1 2 3 4 5
VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
4/29/23 3:08 a.m.

Nasa's Helium Balloon Telescope floating around Antarctica. I thought that the Earth was running out of helium?

NASA’s super balloon captures stunning images of distant galaxies

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
4/30/23 11:43 a.m.

Here are some nice videos from the European Space Agency and James Webb.

https://esawebb.org/videos/

 

alfadriver
alfadriver MegaDork
5/4/23 8:30 p.m.

Saw a article about some follow up examination of a galaxy that was growing too fast- that was based on the assumption that the star make up of that very young galaxy is the same as the "current" Milky Way. 
 

So it appears that a galaxy that is 500M years old isn't the same make up as one that is 13B. Which makes a lot of sense that there hasn't been enough time for any stars to blow up, making all the heavy elements that makes up all of us. So lots of young massive stars. 

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
5/5/23 11:20 p.m.

Another animation relating the size of black holes to our solar system from Nasa.gov

 

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
5/6/23 12:41 a.m.

Here is a cool 3D fly through animation of the Orion Nebula.

 

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
6/9/23 9:56 p.m.
VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
6/15/23 3:18 p.m.

Yahoo.com: The mystery of our transparent universe has been solved!

JWST looks back at a distant bright quasar.

 

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
7/4/23 11:20 p.m.
David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
7/5/23 10:20 p.m.

“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”–Arthur C. Clarke.

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
7/6/23 9:50 p.m.

James Webb (Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science Survey) CEERS shows something like 100,000 galaxies, but is 510 megabits large. 

Yahoo.com: Webb Space Telescope Discovers Farthest Active Supermassive Black Hole Known

WebbTelescope.org: Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) Survey (NIRCam Image) (Ability to zoom in on line or download TIF file.)

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
7/11/23 12:54 a.m.

Here is an interesting live update that chronicles James Webb's progress since its launch.

Yahoo.com-Space.com: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission — Live updates

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
7/11/23 1:20 a.m.
VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
7/12/23 9:51 a.m.
Indy - Guy
Indy - Guy UltimaDork
7/12/23 9:59 a.m.

In reply to VolvoHeretic :

Wow.  That's really cool!  Thanks for sharing.

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
7/27/23 11:56 a.m.

Yahoo.com: James Webb Space Telescope stuns with glowing portrait of actively forming stars (photo)

WebbTelescope.org: Herbig-Haro 46/47 (NIRCam Image) Download the the full resolution TIF file for printing so that you can open it in a photo viewer and zoom in on your computer, hopefully on your large flat screen tv.

Please note all of the galaxies lurking in the background.

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
8/1/23 12:28 a.m.

Evidently, in the above photo is a question mark shaped galaxy.

Yahoo.com: Cosmic Question Mark Spotted in Deep Space Suggests the Universe Is Stumped

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
8/9/23 8:52 p.m.

 Most distant star imaged. 

Because of Earendel's distance from Earth, it took 12.9 billion years for its light to reach us, scientists said. The universe was less than a billion years old when the light was emitted. The star is now 28 billion lightyears away.

Most distant star ever recorded is a million times brighter than the sun 

WebbTelescope.org: Earendel Star

stroker
stroker PowerDork
8/10/23 5:58 p.m.

I'm beginning to get the idea that the universe is really, really big....

z31maniac
z31maniac MegaDork
8/10/23 6:27 p.m.

If you have Netflix, there is a cool documentary about the James Webb Telescope. 

"Cosmic Time Machine" we watched it this past weekend. Very interesting. 

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
8/30/23 12:00 a.m.
VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
8/30/23 12:01 a.m.

Don't forget to look at the Blue Super Full Moon tomorrow 08-30-2023.

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
9/15/23 5:20 p.m.

The molecule is called dimethyl sulfide, or DMS. On Earth, it’s only produced by living organisms.

Yahoo.com (James Webb): We Just Found a Molecule on Another World...and Only Living Organisms Can Produce It

 

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
10/5/23 9:13 p.m.

Here's a bunch of Rogue twin planets that have lost their host stars in the Orion Nebula.

Unprecedented discovery seems to defy fundamental astronomical theories

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
10/31/23 2:44 a.m.
Indy - Guy
Indy - Guy UltimaDork
10/31/23 2:26 p.m.

Hand of Creation:

link

 

1 2 3 4 5

You'll need to log in to post.

Our Preferred Partners
W40p1RxtLgbUUNS9GlowlhBrwS5wVa6vP2HsEhapq89qYc0cx4hoDpLeWvUcNmBW