Well, here’s a close-up image of the Andromeda Galaxy – each dot is a star This image was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, the largest and sharpest image ever taken from the Andromeda Galaxy. The full image contains 1.5 billion pixels and spans over 600 HD television screens. Astronomers estimate that the Andromeda Galaxy…
The best pictures of space!We are all excited about the arrival of James Webb, but let’s not forget that Hubble has gifted us with some of the best portraits of space.These stunning original images of the universe include: the Sombrero galaxy (infrared), the ring nebula, the spiral galaxy NGC 1566, the NGC 5195, the Veil…
It shows the remains of a star that exploded thousands of years ago! The entire nebula is about 110 light-years across, showing only a small fraction of it.
James Webb has successfully completed all the intricate and subtle deployments of the orbit, overcoming even the most critical of crises by clear calculations. On January 7 and 8, two parts of the first mirror, which had been folded to either side of the telescope for launch purposes, were fully deployed in space. First in…
The most expensive and complex space mission ever built by the scientific community – NASA launched the Next Generation Space Telescope 25 years ago. The project is being overseen by NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The telescope was developed by Northrop Grumman and Ball Aerospace. 10 billion U.S….
