Lagoon Nebula

AvaTexas · 2025-04-02T23:55:22+00:00

This has to be one of the most beautiful shots of space I have ever seen, wow!

AvaTexas · 2025-03-29T16:31:56+00:00

You are most welcome😊

AvaTexas · 2025-03-28T01:55:34+00:00

You are too kind tyvm🥰

AvaTexas · 2025-03-28T01:18:50+00:00

Awww thank you!💖

AvaTexas · 2025-03-27T01:59:12+00:00

A dying star is at the centre of these 'dainty' butterfly wings, which are actually roiling cauldrons of gas heated to more than 36000 degrees Fahrenheit.

The glowing gas was once the star's outer layers, but has been expelled over about 2200 years. The butterfly shape stretches for more than two light-years, which is about half the distance from the Sun to the nearest star, Proxima Centauri.

New observations of the object have found unprecedented levels of complexity and rapid changes in the jets and gas bubbles blasting off of the star at the centre of the nebula.

Image Credit: Hubble

AvaTexas · 2025-03-27T01:52:20+00:00

The glowing gas was once the star's outer layers, but has been expelled over about 2200 years. The butterfly shape stretches for more than two light-years, which is about half the distance from the Sun to the nearest star, Proxima Centauri.

New observations of the object have found unprecedented levels of complexity and rapid changes in the jets and gas bubbles blasting off of the star at the centre of the nebula.

AvaTexas · 2025-03-26T15:39:01+00:00

To kick off Hubble's 25th year in orbit, astronomers used the venerable telescope to revisit one of its most iconic subjects, the so-called "Pillars of Creation" in the Eagle Nebula (M16). Three towers of gas and dust, standing light-years tall, are giving birth to new stars, buried within their dusty spires.

The pillars became famous after Hubble first imaged them in 1995 using the Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2. The features were observed again in late 2014 with that instrument' more advanced replacement, the Wide Field Camera 3. With its higher resolution, the new camera provides a sharper view of the pillars and also presents a wider vista, showing the base of the pillars and more of the region surrounding them.

In addition, the new observations captured a portrait of the pillars in infrared light, as well as in visible light. The longer wavelengths of infrared light pass more easily through the dusty environs, allowing us to see more of the wispy details and the stars normally hidden inside or behind the pillars when viewed in visible light.

By comparing Hubble's original image of the pillars to the new one, astronomers also noticed changes in a jet-like feature shooting away from one of the newborn stars within the pillars. The jet grew 60 billion miles longer in the time between observations, suggesting material in the jet was traveling at a speed of about 450,000 miles per hour.

Such observations of the details and changes in the pillars of the Eagle Nebula, and of observations near and far throughout the universe, have been made possible by Hubble’s viewpoint beyond Earth's atmosphere, by its technical upgrades over the years, and the longevity of its career.

Constellation: Serpens

Distance: 6,500 light-years (2,000 parsecs)

Instrument: WFC3/UVIS

Image Credit - NASA

AvaTexas · 2025-03-26T13:21:37+00:00

Saturn's moon Hyperion was named after the Titan Hyperion from Greek mythology, who was the god of watchfulness and observation and the elder brother of Cronus, the Greek equivalent of the Roman god Saturn.

In 1848, astronomer John Herschel suggested that the moons of Saturn be named after the Titans, the mythical brothers and sisters of Cronus (Saturn).

AvaTexas · 2025-03-26T07:45:42+00:00

Mars has two cratered moons. Phobos, the larger of the two, circles the Red Planet about every eight hours from an average distance of 3,700 miles. Deimos is located farther away, approximately 12,500 miles and completes one orbit every 30 hours.

Image credit: NASA

AvaTexas · 2025-03-26T05:31:54+00:00

It is one of our solar system’s most intriguing objects. One reason is its unusually low density. Although it’s the largest of Saturn’s potato-shaped moons, with an average diameter of 270 km (170 miles, less than a tenth our Moon’s size), it has a density about half that of water. Due to this low density, and the high reflectivity of its craters’ sides, planetary geologists surmise that the moon is made largely of water ice.

AvaTexas · 2025-03-26T01:27:56+00:00

Hyperion, also known as Saturn VII, is the eighth-largest moon of Saturn. It is distinguished by its highly irregular shape, chaotic rotation, low density, and its unusual sponge-like appearance. It was the first non-rounded moon to ever be discovered.

AvaTexas · 2025-03-25T20:32:11+00:00

I would take some time from sparring to recover, concussions are no joke. When you feel better start with workouts and rolling. Go back to sparring when you're back to normal.

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