Astronomy & Space Exploration

#UMPlus - NLight and Dust Over CTIO https://www.universomagico.net/2024/11/luz-y-polvo-sobre-ctio.html Is that a cosmic rift in the sky? No, it's just the colossal dust clouds known as the Great Rift. In this stunning image from the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory CTIO,...See more

#UMPlus - NGC 4292 by Emil Ivanov https://www.universomagico.net/2024/11/ngc-4292-por-emil-ivanov.html NGC 4292, seen here in an image by astronomer Emil Ivanov, is actually a section of a larger image showing the galaxy Messier 61. NGC 4292 is a lenticular, LINER-type galaxy...See more

#UMPlus - NGC 3572 https://www.universomagico.net/2024/11/ngc-3572.html The bright stars in this image all have the designation NGC 3572. Astronomers have captured the best view ever of the strange clouds surrounding this cluster. This new image shows how these clouds of gas...See more

#UMPlus - #UMPlus - IRAS 20088+4402 by Jerry Yesavage https://www.universomagico.net/2024/11/iras-200884402-por-jerry-yesavage.html Astronomer Jerry Yesavage's eerie image shows the planetary nebula candidate called IRAS 20088+4402, which was first detected by the IRAS...See more

#UMPlus - #UMPlus - Interaction of IC 3935 https://www.universomagico.net/2024/11/interaccion-de-ic-3935.html This image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope shows a dramatic galaxy interaction located in the direction of the constellation of Coma Berenices. It is a cosmic...See more

#UMPlus - Sandqvist 40 by Bernhard Hubl https://www.universomagico.net/2024/11/sandqvist-40-por-bernhard-hubl.html Looking toward the Corona Australis constellation and at a distance of about 430 light-years from the Solar System, lies Sandqvist 40, a dark nebula located in the...See more

#UMPlus - Rejuvenation of NGC 1386 https://www.universomagico.net/2024/11/rejuvenecimiento-de-ngc-1386.html Something strange is happening in NGC 1386, a spiral galaxy of type Seyfert 1, located at a distance of 53 million light years from the Milky Way, located in the...See more

#UMPlus - Dark Nebula TGU H1674 https://www.universomagico.net/2024/11/nebulosa-oscura-tgu-h1674.html This image taken by the Victor M. Blanco Telescope shows the dark nebula TGU H1674. Dark nebulae, or absorption nebulae, are clouds of gas and dust so dense that they obscure...See more

#UMPlus - Cocoon by Antoine Grelin https://www.universomagico.net/2024/11/cocoon-por-antoine-grelin.html This image by astronomer Antoine Grelin shows the Cocoon Nebula and associated clouds, which appear in perspective against the more distant red molecular clouds. Although...See more

#UMPlus - Einstein's Cross https://www.universomagico.net/2024/11/la-cruz-de-einstein.html The image above shows the quasar Q2237+0305 located in the direction of the Pegasus constellation and the associated spiral galaxy LEDA 69457, which exerts a gravitational lensing effect....See more

#UMPlus - Star R Doradus https://www.universomagico.net/2024/11/estrella-r-doradus.html For the first time, a team of astronomers has imaged a star other than the Sun in sufficient detail to follow the motion of bubbling gas on its surface. The images of the variable star R...See more