Light Echo from Star V838 iPad Mini Cases

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Light Echo from Star V838 iPad Mini Cases

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"[This is] the most recent NASA Hubble Space Telescope view of an unusual phenomenon in space called a light echo. Light from a star that erupted nearly five years ago continues propagating outward through a cloud of dust surrounding the star. The light reflects or "echoes" off the dust and then travels to Earth."

(qtd. from HubbleSite.org NewsCenter release STScI-2006-50)

Credit: NASA, ESA, and H. Bond (STScI)

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Gemini Planet Imager produces stunning observations in its first year

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The Gemini Planet Imager GPI is an advanced instrument designed to observe the environments close to bright stars to detect and study Jupiter-like exoplanets (planets around other stars) and see protostellar material (disk, rings) that might be lurking next to the star.

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Planet-hunting satellite observes supermassive black hole

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Astrophysicists combined ground observations with those from NASA's planet-hunting satellite. The study looked at a black hole more than 100 million light years away. They estimate KA 1858 to have 8 million times the mass of our sun.

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Efficient optical coupling of single carbon nanotubes to photonic crystals

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A University of Tokyo research group led by Associate Professor Yuichiro Kato at the Graduate School of Engineering

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As Ranks of Goldilocks Planets Grow, Astronomers Consider What’s Next

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Scientists have found eight new planets orbiting their stars that look a lot like Earth. The next question: how to study them more closely.















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Eight new planets found in 'Goldilocks' zone

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Astronomers announced today that they have found eight new planets in the "Goldilocks" zone of their stars, orbiting at a distance where liquid water can exist on the planet's surface. This doubles the number of small planets (less than twice the diameter of Earth) believed to be in the habitable zone of their parent stars. Among these eight, the team identified two that are the most similar to Earth of any known exoplanets to date.



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Record-breaking black hole outburst detected

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Last September, after years of watching, astronomers observed and recorded the largest-ever flare in X-rays from a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

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Milky Way core drives wind at 2 million miles per hour

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At a time when our earliest human ancestors had recently mastered walking upright, the heart of our Milky Way galaxy underwent a titanic eruption, driving gases and other material outward at 2 million miles per hour. Now, at least 2 million years later, astronomers are witnessing the aftermath of the explosion: billowing clouds of gas towering about 30,000 light-years above and below the plane of our galaxy.

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Hubble's high-definition panoramic view of Andromeda galaxy

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The largest NASA Hubble Space Telescope image ever assembled, this sweeping view of the Andromeda galaxy (M31) is the sharpest large composite image ever taken of our galactic neighbor. Though the galaxy is over 2 million light-years away, the Hubble telescope is powerful enough to resolve individual stars in a 61,000-light-year-long section of the galaxy's pancake-shaped disk.

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Hubble goes high def to revisit the iconic ‘Pillars of Creation'

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In celebration of its 25th anniversary, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has revisited the famous "Pillars of Creation" region of the Eagle Nebula (M16), providing astronomers with a sharper and wider view. As a bonus, the pillars have been photographed in near-infrared light, as well as visible light.

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Vivid Image of the Moon Print

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Vivid Image of the Moon Print

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Controversial DNA test comes to UK

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A personal DNA test that has sparked controversy in the US has launched in the UK. 
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100 Million Stars in the Andromeda Galaxy

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Sculpted Region of the Orion Nebula Rectangular Sticker

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Sculpted Region of the Orion Nebula Rectangular Sticker

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Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series A region within the Orion Nebula showing the sculpting effect that stars can have on any surrounding gas clouds. This glowing region reveals arcs and bubbles formed when stellar winds - streams of charged particles ejected by the nearby Trapezium stars - collide with material.

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Image credit: NASA, ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team

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SpaceX Rocket Launch Is Called Off Minutes Before Liftoff

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A launch commentator on NASA Television said the rocket experienced an “actuator drift” issue with the second-stage propulsion system.















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Crab Nebula Wall Stickers

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Crab Nebula Wall Stickers

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This is a mosaic image, one of the largest ever taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope of the Crab Nebula, a six-light-year-wide expanding remnant of a star's supernova explosion. Japanese and Chinese astronomers recorded this violent event nearly 1,000 years ago in 1054, as did, almost certainly, Native Americans.

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Horsehead Nebula Space Astronomy iPad Case

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Horsehead Nebula Space Astronomy iPad Case

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This beautiful astronomy photograph from NASA and ESA shows an infrared view of the Horsehead Nebula, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in its 23rd year in orbit. This area is in the constellation of Orion, and the Horsehead Nebula is also known as Barnard 33. In this image the gas clouds have a pale, ghostly appearance, with brightly shining stars in the background. Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI)

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Desolenator transforms sunshine into water

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Desolinator is a solar powered water desalination system, which converts any type of water (including sea water) into

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Freshmen-level chemistry solves solubility mystery of graphene oxide films

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For many years, researchers did not understand why graphene oxide remained stable in water. Now a research team finds that it's due to a common contaminant introduced during filtration.

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Cosmic Calendar Poster

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Cosmic Calendar Poster

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The 13.8 billion year history of the universe scaled down to a single year. The time scale helps put cosmology, evolution, and written history in context. Perfect for any classroom!

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Butterfly Nebula in Scorpius Constellation Stickers

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Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series NGC 6302, more popularly called the Bug Nebula or the Butterfly Nebula, lies within our Milky Way galaxy, roughly 3,800 light-years away in the constellation of Scorpius.
The central dying star cannot be seen because it's hidden within a doughnut-shaped ring of dust, which appears as a dark band pinching the nebula in the centre. The thick dust belt constricts the star's outflow, creating the classic "bipolar" or hourglass shape displayed by some planetary nebulae.
The nebula's reddish outer edges are largely due to light emitted by nitrogen, which marks the coolest gas visible in the picture. The white-coloured regions are areas where light is emitted by sulphur. These are regions where fast-moving gas overtakes and collides with slow-moving gas that left the star at an earlier time, producing shock waves in the gas (the bright white edges on the sides facing the central star).

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image credit: NGC 6302 was imaged on 27 July 2009 with Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 in ultraviolet and visible light. Filters that isolate emissions from oxygen, helium, hydrogen, nitrogen and sulphur were used to create this composite image.

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Carina Nebula around the Wolf Rayet star WR 22 Room Graphic

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Carina Nebula around the Wolf Rayet star WR 22 Room Graphic

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