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☆ Webb telescope offers an unexpected view of the Sombrero galaxy
  + stars: | 2024-12-02 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
CNN —The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a surprising new view of a long-studied galactic neighbor, the Sombrero galaxy, revealing a perspective that looks quite different from the wide-brimmed Mexican hat for which it was named. Hubble: Messier 104, The Sombrero Galaxy Looking like a broad-brimmed Mexican hat, the “Sombrero” galaxy, M104, is a spiral galaxy seen nearly edge-on. NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI The Sombrero Galaxy is imaged in visible light by the Hubble Space Telescope, left, and in mid-infrared light by the James Webb Space Telescope’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument). But the Sombrero galaxy is quiet in terms of star formation compared with other galaxies such as Messier 82. The Webb telescope, launched in December 2021, will begin its fourth year of observing the universe in July.
Persons: James Webb, Pierre Méchain, Méchain, Charles Messier, NASA’s, Webb Organizations: CNN, Telescope, Hubble, Spitzer, NASA, Hubble Heritage, James Webb Space Telescope, micron, ESA, CSA, Way Locations: MIRI
☆ Hubble image may contain evidence of stellar cannibalism in dumbbell-shaped nebula
  + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
The nebula, 3,400 light-years away in the Perseus constellation, is an expanding shell of gases kicked out by a dying red giant star. Before the aging red giant star collapsed, it released a ring of gas and dust. The companion star, once in orbit around the red giant, is nowhere to be seen in Hubble’s image. Since collapsing, the red giant star has transformed into a dead stellar remnant known as an ultra-dense white dwarf star. “The space telescope is the most scientifically productive space astrophysics mission in NASA history,” according to a NASA release.
Persons: Charles Messier, Pierre Méchain, Hubble, James Webb Organizations: CNN, Hubble, NASA
☆ The Taurids meteor shower is expected to peak this weekend. Here's how to watch bright fireballs dazzle the night sky.
  + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The Northern Taurids meteor shower will be at its best overnight, between November 11 and 12. In the Southern Hemisphere, the meteor shower reached another peak in mid-October. The Southern and Northern Taurids' last peaks were in 2015. NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington/Southwest Research InstituteIn 2005, a Taurids meteor struck the surface of the moon. During the peak, the American Meteor Society says you might see around five meteors per hour under clear, dark skies.
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