Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc
Image Credit & Copyright: Marco Lorenzi, Angus Lau, Tommy Tse
Explanation: Globular star cluster 47 Tucanae is a jewel of the southern sky. Also known as NGC 104, it roams the halo of our Milky Way Galaxy along with some 200 other globular star clusters. The second brightest globular cluster (after Omega Centauri) as seen from planet Earth, 47 Tuc lies about 13,000 light-years away. It can be spotted with the naked-eye close on the sky to the Small Magellanic Cloud in the constellation of the Toucan. The dense cluster is made up of hundreds of thousands of stars in a volume only about 120 light-years across. Red giant stars on the outskirts of the cluster are easy to pick out as yellowish stars in this sharp telescopic portrait. Tightly packed globular cluster 47 Tuc is also home to a star with the closest known orbit around a black hole.
The Heart Shaped Antennae Galaxies
Image Credit & Copyright: Kent E. Biggs
Explanation: Are these two galaxies really attracted to each other? Yes, gravitationally, and the result appears as an enormous iconic heart -- at least for now. Pictured is the pair of galaxies cataloged as NGC 4038 and NGC 4039, known as the Antennae Galaxies. Because they are only 60 million light years away, close by intergalactic standards, the pair is one of the best studied interacting galaxies on the night sky. Their strong attraction began about a billion years ago when they passed unusually close to each other. As the two galaxies interact, their stars rarely collide, but new stars are formed when their interstellar gases crash together. Some new stars have already formed, for example, in the long antennae seen extending out from the sides of the dancing duo. By the time the galaxy merger is complete, likely over a billion years from now, billions of new stars may have formed.
🆕 Spiral galaxies galore! Webb has snapped portraits of 19 spiral galaxies, showing stars, gas, and dust on the smallest scales ever seen beyond our own galaxy ⭐. Read more: https://t.co/3UG784pIc1 or 🧵👇
Depeche Mode are performing at The O2 in London for two nights. Have a fantastic time to everyone going to the concerts. The Depeche Mode poem by All On The Board is at North Greenwich station.
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We just streamed the first ultra-HD video brought to you via laser from deep space. And it’s a video of Taters, a tabby cat.
This test will pave the way for high-data-rate communications in support of the next giant leap: sending humans to Mars. https://t.co/tf2hWxaHWO
We're celebrating the holiday season with a new image of the "Christmas Tree Cluster" — complete with blinking lights! This group of young stars, roughly 1-5 million years old, is located about 2,500 light-years from Earth: https://t.co/SnJFgSUY0h
Happy Holidays space fans!🎄
Il y a bientôt 40 ans on découvrait « maman a tort » sans trop savoir où cet univers irait. Le parcours est incroyable, tout ce qu’on a découvert grâce à vous. Merci et joyeux anniversaire Mylène!🎉🥳🎂🎊🎁🎈#MyleneFarmer
Thanks for the kind words Chris. I guess some of that magic comes from just getting up there & playing - no practice or planning we vibe off each other & the crowd + every gig is different for us & the fans which is way more fun 🤩
Youths!
Webb observed galaxy cluster El Gordo, a cosmic teen that existed 6.2 billion years after the big bang. The most massive cluster of its era, it’s a perfect gravitational magnifying glass, bending & distorting light from distant objects behind it: https://t.co/BrYH55h77F
Happy #FourthOfJuly!
This stellar red, white, and blue view shows the star cluster M14. Home to over 150,000 stars, it's located about 29,000 light-years away and is best observed with a telescope during July.
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