⚫ Our galaxy’s central black hole has a leak!
This supermassive black hole (which is over 4 million times more massive than our Sun, by the way!) looks like it still has the remains of a blowtorch-like jet dating back thousands of years.
Read more: https://t.co/be7zKIjJ0a
✨ Stars or grains of sand?
This #HubbleClassic view of the galaxy NGC 300 shows off the telescope’s spectacular resolution, which allows us to see stars as individual points of light… even though the galaxy is millions of light-years away.
Formore: https://t.co/erGtzDOeIR
Roughly 120 million light-years away from Earth, the spiral galaxy Mrk 1337 is helping astronomers learn more about how fast the universe is expanding.
Learn more about this #HubbleFriday image: https://t.co/cpiXMam0xf
The holiday music can officially start now, right? 🎁 ✨
This sonfiication is of Caldwell 73, a globular cluster in constellation Columba. Explore this image and others through sound: https://t.co/dJKbig7lGw
💍 Ring Nebula
Also called Messier 57, this nebula is about 2,000 light-years away! Learn more about this beautiful cosmic object: https://t.co/nbpLnJzMoX
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It wouldn't be #NebulaNovember without the iconic Pillars of Creation! 🤩
In this sonification, sounds represent visible (Hubble) and X-ray light (@chandraxray). Moving from left to right, the vertical position of the recorded light controls the pitch: https://t.co/bqeniE09jJ
There’s hardly ever a dull day in the universe, especially when black holes are involved. ⚫ Check out this thread for some of the latest black hole news! #BlackHoleFriday
⚫ Happy #BlackHoleFriday!
Astronomers had hoped to find a “medium” black hole in this star cluster, but instead found evidence of a concentration of small black holes, as depicted in this artist’s impression.
Learn more about this discovery: https://t.co/DtmLVhrtNV
🦋 Listen to the "sounds" of the Butterfly Nebula cascade off its wings!
Strings and synthetic tones represent the nebula in sound. Stars are assigned the digital harp, while its tilted hour-glass figure is heard as a crescendo. More: https://t.co/qqMXUfUN8J
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🌀 Anyone else mesmerized?
As we near the halfway point of #NebulaNovember, take in this spectacular view of the Hourglass Nebula.
This is a young planetary nebula about 8,000 light-years away: https://t.co/1xOwD5GRZ1
Reflection nebulae are clouds of gas and dust that reflect light from nearby stars.
You can see the phenomenon in this newly released Hubble image that shows a portion of IC 2631. Read more: https://t.co/NttEIM2PQv
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Check out the "sounds" of the Helix Nebula! 🎼
In this sonification, scientists have assigned lower pitches to red light and higher pitches to blue light. Explore more Hubble sonifications here: https://t.co/iu1Y5CFBL4
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