Using the Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) aboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have captured a stunning image of the edge-on protoplanetary disk around the Herbig-Haro object HH 30, which is located in the dark cloud LDN 1551 in the Taurus Molecular Cloud.

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Sep 16, 2024 · NGC 1559 is located approximately 32 million light-years away in the southern constellation of Reticulum.. Otherwise known as ESO 84-10, IRAS 04170-6253 or LEDA 14814, this galaxy was discovered by the Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on November 6, 1826.. NGC 1559 has massive spiral arms chock-full of star formation, and is receding from us at a speed of about 1,300 km/s.

Nov 26, 2024 · 456P/PANSTARRS, an active, main-belt asteroid first spotted in 2021, is recurrently active, and activity is likely driven by the sublimation of volatile ice, according to new observations from the Magellan-Baade telescope and the Lowell Discovery Telescope.

Using data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the the Keck Cosmic Web Imager at W.M. Keck Observatory, astronomers have identified nine rings -- more than previously detected by any telescope in any galaxy -- around the collisional ring galaxy LEDA 1313424.

Oct 16, 2024 · 2024 PT5 was discovered on August 7, 2024 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System in Sutherland, South Africa.. This near-Earth asteroid is around 10 m (33 feet) across and follows a path that resembles that of 2022 NX1. 2024 PT5 became a mini-moon of Earth on September 29 and will return to a heliocentric path 56.6 days later, on November 25.

Feb 4, 2025 · Using the Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) aboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have captured a stunning image of the edge-on protoplanetary disk around the Herbig-Haro object HH 30, which is located in the dark cloud LDN 1551 in the Taurus Molecular Cloud.

Aug 26, 2024 · Composite-color image of the extremely red, quasar-like object A2744-QSO1. Image credit: Furtak et al., doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-07184-8.

Oct 18, 2023 · Scientists propose that an additional, hitherto-unarticulated law is required to characterize familiar macroscopic phenomena of our complex, evolving Universe.

Jun 5, 2024 · Some people can’t imagine a dog barking or a police siren; songs can’t get stuck in their heads; they have no inner voices. Anauralia was proposed in 2021 University of Auckland scientists to describe the little-known condition of a silent mind.