... Unloading a space shuttle -- for the last time. ... So, spaced about 4 hours apart these 4 images of the solar system's most distant gas giant cover one Neptune day. ... For the last time, the US Space Shuttle has approached the International Space Station (ISS). Following a dramatic launch from Cape Canaveral last week that was witnessed by an estimated one million people, Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-135 lifted a small crew to a welcome rendezvous three days ago with the orbiting station. ...

M1 image More About M1 Nice Color Picture . ... M16 image More About M16 HST image . ... M31 image More About M31 Nice Color Picture . ... M42 image ; M43 image More About M42/43 Nice Color CCD Picture . M51 image More About M51 Color Image of M51 M51 Supernova . M57 image More About M57 Nice Color CCD Picture Very Deep M57 Image . ... M81 image More About M81 M81 Supernova Ultraviolet Image of M81 More about Ultraviolet Imaging . M82 image More About M82 M82 False Color M82 True Color . ...

... Abstract . ... A Survey for Supernovae in Massive High-Redshift Clusters . ... Combined optical and x-ray image of the "Bullet" galaxy cluster: the red outlines the distribution of hot, baryonic gas (from X-rays); the blue maps the underlying (dark matter) mass distribution. ... Galaxy-galaxy lenses, however, offer a distinct advantage, since the background source is extended, and therefore imposes a stronger constraints on the mass distribution of the lensing galaxy than a point-source QSO. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Last week's Snack talked about how black holes can affect the environment around them in such a way as to be very bright . ... It's a common misconception that black holes always have matter swirling into them. ... As this matter gets closer and closer to the black hole it piles up and a large, fairly flat disk forms. This is called the accretion disk , because matter from this disk accretes (that is, falls in) on the black hole. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2002 October 7 . The Galaxy and the Quasar . ... Hubble Heritage Team , NASA . Explanation: Is the galaxy in the center connected to the quasar on the upper right? ... Some believe that the quasar Markarian 205 was recently ejected from galaxy NGC 4319, indicating that the high redshift of Markarian 205 is not indicative of its distance . ...

An image of the grand design of spiral galaxy M100 obtained with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope resolves individual stars within the majestic spiral arms. ... Hubble has the ability to resolve individual stars in other galaxies and measure accurately the light from very faint stars. This makes space telescope invaluable for identifying a rare class of pulsating stars, called Cepheid Variable stars embedded within M100's spiral arms. ... 617) 495-7062 . Fax: (617) 495-7356 . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . Colin Johnston . ... Moon . ... Space Flight . ... June . ... By admin July 17, 2012 Posted in: Colin Johnston . ... Image credit:Don Pettit/NASA) . ... Image credit:NASA) . ... 4 June:The US intelligence community giving NASA two surplus giant spysats for conversion to Hubble-style space telescopes. ... 18 June:€аa Chinese space docking . ... Hello, IтАЩm Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the PlanetariumтАЩs official blog. ...

... STScI-PRC94-49c EMBARGOED UNTIL: 2:00 P.M. EDT Wednesday, October 26, 1994 THE SPIRAL GALAXY M100 An image of the grand design of spiral galaxy M100 obtained with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope resolves individual stars within the majestic spiral arms. ... This makes space telescope invaluable for identifying a rare class of pulsating stars, called Cepheid Variable stars embedded within M100's spiral arms. ... It is a rotating system of gas and stars, similar to our own galaxy, the Milky Way. ...

... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Member States . ... United Kingdom . Travel and Contacts . Travel to ESO Headquarters . ... Survey Telescopes . ... Galaxies . ... ESO Science Newsletter . ... VLT Unit Telescopes Names . ... These two optical images from the Anglo-Australian Telescope in Australia show the Circinus galaxy before (February 1995) and after (March 1996) the supernova explosion of SN 1996cr was visible. ... Circinus Galaxy , SN 1996cr . ...

Probing new worlds" Images are listed in the order in which they appear on the contact sheet (reading right to left). ... 2763-8.tif |19.2 |CSIRO's |The location of both the solar |CSIRO's Dover Heights field | ... Photo: CSIRO | ... NOT FOR USE. ... image. ... MB |galaxy |from the optical image |information for the two images | ... CenA_AAT7.tif) and radio image |used in the composite. | ... Large Array radio telescope of the |courtesy of NRAO / AUI / NSF | ... CSIRO's Parkes radio telescope. | ...

... Visible Distribution of Galaxies. ... Features of Elliptical, Lens-Shaped, Spiral and Irregular Galaxies. Galaxies with Bar. ... Distribution of Surface Brightness of Surface and Spiral Galaxies. ... Color Characteristics of Galaxies. ... Methods of Galaxies' Mass Determination. ... Hidden Mass of Spiral Galaxies. ... Features of Dark Matter Distribution in E and SO Galaxies. ... The Whole Number of Galaxies and Their Density by the Results of Observation on the 'Hubble' Space Telescope. ...

The Steady State model of the Universe was proposed in 1948 by Bondi and Gold and by Hoyle. ... At the time the Steady State model was proposed,