for stargazing. This is particularly important for ALMA, as water vapor in the atmosphere can absorb the invisible light collected by this radio telescope.

As the night unfolds, the sky comes alive with the glowing cascade of the Milky Way, illuminated by gas and stars. The vibrant red color dancing across the Milky Way comes from hydrogen atoms distributed throughout our galaxy.

Credit: P. Horálek/European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Release Date: Nov. 27, 2023

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Intracluster Light in the Abell 85 Galaxy Cluster: Enhanced image | Subaru Telescope

Abell 85 Galaxy Cluster Intracluster Light: Enhanced Image | Subaru Telescope

Image of the Abell 85 galaxy cluster, taken by the Hyper Suprime-Cam mounted on the Subaru Telescope in Hawai‘i. The enhanced teal hazy overlay is intracluster light—the collective glow of innumerable stars stripped from their home galaxies and left to wander vast intergalactic space. This ghostly glow is incredibly faint and difficult to detect, and is too faint to be seen in this image without the teal overlay, but Rubin Observatory’s 10-year survey will provide scientists with the data they need to detect intracluster light in thousands of galaxy clusters, unlocking clues to the evolutionary history of the Universe on large scales.

Image Description: A smattering of hundreds of galaxies of different shapes and sizes against a black background, semi-opaque teal blobs surround and connect many of the galaxies, tracing the distribution of the countless wandering stars that make up the intracluster light. The ghostly teal glow is primarily concentrated in an irregular shape around the galaxies in the center of the image, but larger individual galaxies off to the sides have their own separate glows.

Learn more about the Subaru Telescope:

https://subarutelescope.org/en/

Credit: Astronomical Data/Image: M. Montes (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias); Artistic Enhancement: J. Pinto (Rubin Observatory).

Release Date: Dec. 4, 2023

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The International Space Station's 25th Anniversary (ISS@25): Accomplishments

The International Space Station's 25th Anniversary (ISS@25): Accomplishments

“Spaceflight is a team sport,” astronaut Josh Cassada says as he joins International Space Station Researcher Gioia Massa and Space Station Deputy Program Manager Dana Weigel in highlighting ways the orbiting laboratory helps NASA advance technology and improve life on Earth.

Follow Expedition 70 Updates:

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

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

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 2 minutes, 44 seconds

Release Date: Nov. 21, 2023

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Globular Cluster NGC 2210 in Dorado | Hubble Space Telescope

Globular Cluster NGC 2210 in Dorado | Hubble Space Telescope

This striking image shows the densely packed globular cluster known as NGC 2210. It is situated in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The LMC lies about 157,000 light-years from Earth. It is a so-called satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, meaning that the two galaxies are gravitationally bound. Globular clusters are very stable, tightly bound clusters of thousands or even millions of stars. Their stability means that they can last a long time, and therefore globular clusters are often studied in order to investigate potentially very old stellar populations. 

In fact, 2017 research that made use of this data used to build this image revealed that a sample of LMC globular clusters were incredibly close in age to the oldest stellar clusters found in the Milky Way’s halo. They found that NGC 2210 is around 11.6 billion years old. Although this is only a couple of billion years younger than the Universe itself, it makes NGC 2210 by far the youngest globular cluster in their sample. All other LMC globular clusters studied in the same work were found to be older, with four of them over 13 billion years old. This is interesting, because it tells astronomers that the oldest globular clusters in the LMC formed contemporaneously with the oldest clusters in the Milky Way, although the two galaxies formed independently. 

As well as being a source of interesting research, this old-but-relatively-young cluster is also extremely beautiful with its highly concentrated population of stars. The night sky would look very different from the perspective of an inhabitant of a planet orbiting one of the stars in a globular cluster’s center. The sky would appear to be stuffed full of stars, in a stellar environment that is thousands of times more crowded than our own.

Image Description: A dense cluster of stars. It is brightest and most crowded in the center, where the stars are mostly a cool white color. Moving out towards the edges the stars become more spread out and reddish until a noticeable ‘edge’ to the cluster is reached. Beyond that edge there are still many stars, more disorganized and seen on a black background. A number of stars appear to be in front of the cluster.

Science paper in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: 

https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/471/3/3347/3930867

Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Sarajedini, F. Niederhofer

Image Date: Dec. 4, 2023

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The Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major | Schulman Telescope

The Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major | Schulman Telescope

The Pinwheel Galaxy (also known as Messier 101, M101 or NGC 5457) is a face-on spiral galaxy 21 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered by French astronomer Pierre Méchain in 1781.

Technical Details

Optics: Schulman 32-inch RCOS Telescope

Camera: SBIG AC4040BSI

The 0.81 m (32 in) Schulman Telescope is a Ritchey-Chrétien reflector built by RC Optical Systems and installed in 2010. It is operated by the Mount Lemmon SkyCenter and is Arizona's largest dedicated public observatory. The Schulman Telescope was designed from inception for remote control over the Internet by amateur and professional astrophotographers worldwide. It is currently the world's largest telescope dedicated for this purpose.

Image Credit & Copyright: Travis Deyoe / Mount Lemmon SkyCenter / University of Arizona

Image Date: May 22, 2023

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Inodoro espacial

Inodoro espacial

Frank Rubio responde a una de las preguntas más populares que reciben los astronautas (sobre todo cuando hablan con niños): ¿Cómo se va al baño en el espacio? Rubio, astronauta de la NASA que ha batido récords, explica cómo funciona el Sistema Universal de Gestión de Residuos en el entorno de microgravedad de la Estación Espacial Internacional y cómo se reciclan o eliminan los desechos humanos.

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

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Astronaut Frank Rubio’s Official NASA Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/astronauts/frank-rubio/

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 1 minute, 48 seconds

Release Date: Dec 1, 2023

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