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Neptune’s smallest moon may have been created by comets

sudshr47 February 21, 2019

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We’re all made of star stuff, but some things in the universe are created by comets.

Neptune’s recently discovered and smallest moon, Hippocamp, has been confirmed and observed in detail by the Hubble Space Telescope according to new research published in Nature on Wednesday.

Named Hippocamp for the half-horse, half-fish creature from Greek mythology — all of Neptune’s moons are named for Greek and Roman mythological figures — it’s the smallest of the planet’s seven inner moons, with a diameter of approximately 20-21 miles (34 kilometres).  Read more…

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NASA posts image of ghostly blue objects, deep in the cosmos

sudshr47 February 17, 2019

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When a star is born, a chaotic light show ensues. 

NASA’s long-lived Hubble Space Telescope captured vivid bright clumps moving through the cosmos at some 1,000 light years from Earth. The space agency called these objects clear “smoking gun” evidence of a newly formed star — as new stars blast colossal amounts of energy-rich matter into space, known as plasma. 

Seen as the vivid blue, ephemeral clumps in the top center of the new image below, these are telltale signs of an energy-rich gas, or plasma, colliding with a huge collection of dust and gas in deep space.

As NASA says, these blue masses are transient creations in the cosmos, as “they disappear into nothingness within a few tens of thousands of years.” Read more…

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Dizzying Hubble video zooms in for a detailed, layered look at the Whirlpool Galaxy

sudshr47 February 3, 2019

You ever get the feeling that you’re just a tiny, insignificant speck floating free in the vast ocean of our universe? If the answer is “no” then you haven’t been spending enough time on the Hubble Space Telescope’s YouTube channel.
A video poste…

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Hubble telescope creates awe-inspiring map of star formation in nearby galaxies

sudshr47 May 18, 2018

A galaxy is an incredible thing.
The vast cosmic objects are born when huge clouds of dust and gas collapse under the weight of their own gravity. Hundreds of billions of stars flicker on, and eventually planets also condense from rings of dust surro…

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The Hubble celebrates its 28th birthday by making us all feel small, as usual

sudshr47 April 21, 2018

A part of space 4,000 light-years away is filled with baby stars, and the Hubble Space Telescope can see them.
Two new photos taken by the intrepid telescope and released to celebrate the eye on the sky’s 28th birthday show the Lagoon Nebula, a regio…

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Hubble Space Telescope spots the farthest star ever seen thanks to quirk of nature

sudshr47 April 2, 2018

Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have spotted the most distant star ever studied thanks to some cosmic luck.
The star, named Lensed Star 1 (LS1 for short), was born about 9 billion years ago and is thought to be a huge, blue star with a su…

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Nasa’s Hubble Space Telescope reveals a gigantic ‘fart’ storm on Neptune

sudshr47 February 22, 2018

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NASA has captured some beautiful images on Neptune. Some storms, such as Jupiter’s Red Great Red Spot, last for centuries — but on Neptune, that isn’t the case. This storm (which quite likely smells like rotten eggs) was full of dusty winds and about the size of the diameter of the Atlantic Ocean at one point, has been petering out over the last couple of yearsRead more here. Read more…

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There’s a storm dying on Neptune, and it probably smells like rotten eggs

sudshr47 February 15, 2018

A darkly colored storm on Neptune that’s the diameter of the Atlantic Ocean is shrinking. 
The Hubble Space Telescope first spotted the dying storm in 2015 and has kept an eye on it over the past few years. The most recent photos from the Hubble…

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