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The Universe Reveals a Celestial Valentine

Posted on February 14, 2013

❤ ❤ ❤ Cosmic Valentine Courtesy of the Spitzer Space Telescope The Universe reveals a celestial Valentine for Valentine’s Day, courtesy of NASA and the Spitzer Space Telescope. Generations of stars can be seen in this infrared portrait from NASA’s … Continue reading →

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Hubble Space Telescope Serves Up a Cosmic Holiday Ornament

Posted on December 21, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ NGC 5189: Cosmic Holiday Ornament NGC 5189 Zoom Sequence (Annotated) This is a video zoom into the region of sky containing the planetary nebula NGC 5189. The nebula has a knotty and filamentary structure surrounding bluish lobes. … Continue reading →

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Most Distant Galaxy Observed by Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes

Posted on November 15, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ NASA’s Great Observatories Find Candidate for Most Distant Galaxy WASHINGTON — By combining the power of NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes and one of nature’s own natural “zoom lenses” in space, astronomers have set a new … Continue reading →

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Development of a Galaxy: NASA Simulation Spans 13.5 Billion Years

Posted on November 14, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ NASA – Computer Model Shows a Disk Galaxy’s Life History This cosmological simulation follows the development of a single disk galaxy over about 13.5 billion years, from shortly after the Big Bang to the present time. Colors … Continue reading →

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Hubble eXtreme Deep Field Team: Observing the Evolving Universe

Posted on September 27, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ Hubble eXtreme Deep Field: a new, improved portrait of mankind’s deepest-ever view of the Universe Original Announcement => Farthest View Ever of the Universe: Hubble eXtreme Deep Field Hubble Space Telescope: Deepest View Ever of the Universe … Continue reading →

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Farthest View Ever of the Universe: Hubble eXtreme Deep Field

Posted on September 26, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ Hubble eXtreme Deep Field: a new, improved portrait of mankind’s deepest-ever view of the Universe Countless planets, stars, galaxies, clusters… Farthest View Ever of the Universe: Hubble eXtreme Deep Field SEPTEMBER 25, 2012: Like photographers assembling a … Continue reading →

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Galactic Halo: Milky Way Is Surrounded by Hot Gas

Posted on September 24, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ This artist’s illustration shows an enormous halo of hot gas (in blue) around the Milky Way galaxy. Also shown, to the lower left of the Milky Way, are the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds, two small neighboring … Continue reading →

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NASA Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes Observe Most Distant Galaxy Ever Seen?

Posted on September 20, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ Newly discovered galaxy known as MACS 1149-JD (Image credit: NASA/ESA/STScI/JHU) A Glimmer From a Dark Cosmic Era WASHINGTON (NASA) — With the combined power of NASA’s Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, as well as a cosmic magnification … Continue reading →

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Vernor Vinge Discusses the Singularity, Future, Possibilities: “The human era will be ended”

Posted on August 6, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ Countdown to the Singularity Vernor Vinge on the Technological Singularity Vernor Vinge can rightly be called the Father of the Technological Singularity and came up with the term itself. Vinge thinks the technological singularity will occur no later … Continue reading →

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Hubble, Swift Detect First-Ever Changes in an Exoplanet Atmosphere

Posted on June 29, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ This artist’s rendering illustrates the evaporation of HD 189733b’s atmosphere in response to a powerful eruption from its host star. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope detected the escaping gases and NASA’s Swift satellite caught the stellar flare. (Credit: … Continue reading →

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Hubble Space Telescope: Best Images

Posted on May 29, 2012

▲ ▲ ▲ Hubble Space Telescope The Hubble Space Telescope was launched on April 24, 1990. NASA & ESA have selected some of the best images, one for each year in service, in the video below. These include images of … Continue reading →

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