This Is The Hyades Cluster! ✨✨✨

Aurora Boreal.

Crédito: Ollie Taylor

@olliemtaylor

Spotted: signs of a planet about 28 million light-years away 🔎 🪐

For the first time, astronomers may have detected an exoplanet candidate outside of the Milky Way galaxy. Exoplanets are defined as planets outside of our Solar System. All other known exoplanets and exoplanet candidates have been found in the Milky Way, almost all of them less than about 3,000 light-years from Earth.

This new result is based on transits, events in which the passage of a planet in front of a star blocks some of the star's light and produces a characteristic dip. Researchers used our Chandra X-ray Observatory to search for dips in the brightness of X-rays received from X-ray bright binaries in the spiral galaxy Messier 51, also called the Whirlpool Galaxy (pictured here). These luminous systems typically contain a neutron star or black hole pulling in gas from a closely orbiting companion star. They estimate the exoplanet candidate would be roughly the size of Saturn, and orbit the neutron star or black hole at about twice the distance of Saturn from the Sun.

This composite image of the Whirlpool Galaxy was made with X-ray data from Chandra and optical light from our Hubble Space Telescope.

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/R. DiStefano, et al.; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/Grendler

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Debajo del meteoro de las Perseidas, los árboles se alzan en silueta contra las luces dispersas a lo largo del horizonte y la débil Vía Láctea, a su vez cortada por oscuras nubes de polvo interestelar.

Créditos: Jared Tennant

¿Han identificado constelaciones antes?

El autor nos comenta que para esta foto tuvo que esperar que la lluvia de meteoros de las Perseidas se terminara. En ella se pueden identificar algunas de las constelaciones que logramos ver a primeras horas de la noche durante el invierno. El grupo de estrellas que más podemos visualizar es el grupo de las Pléyades en la esquina superior derecha.

Nikon D850 - Tamron 15/30 mm

Crédito: Pellegrini Stefano Photography

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~Antares

¡Aquí hay una increíble concepción de un artista, que representa la "Sky Crane" de la NASA mientras baja el rover Perseverance de Mars 2020 para un aterrizaje suave en la superficie del planeta rojo!

Crédito de representación: MAAS digital LLC, National Geographic Channel

La galaxia de andromeda o también conocida como M31, una galaxia que en unos millones de años colisionaran con nuestra galaxia y ambas se fusionaran formando una nueva.

Te invitamos a que sigas el perfil del autor de esta fotografías para que veas con que equipo la tomo y que hizo para revelarla.

Crédito: Alan Dyer

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~Antares

El Sol y sus manchas solares desde Alicante, España 🇪🇸

Crédito: Jordi L. Coy

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Download Software Used to Get Rovers to the Red Planet

Watching our Perseverance rover safely land on the surface of Mars is the kind of historic feat that gets our adventure-loving hearts racing.

Launching and landing rovers on Mars requires overcoming challenges like defying gravity on two planets, surviving the extreme heat of atmospheric entry, and avoiding rocky obstacles. This takes more than just rocket science – it takes incredible software too.

Did you know that some of the same tried and tested software that helped ensure a safe arrival for Perseverance (and its predecessor, Curiosity) can be downloaded – by you...for free...right now?

Our 2021-22 Software Catalog is full of codes made for space that can be used by entrepreneurs, teachers, gamers, or just about anyone. Whether you are curious about the Martian atmosphere, want to visualize the inside of a volcano, or have an application we’ve never even considered, our software may be able to help. Check out our full site, updated regularly with the latest codes available for download.

Here are a few examples of what you could do with our software!

1. Simulate the Martian atmosphere to prepare spacecrafts for landing

To prepare for exactly what a spacecraft will face on landing day, no matter the location scientists choose, we created software that simulates the Martian atmosphere. The code, Mars (GRAM), is now available to anyone.

We also have a version that simulates Earth's atmosphere, allowing users (especially those in the world of drone design) a way to replicate and design for, potentially dangerous conditions without ever stepping away from the computer.

2. Explore the Red Planet virtually from home with help from the Curiosity rover team

Originally developed for scientists and engineers working on the Curiosity rover mission, OnSight allowed the team a virtual way to walk on and look around Mars. Using an immersive display, such as a virtual reality headset, scientists could see the Red Planet the way a rover would.

This software can also be used to provide virtual experiences of places here on Earth, such as caves and lava fields.

3. Dodge disasters with a risk management tool made for space missions

When preparing for complex space missions, like the upcoming Mars Sample Return mission, it’s crucial to examine how different elements, independently and collectively, impact the probability of success.

But risk management has become an important tool for businesses of all disciplines, from engineering to accounting – and the Space Mission Architecture and Risk Analysis Tool (SMART) could help.

Sound interesting? The NASA software catalog has these and more than 800 additional codes ready for download.

You can also follow our Technology Transfer program on Twitter to learn more about software and technology that can be put to use on Earth.

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Senda estelar alrededor del polo norte celeste. La estrella en el centro de los arcos celestiales concentricos es Polaris.

Imagen desde Bayanhaote, en el interior de Mongolia de China.

Crédito: Jeff Dai

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~Antares

Vía Láctea sobre campos de lavanda, Bulgaria.

Crédito: Mihail Minkov

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