Space Contents Archive

Two pairs of supermassive black holes in dwarf galaxies are on collision courses in a new study by @ChandraXray. Researchers suspect dwarf galaxies merge to create larger galaxies like our Milky Way & may give insight into our galaxy’s past: https://t.co/TVjluH5Koa https://t.co/omYsDnyHiU

Starstruck? 🌟 This Hubble image shows star cluster M92. About 27,000 light-years away, it’s one of the oldest globular clusters in our galaxy. Globular clusters are roughly spherical groupings of stars held together by their gravitational attraction: https://t.co/zruvGX7SKr https://t.co/HO6Xywkiy3

James Webb telescope detects evidence of ancient ‘universe breaker’ galaxies - Scientists are forced to rethink development of galaxies and size of the universe.

last night's crescent moon through my telescope!

NASA will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of the uncrewed Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft, heading to the space station to replace the Soyuz MS-22 following a radiator coolant leak. @NASA TV coverage begins at 7pm ET, Thursday, Feb. 23. https://t.co/NgZJcnpsoG

SpaceX proceeding with Starship orbital launch attempt after static fire

#United24 is conducting a raffle for all donors for my ambulance fundraiser for #Ukraine. Signed photos of these images I took from space. Details how to join the raffle and donate at https://t.co/qj0k9bLu6y Deadline midnight tonight PST. https://t.co/iAoZQhhJBp

Jeff Foust on Twitter: NASA's Mark Wiese says on a panel at SpaceCom that he expects the agency to give the formal authorization to proceed to SpaceX for the first Gateway logistics mission this year; planning a 48-month lead time to get it ready in time for Artemis 4 in ~2027.

view from my apartment parking lot

'Runaway' black hole the size of 20 million suns found speeding through space with a trail of newborn stars behind it https://t.co/VeN69eSpu5 https://t.co/SIpPyEDzPm

M106 with a pinch of galactic cirrus

An uncrewed Soyuz spacecraft is set to launch Thursday, Feb. 23, to replace the Soyuz MS-22 ship after its radiator coolant leaked last Dec. Live coverage will begin at 7pm ET (0000 UTC), with liftoff set for 7:24pm ET: https://t.co/fn5M5CUYfR Watch on https://t.co/z1RgZwQkWS https://t.co/q2M64iRPMY

M92 was also one of @NASAWebb's first science observations, partially to test how well Webb observes stars that are densely packed together. Plus, Webb operates at longer wavelengths and is able to detect smaller, fainter stars in shorter amounts of time: https://t.co/c0yPDwomX6 https://t.co/jiTgxsRmz6

Four Exp 68 crewmates prep for return to Earth next month during @ISS_Research operations. They also await a Soyuz crew ship launch set for 7:24pm ET on Thursday and the @SpaceX #Crew6 launch at 1:45am on Monday. https://t.co/VHPYdFE9nK

I imagine #NewOrleans is in post #MardiGras recovery today! I snapped these photos (1: New Orleans & Lake Pontchartrain; 2: New Orleans, Gulf Coast, Mississippi River delta) from @Space_Station on another top festive occasion, New Year’s Eve 2019. Laissez les bons temps rouler! https://t.co/JXpuJwSUCT