In the 1997 movie "Contact," adapted from Carl Sagan's novel, scientist Ellie Arroway, played by Jodie Foster, journeys through a wormhole to the star Vega, emerging in a debris disk devoid of visible planets. This depiction aligns with recent findings from astronomers at the University of Arizona, who used NASA's Hubble and James Webb space telescopes to study Vega's nearly 100-billion-mile-wide debris disk. "The Vega disk is smooth, ridiculously smooth," noted researcher Andras Gáspár, highlighting its uniqueness compared to other circumstellar disks. More Read > https://lnkd.in/g-SRY_Mi #VegaDiscovery #Hubble #JamesWebb #ContactFilm #Exoplanets #Astronomy #SpaceScience #DebrisDisk #CarlSagan #PlanetFormation #INFINITYCOSMOS
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Hubble Space Telescope Helps Investigate the Mystery of Mars’ Escaping Water FriendsofNASA.org: Mars was once a very wet planet. Scientists know that over the last 3 billion years, part of the water went underground, but what happened to the rest? Now, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) Mission are helping to unlock that mystery. To understand how much water there was and what happened to it, scientists need to understand how the atoms escape into space. A team combined data from Hubble and MAVEN to measure the current rate of these atoms escaping into space. This information allowed them to extrapolate the escape rate backwards through time to understand the history of water on the Red Planet. For more information on MAVEN, go to: https://lnkd.in/gFhaf74M Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Paul Morris: Lead Producer Dan Gallagher: Producer for Assorted Mars Animations Duration: 3 minutes Release Date: Sept. 5, 2024 Jonathan Wolf Randall Nichols Behrokh Beiranvand Darcey Watson Diane M. Rousseau LHD, Ph.D Elif Pekeroglu Temurtas Maedeh Taherkhany Bob Sullivant Nikhil Churi, Ph.D, PM, FM, Lean, Six Sigma, Data Analytics #NASA #ESA #Space #Astronomy #Science #Star #Sun #Planet #PlanetaryScience #Mars #Atmosphere #Water #MAVENMission #MAVENSpacecraft #SolarSystem #SpaceExploration #GSFC #LASP #CUBoulder #STScI #UnitedStates #STEM #Education #Animation #HD #Video
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Today, our article on the gravity and tides of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, has finally been published in Nature Astronomy! Doppler-tracking data from the Cassini satellite has been re-analyzed to infer properties of Titans interior. Our research suggests the sub-surface ocean is less dense than initially thought, possibly consisting of a combination of water and ammonia, which could have implications on its habitability. See the full article in the link below. Thanks a lot to Sander Goossens for continuing the work and finalizing it into an article! https://lnkd.in/euw8jJXM
🛰 Congrats to Aerospace Engineering alumni Bob van Noort and Alfonso Mateo Aguarón, Associate Professor Space Exploration Wouter van der Wal at Delft University of Technology and Sander Goossens and Erwan Mazarico at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for their publication in Nature Astronomy, Nature Portfolio today! Their analysis of measurements of the speed of the #Cassini satellite as it flew past Saturn’s moon Titan on its mission indicate an underground ocean of water and ammonia in Titan. The analysis also suggests that the ice layer between the ocean and the moon’s rock core is possibly thinner than previously thought, making exchange of material between rock and ocean more plausible. All this can be seen as a possible indication of the presence of the building blocks for life. Read more 👉🏻 https://lnkd.in/e95E48aV #Cassini #Saturn #Titan #water #ammonia #life (credits image: Britt Griswold, NASA/GSFC)
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🌌 Breathtaking Discovery by Hubble: A Star 30 Times the Size of the Sun is Born! 🔭 The #Hubble Space Telescope has captured yet another stunning image from the depths of space! This time, the spotlight is on the star-studded region IRAS 16562-3959. But the real spectacle is hidden within the orange gas clouds... 📏 Witness the birth of a star, located a whopping 5,900 light-years away from #Earth. This incredible process begins with the clustering of dust and gas, progressing to the protostar stage. At this point, our star hasn't reached the main sequence phase yet. Can you imagine a core temperature reaching nearly 10 million degrees? 🎨 Thanks to the four different filters used by NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the color palette of this image provides clues about the temperature and density of the region. Besides the glowing dust and gas fields, dense dust clouds that block light are also part of the visual. 🌟 But these dark areas are not empty. Scientists believe that other large stars are nestled here. The spectacular view of space looks like it's straight out of a sci-fi movie... 💡 What do you think about this mesmerizing discovery? What does Hubble's latest observation reveal to us about the mysteries of space? Share your thoughts and let's embark on a journey through the depths of space together! For more: https://lnkd.in/eTYqu6zE #HubbleTelescope #SpaceExploration #StarBirth #Astronomy #Science #Space #NASA #JAXA
