Eyes in the Sky
Galactic Pac-Man
by CritterKeeper on Sep.02, 2010, under Eyes in the Sky
Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University) and G. Ostlin (Stockholm University)
Interacting galaxies form a Pac-Man shape moving in to devour a distant galaxy in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Cold’s Greenish Glow
by CritterKeeper on Sep.01, 2010, under Eyes in the Sky
Credit: NASA, ESA and Mohammad Heydari-Malayeri (Observatoire de Paris, France)
Cold doesn’t actually have a color; well, maybe blue lips in the wintertime. To help us see new stars being born deep within the thick dust of nebulae, astronomers use special telescopes to see the star’s glow.
A Slice of Lemon
by CritterKeeper on Aug.12, 2010, under Eyes in the Sky
Credit: Howard Bond (Space Telescope Science Institute), Robin Ciardullo (Pennsylvania State University) and NASA
IC 3568 glows like a lemony plasma globe in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Eight of Space
by CritterKeeper on Aug.09, 2010, under Eyes in the Sky
Credit: The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI/NASA)
In 1987, astronomers witnessed a brilliant explosion. A massive star exploded, shining with more light than an entire galaxy. In a span of months it was gone. With the help of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers “re-found” SN 1987A hidden in a backdrop of glittering stars and shimmering wisps of gas.
Barred Eye
by CritterKeeper on Aug.06, 2010, under Eyes in the Sky
Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration
Clusters of hot, blue stars swirl along the star lanes of barred spiral NGC 1672.
Piercing Eye
by CritterKeeper on Aug.04, 2010, under Eyes in the Sky
Credit: NASA and ESA
A dramatic, piercing eye gazes back at us from the sky in this image of NGC 3918 from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
A Bull’s-Eye
by CritterKeeper on Jul.29, 2010, under Eyes in the Sky
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
On a planet filled with craters of every shape and size, an unusual impact crater came to the attention of scientists studying Mars using NASA’s HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Reaching Fingers
by CritterKeeper on Jul.27, 2010, under Eyes in the Sky
Credit: NASA, ESA, R. O’Connell (University of Virginia), F. Paresce (National Institute for Astrophysics, Bologna, Italy), E. Young (Universities Space Research Association/Ames Research Center), the WFC3 Science Oversight Committee, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Ghostly fingers of gas and dust reach up to grab a glittering, young stars of NGC 3603 in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Space Brains, Beans and Bubbles
by CritterKeeper on Jun.28, 2010, under Eyes in the Sky
Credit: NASA, ESA and Jesús Maíz Apellániz (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain)
Resembling a giant brain, this image of N11 in the Large Magellanic Cloud from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is a space bubble filled with new stars.
Cat’s Eye
by CritterKeeper on Jun.04, 2010, under Eyes in the Sky
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, HEIC, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Ancient men used to believe that the stars were eyes in the sky, loved ones looking and watching over them. What ancient men didn’t know was that there really appear to be eyes in the sky.
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Welcome to Starry Critters!
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