Tag: Hubble Space Telescope
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.
All Wound Up
by CritterKeeper on Aug.31, 2010, under General
Credit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Arms of dark dust tightly wind around the bright center of NGC 2787 in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Blowing Bubbles
by CritterKeeper on Aug.30, 2010, under General
Credit: NASA, ESA, Mohammad Heydari-Malayeri (Observatoire de Paris, France)
New stars in N83B are blowing bubbles in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Starry Ducky
by CritterKeeper on Aug.24, 2010, under Bugs, birds and other animals
Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)
Resembling a starry ducky, a pair of faraway galaxies known as IRAS 21101+5810, merge together in a sky crowded with nearby stars from our own Milky Way.
Cluster of Jewels
by CritterKeeper on Aug.23, 2010, under General
Credit: European Space Agency & NASA
A cluster of jewels, known as NGC 265, glows in the Small Magellanic Cloud.
Solving a mystery
by CritterKeeper on Aug.20, 2010, under General
Credit: NASA, ESA, E. Jullo (JPL/LAM), P. Natarajan (Yale) and J-P. Kneib (LAM).
Sometimes what we can’t see is as important as what we can. Using new techniques, astronomers are helping solve the big mystery of dark energy in the Universe and perhaps its ultimate fate.
A Blooming Rose
by CritterKeeper on Aug.17, 2010, under Plants/Flowers
Credit: NASA, ESA and Mohammad Heydari-Malayeri (Observatoire de Paris, France)
Fierce radiation from N11A’s central star is shaping a delicate rose in space in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Leaping Fish
by CritterKeeper on Aug.16, 2010, under Water Creatures
Credit: NASA, ESA and Orsola De Marco (Macquarie University)
Strange shapes, leaping fish and pincers can be found in the colorful sea of gas and dust amid bright blue stars in the star–forming region of NGC 2467.
Galactic Hook
by CritterKeeper on Aug.13, 2010, under General
Credit: NASA and ESA
The Universe seems to marvel in the weird. A hook, like a cosmic question mark, makes NGC 4696 stand out from its more shapeless elliptical galaxies in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
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.

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