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Hubblecast 22: Hubble directly observes exoplanet The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered an extrasolar planet, for the first time using direct visible-light imaging. The strange world is far-flung from its parent star, is surrounded by a colossal belt of gas and dust, and may even have rings more impressive than Saturn's. Tags: hubblecast exoplanet Dr. astronomy science sky stars |
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Hubblecast 21 Special: From silver to silicon Observing the Universe through the eyepiece of a telescope is one thing, but recording the observations for posterity is something quite different. Originally astronomers used pen and paper to draw what they saw, but the human eye is a lousy detector and our brain can play tricks on us. Astrophotography, first explored in the mid-nineteenth century, has proved to be a powerful, objective way of recording telescopic images with the advantage that long exposures revealed much more than the eye could ever see. But the true revolution arrived with electronic detectors and digital image processing. More on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/html/hubblecast21a.html Tags: hubblecast Dr. eyes on the skies |
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Hubblecast 20 Special: Technology to the rescue Progress in telescopic astronomy would have come to a grinding halt in the second half of the twentieth century if it weren?t for the digital revolution. Powerful computers have enabled a wealth of new technologies that have resulted in the construction of giant telescopes, perched on high mountaintops with monolithic or segmented mirrors as large as swimming pools. Astronomers have even devised clever ways of undoing the distorting effects of atmospheric turbulence and of combining individual telescope mirrors into virtual behemoths with unsurpassed eyesight. The optical wizardry of 21st century telescope building has ushered in a completely new era of ground-based astronomical discovery. Tags: hubblecast eyes on the skies astronomy astronomia sky stars galaxies universe cosmos |
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Hubblecast 19: Bigger is Better In their quest for ever-fainter objects and finer detail, astronomers have always demanded bigger telescopes. Scientific vision, technical nerve and personal perseverance led to the giant observatories of the early 20th century. Located on remote peaks and protected beneath majestic domes, these awe-inspiring instruments have revealed an expanding and evolving Universe, populated by a stunning variety of galaxies and nuclear powered stars that produced the elements in our bodies. A few decades ago the five metre Hale Telescope on Palomar Mountain seemed to be the ultimate telescope. But was it? Tags: hubblecast eyes on the skies astronomy hubble observatories telescopes sky |
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Hubblecast 18: Hubble sees magnetic monster in galaxy The Hubble Space Telescope has solved a long-standing puzzle by resolving giant but delicate filaments shaped by a strong magnetic field around the active galaxy NGC 1275. It is the most striking example so far of the influence of the immense tentacles of extragalactic magnetic fields. Tags: hubblecast NGC 1275 galaxy magnetic |
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Hubblecast 16: Galaxies gone wild! Download this video in several formats: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/html/heic0810a.html One of the big mysteries in astronomy is how galaxies grow and evolve over time. Collisions between galaxies are thought to be key events that shape their development. A stunning collection of 59 new images of colliding galaxies has been released to mark the 18th anniversary of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. They give us a unique insight into how galaxies collide to form larger galaxies. Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen) Narration: Dr. J Design: Martin Kornmesser Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen Raquel Yumi Shida Cinematographer: Peter Rixner (www.perix.de) Script: Lars Lindberg Christensen, Raquel Yumi Shida Director: Lars Lindberg Christensen Acknowledgements for the images used in this Hubblecast: * Project lead: Lars Lindberg Christensen * Image processing: Davide de Martin (ESA/Hubble) and Zolt Levay (STScI) * Cosmetic cleaning: Amit Kapadia, Nuno Marques, Maximilian Kaufl (ESA/Hubble) * Colour correction and cosmetic adjustments: Zolt Levay (STScI) & Martin Kornmesser (ESA/Hubble) * HST Principle Investigator: A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook), and the PIs of Hubble Proposals 9735, 11091, 6276, 10575, 7129, 7467, 6438. * Astronomical processing pipeline: The STScI ACS team * Data Archiving and pipeline implementation: The ESO/ST-ECF Archive and the STScI Archive Tags: Hubble telescopes galaxy space science astronomy cosmos |
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Hubblecast 15: Black hole found in Omega Centauri For astronomers, Omega Centauri has been an outcast amongst globular clusters for a long time. A new result obtained by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the Gemini Observatory provides a surprising explanation for Omega Centauri's peculiarities. Tags: hubblecast omega centauri astronomy hubble stars cosmos space |
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Hubblecast 14: First organic molecule on extrasolar planet The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made the first detection ever of an organic molecule in a planet orbiting another star. This breakthrough is an important step in eventually identifying signs of life on a planet outside our Solar System. More on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/html/heic0807a.html Tags: astronomy methane extrasolar planet hubble hubblecast |
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Hubblecast 13: "Cosmic Fossil" The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a new image of the galaxy NGC 1132 which is most likely to be a "cosmic fossil" -- the aftermath of an enormous multi-galactic pile-up, where the carnage of collision after collision has built up a brilliant but fuzzy giant elliptical galaxy far outshining typical galaxies. Tags: astronomy space galaxy cosmos hubble NASA. ESA telescope |
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Hubblecast 12: Murk on a monster planet Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have found the first clear evidence of high altitude haze or clouds in the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet. This discovery reveals a deeper understanding of the class of giant planets that astronomers call 'hot Jupiters' Tags: hubblecast hubble space astronomy hst nasa esa |
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Hubblecast 11: A grand design in a galactic festoon The galaxy Messier 74 lies at a distance of over 30 million light years. In this latest image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope the enormous swirls of this stunning spiral galaxy arc across space, adorned with glowing pink regions of hydrogen gas and lit by the pale blue light of millions of newly formed stars. Tags: hubble nasa esa space telescope astronomy sky cosmos hubblecast galaxy m74 messier nebula stars astronomia |
