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Hubble’s Rare Glimpse at Star Formation in a Distant Galaxy’s Core
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By ESA/Hubble June 24, 2024 The Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys captured this detailed image of the galaxy NGC 5253 ...
Stunning Fireball Over Spain and Portugal Tracked by Lightning Imager From Space
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ESA’s fireball camera in Cáceres, Spain, captured this stunning meteor on Saturday night, May 18, 2024. Credit: ESA/PDO/AMS82 – AllSky7 Fireball Network ...
Blue fireball lights up European skies as meteor streaks by
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A blue meteor lit up the sky over Europe on Saturday night as a chunk of comet burned up in the atmosphere. ...
A new era: Ariane 6 maiden launch campaign gets underway
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29 On July 5, 2023, the Ariane 5 launch vehicle took flight for the last time, thus ending a storied 27-year career ...
Mars Express Discovers Mysterious Martian “Spiders”
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The dark spots in this image from ESA’s Mars Express are the telltale sign of ‘spiders’ scattered across the southern polar region ...
Hubble Celebrates 34th Anniversary With a Spectacular View of the Little Dumbbell Nebula
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Astronomers celebrated the 34th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope by capturing an image of the Little Dumbbell Nebula, 3400 light-years away. ...
Mars Express Reveals Hidden Ice Reserves at Mars’s Equator
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ESA’s Mars Express has provided new insights into Mars’s Medusae Fossae Formation, revealing deep layers of water ice, the largest such discovery ...
Uncovering True Distances in Space
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By ESA/Hubble December 27, 2023 Hubble Space Telescope image featuring the spiral galaxies NGC 1356, LEDA 467699, LEDA 95415, and IC 1947. ...
“Forbidden” Emissions From a Spiral Galaxy
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This image from the Hubble Space Telescope features MCG-01-24-014. It is a spiral galaxy located 275 million light-years away with an active ...
Europe’s Next-Gen Rocket Succeeds in Full-Scale Rehearsal
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The European Space Agency (ESA) has successfully conducted a full-scale rehearsal of its new Ariane 6 rocket at Europe’s Spaceport in French ...