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'Blood-Soaked' Eyes: NASA's Webb, Hubble Examine Galaxy Pair By teaming up, these two space telescopes have delivered the highest resolution image of IC 2163 and NGC 2207 to date in a combination of mid-infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light. This ghastly galactic “countenance” recalls mythological human-hunters like the Algonquian wendigo - an emaciated figure with ashen flesh and glowing eyes that grows larger and larger as it feasts, and is never satiated. But this image, captured by the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes, isn’t a case of galactic cannibalism - at least, not yet. The smaller galaxy to the left, IC 2163, has “slithered” behind the larger one at right, NGC 2207, millions of years ago. Though we can’t wait around for millions of years to see what may happen next, researchers can use this crisp combination of mid-infrared light from Webb, and ultraviolet and visible light from Hubble to learn more about the pair, and improve models that may preview the galaxies’ upcoming “thrills.” NASA news article: https://lnkd.in/eJBS7nCD #GalaxyCollision #IC2163 #NGC2207 #CosmicMysteries #GalacticThrills #InfraredImaging #NASA #NASAWebb #jwst #webbspacetelescope #jameswebbtelescope #JamesWebb #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #webbtelescope #spacetelescope #hubblespacetelescope #hubbletelescope #cosmos #Cosmic #SpaceExploration #blackholes #Nebula #galaxy #Universe #Planet #SpaceScience #spaceexplorers #spacelovers #astronomy #astronomer #outerspace #DeepSpace #Astrophysics #exoplanets #timetravel
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The Challenges of Studying Exoplanets | James Webb Space Telescope FriendsofNASA.org: Thousands of exoplanets have been discovered so far, prompting an abundance of questions about these distant worlds that orbit stars outside our solar system. This video explores how the James Webb Space Telescope is advancing our understanding of exoplanets, and the current challenges astronomers encounter when studying these planetary bodies. Within its first few years, Webb has studied a variety of exoplanets, including gas giant exoplanet WASP-39 b and rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b. With each exoplanet observation, the telescope is broadening astronomers’ knowledge about the universe. Since exoplanets are distant and faint worlds, astronomers have developed scientific tools and innovative techniques to overcome certain observational obstacles. Although limitations still exist, even with current telescope technology, Webb is just getting started and scientists continue to learn more about exoplanets every day! Video Credit: NASA, European Space Agency, Canadian Space Agency, STScI, Leah Hustak (STScI), Danielle Kirshenblat (STScI). Duration: 3 minutes Release Date: Nov. 1, 2024 Behrokh Beiranvand Elif Pekeroglu Temurtas| Diane M. Rousseau LHD, Ph.D Zahra T. Jonathan Wolf Ljiljana Milić Jankovic Mitra Nikpay Nikhil Churi, Ph.D, PM, FM, Lean, Six Sigma, Data Analytics Uldouz K. Carla Antonella Gatti Belinda L. Martin Maedeh Taherkhany #NASA #ESA #Astronomy #Space #Science #Stars #Exoplanets #Planets #TRAPPIST1b #WASP39b #Atmosphere #WebbTelescope #JWST #InfraredTelescope #Cosmos #Universe #UnfoldTheUniverse #Europe #CSA #Canada #GSFC #STScI #UnitedStates #STEM #Education
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Supernova spotlight! 💡 NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of galaxy LEDA 857074 and supernova SN 2022ADQZ shining brightly on the right side of the galaxy’s central bar. LEDA 857074 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Eridanus, with partially broken spiral arms. Astronomers detected supernova SN 2022ADQZ in late 2022. This discovery led them to look at the supernova’s host galaxy, LEDA 857074, with Hubble in early 2023. When imaged from the ground, a supernova usually blends in with the image of its host galaxy, but Hubble’s sharp vision helps it distinguish a supernova’s light from its host galaxy’s, measuring the supernova directly. Read more: https://lnkd.in/euRj3rWG
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Is this a three body problem? Not quite, just a triple-star system! These stars are all T Tauri stars, they tend to be younger than 10 million years old, much younger than our 4.6 billion-year-old Sun. They’re often found still swaddled in the clouds of dust and gas from which they formed. This image was captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eQT2bfQK
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This is spiral galaxy IC 3225 (https://lnkd.in/eSpZstg7), right? Follow so far? Continuing... "Astronomers working with the Hubble telescope have published a new image. It shows the galaxy IC 3225, located at a distance of 100 million light years from Earth." What's this got to do with me? What's this got to do with #CTPEnergy? An advanced #CTPSpaceliner (https://bit.ly/49aB40a) based on OUR SCIENCES will be able to travel even 100,000,000 light-years... that's 100m light-years - in less than 10 seconds via advanced CTP Propulsion processes! (post #warpdrive principles!!!) Get it yet? CTP is post #wormhole-thinking! (https://lnkd.in/eveiPr9c) #CTPSpace CTPSci Sciences are 'how' #UFOs/#UAPs travel and are able to get 'here' and back. #space #spaceeconomy #newspace #newspaceeconomy #beyondTesla
The spiral galaxy IC 3225, captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, resembles a celestial cannonball, zipping through space with a tail of gas streaming behind it, much like a comet. More Read > https://lnkd.in/gxhsPc82 #HubbleSpaceTelescope #IC3225 #CosmicDiscovery #GalaxyCluster #Astronomy #SpaceScience #CelestialPhenomena
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Why is the Carina Nebula considered a 'stellar nursery'? Behold the awe-inspiring "Cosmic Cliffs" of the Carina Nebula, captured in stunning detail by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. This vibrant region, located 7,500 light-years away, is one of the most active star-forming regions in our galaxy, earning its title as a true "stellar nursery." The colossal, craggy peaks you see in this image aren’t solid mountains — they’re massive clouds of gas and dust, sculpted by intense ultraviolet radiation from newly born stars. Learn more - https://lnkd.in/gwYYi2Yc So, what do you think? How does it feel to witness the raw beauty and power of the universe as new stars emerge? #NASA #CarinaNebula #JamesWebb #JWST
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