News tagged with magellanic cloud
Hubble observes a dwarf galaxy with a bright nebula
(Phys.org) -- The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made detailed observations of the dwarf galaxy NGC 2366. While it lacks the elegant spiral arms of many larger galaxies, NGC 2366 is home to a bright, ...
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Image: Hubble peeks inside a stellar cloud
(Phys.org) -- These bright stars shining through what looks like a haze in the night sky are part of a young stellar grouping in one of the largest known star formation regions of the Large Magellanic Cloud ...
Apr 23, 2012 |
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Hubble's panoramic view of a turbulent star-making region
(Phys.org) -- Several million stars are vying for attention in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of a raucous stellar breeding ground in 30 Doradus, located in the heart of the Tarantula nebula.
Apr 17, 2012 |
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Hubble views grand star-forming region
(PhysOrg.com) -- This massive, young stellar grouping, called R136, is only a few million years old and resides in the 30 Doradus Nebula, a turbulent star-birth region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite ...
Mar 09, 2012 |
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Spitzer finds solid buckyballs in space
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have, for the first time, discovered buckyballs in a solid form in space. Prior to this discovery, the microscopic carbon spheres ...
Feb 22, 2012 |
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Herschel and Spitzer see nearby galaxies' stardust
(PhysOrg.com) -- The cold dust that builds blazing stars is revealed in new images that combine observations from the Herschel Space Observatory, a European Space Agency-led mission with important NASA contributions; ...
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Space Image: Fastest rotating star found in neighboring galaxy
This artist's concept pictures the fastest rotating star found to date.
Dec 30, 2011 |
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Celestial bauble intrigues astronomers
(PhysOrg.com) -- With the holiday season in full swing, a new image from an assembly of telescopes has revealed an unusual cosmic ornament. Data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA's XMM-Newton have ...
Dec 20, 2011 |
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VLT finds fastest rotating star
(PhysOrg.com) -- ESO's Very Large Telescope has picked up the fastest rotating star found so far. This massive bright young star lies in our neighbouring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, about 160 000 light-years ...
Dec 05, 2011 |
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Astronomers look to neighboring galaxy for star formation insight
An international team of astronomers has mapped in detail the star-birthing regions of the nearest star-forming galaxy to our own, a step toward understanding the conditions surrounding star creation.
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Hubble finds stellar life and death in a globular cluster
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows globular cluster NGC 1846, a spherical collection of hundreds of thousands of stars in the outer halo of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighboring ...
Nov 22, 2011 |
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The Tarantula glows with X-rays and infrared light
(PhysOrg.com) -- This spiderweb-like tangle of gas and dust is a star-forming region called 30 Doradus. It is one of the largest such regions located close to the Milky Way galaxy, and is found in the neighboring ...
Nov 11, 2011 |
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Space image: New supernova remnant lights up
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers are witnessing the unprecedented transition of a supernova to a supernova remnant, where light from an exploding star in a neighboring galaxy, ...
Sep 13, 2011 |
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Young stars take a turn in the spotlight
(PhysOrg.com) -- ESO's New Technology Telescope (NTT) has captured a striking image of the open cluster NGC 2100. This brilliant star cluster is around 15 million years old, and located in the Large Magellanic ...
Sep 07, 2011 |
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Neighbor galaxy caught stealing stars
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers from the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) and their collaborators have found that hundreds of the stars found in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) were stolen from ...
Jul 19, 2011 |
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