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Hubblecast 10: Making the Universe come to life - behind the We live in a Universe of unimaginable scale and almost incomprehensible beauty. How is the light from the Universe transformed into the images that have inspired generations by making the Universe come to life? More on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/html/hubblecast10a.html Tags: astronomy hubble space telescope astrophotos images stars galaxies cosmos |
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Hubblecast 09: Extreme star cluster bursts into life The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular image of NGC 3603, a giant nebula hosting one of the most prominent massive young clusters in the Milky Way, thus supplying a prime template for star formation studies. Tags: astronomy sky space hubble nebula stars |
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Hubblecast08: A Step Closer to our Origin... By scrutinising the Hubble Ultra Deep field - the deepest image of the sky ever made - the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope have joined forces to discover nine of the smallest, faintest, most compact galaxies ever observed in the distant Universe. Tags: space sky astronomy hubble telescope ultra deep field |
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Hubblecast 07 - Uncovering the Veil Nebula The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has photographed three magnificent sections of the Veil Nebula - the shattered remains of a supernova that exploded some 5-10,000 years ago. The new Hubble images provide beautiful views of the delicate, wispy structure resulting from this cosmic explosion. Tags: supernova sky explosions astronomy hubble nebula cygnus swan loop |
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Hubblecast 06: A battle of giants Have you ever wondered why some telescopes are launched into space while others are built on remote mountain tops? What is actually the best for astronomy? Here we provide a ringside view of the fight for the elusive photons from deep space - is it a battle of the telescope giants? Tags: Hubble VLT telescopes space science astronomy cosmos |
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Space Shuttle will repair Hubble in 2008 After confirming a high degree of safety for both the Shuttle and its crew, NASA has given the green light for a fifth Servicing Mission to the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The rescue mission will be aimed at upgrading and increasing Hubble's life expectancy in the hope that the observatory continues uncovering some of the most fascinating mysteries of the universe. Read more on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0618.html Tags: space shuttle hubble astronomy astronaut astronauts servicing mission stars planets |
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Dark Matter 3D Map COSMOS Video News Release For the first time ever, astronomers have been creating a three—dimensional map of how the dark matter is distributed across the Universe. An international team of scientists, among them groups from Marseille, the Max-Planck Institutes and Paris have been using data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The results are published in nature online of 8 January 2007, and at the meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Seattle. This Video News Release discussed this discovery. More on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0701.html Tags: dark matter astronomy hubble space telescope sky galaxies stars hubblecast |
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Hubblecast 05: Hubble finds ring of dark matter An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a ghostly ring of dark matter formed long ago during a colossal collision between two galaxy clusters. This is the first time that dark matter has been found with a distribution that differs substantially from the distribution of ordinary matter. Read more at: http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0709.html Tags: dark matter astronomy hubble space telescope sky galaxies stars |
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Hypothetical Near Pass of Asteroid This is an animation of an asteroid that became a meteor! more at: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/html/astro_bi.html Tags: meteor meteoroid asteroid space sky astronomy |
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Closer look in a globular cluster 3D Animation showing the globular cluster NGC 2808 in the constellation of Carina. Read more on http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0 Tags: sky Hubble stars star cluster globular space astronomy telescope |
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Mulitple Generations of stars in NGC 2808 Read more on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0708.html Tags: astronomy stars star globular cluster hubble space telescope |
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Hubblecast 04: Hubble finds stellar generations in a cluster New Hubble observations of the massive globular cluster NGC 2808 provide evidence that it has three generations of stars instead of one as current theories predict. More on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/html/heic0708a.html Tags: Hubble stars star cluster globular space astronomy telescope |
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Hubblecast 03: Hubble 17th anniversary - Carina Nebula The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope celebrates its 17th birthday with one of the largest panoramic images ever taken. The violent stellar fireworks of the Carina Nebula. More on http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/hubblecast03.html Tags: stars. nebula carina hubble astronomy |
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Hubblecast 02: Galaxy bars and supermassive black holes Hubble has delivered an unrivalled snapshot of the nearby barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672. This remarkable image provides a high-definition view of the galaxy's large bar, its fields of star-forming clouds and its dark bands of interstellar dust. More on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0706.html Tags: black holes astronomy science hubble galaxy bars |
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Hubblecast 01: The Comet Galaxy The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, in collaboration with several other ground- and space-based telescopes, has captured a galaxy being ripped apart by a galaxy cluster's gravitational field and harsh environment. The finding sheds light on the mysterious process by which gas-rich spiral-shaped galaxies might evolve into gas-poor irregular- or elliptical-shaped galaxies over billions of years. Read more on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0705.html Tags: astronomy Hubble sky stars galaxy space science |
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Hubble Space Telescope reveals NGC 2440 This video shows the star field of NGC 2440, and a colourful "last hurrah" of a star like our Sun. The star is ending its life by casting off its outer layers of gas, which formed a cocoon around the star's remaining core. Ultraviolet light from the dying star makes the material glow. The burned-out star, called a white dwarf, is the white dot in the centre. Read more and see more pictures on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0703.html Tags: planetary nebula astronomy space |
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Zooming into an extrasolar planetary system in Sagittarius Zooming into an extrasolar planetary system in Sagittarius. More on http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0612.html Tags: Sagittarius exoplanets extrasolar planets |