In the DarkSep 17, 2025

A Zoom in to the Butterfly Nebula

I haven’t used my Youtube channel very much recently so to avoid disappointing my subscribers, of whom there are several, I have today uploaded a video showcasing the work of colleagues in the Physics Department at Maynooth.

This zoom in from an optical Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image shows how infrared observations by the James Web Space Telescope reveal the surprising details of the structure at the heart of the Butterfly Nebula, NGC 6302

https://youtube.com/shorts/jLcugADvO3I?feature=share

For background to this video, see here.

#ButterflyNebula #ChorizoGate #HST #HubbleSpaceTelescope #JamesWebSpaceTelescope #JWST #NGC6302

ulaulamanApr 11, 2024

Webb finds evidence for a neutron star at heart of young supernova remnant

https://esawebb.org/news/weic2404/?lang

The supernova, known as SN 1987A, occurred 160 000 light-years from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud. #SN1987A was a type II supernova that was observed on Earth in 1987, the first supernova that was visible to the naked eye since 1604 — before the advent of telescopes.

@astronomy

#astronomy #JamesWebSpaceTelescope #supernova

Webb finds evidence for a neutron star at heart of young supernova remnant

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has found the best evidence yet for emission from a neutron star at the site of a recently observed supernova. The supernova, known as SN 1987A, occurred 160 000 light-years from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud. SN 1987A was a type II supernova [1] that was observed on Earth in 1987, the first supernova that was visible to the naked eye since 1604 — before the advent of telescopes. It has thus offered the astronomical community a rare opportunity to study the evolution of a supernova and what was left behind, from the very beginning. SN 1987A was a core-collapse supernova, meaning the compacted remains at its core are expected to have formed either a neutron star or a black hole. Evidence for such a compact object has long been sought, and whilst indirect evidence for the presence of a neutron star has previously been found, this is the first time that the effects of high energy emission from the young neutron star has been detected.

www.esawebb.org
ulaulamanApr 11, 2024

Webb unlocks secrets of one of the most distant galaxies ever seen

https://esawebb.org/news/weic2406/?lang

Looking deep into space and time, two teams using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have studied the exceptionally luminous galaxy GN-z11, which existed when our 13.8 billion-year-old Universe was only about 430 million years old.

@astronomy

#astronomy #JamesWebSpaceTelescope #nasa #esa #universe #galaxies

Webb unlocks secrets of one of the most distant galaxies ever seen

Looking deep into space and time, two teams using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have studied the exceptionally luminous galaxy GN-z11, which existed when our 13.8 billion-year-old Universe was only about 430 million years old.

www.esawebb.org
Show threadMycotropicFeb 16, 2023
@GingerSnapped if you array them properly you can create your own version of the #JWST #JamesWebSpaceTelescope
Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​Dec 25, 2021

3 hours to JWST launch

https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/countdown.html
https://youtube.com/watch?v=21X5lGlDOfg
https://nitter.kavin.rocks/nasawebb?lang=en

#JWST #GetLaunched #IRL #JamesWebSpaceTelescope

Launch Countdown Webb/NASA

The countdown to NASA's Webb Space Telescope Launch. The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called Webb or JWST) is a large infrared telescope with a 6.5-meter primary mirror. Webb will be the premier observatory of the next decade, serving thousands of astronomers worldwide. It will study every phase in the history of our Universe, ranging from the first luminous glows after the Big Bang, to the formation of solar systems capable of supporting life on planets like Earth, to the evolution of our own Solar System.