6 Great Space Images From July By Michael RostonJuly 31, 2023
6 Great Space Images From July
Michael RostonEditing space and astronomy news Astronomers at Caltech discovered a baffling white dwarf star. One side is made of hydrogen, while the other is helium. They nicknamed the star Janus for its two-faced nature.
Let’s look at 5 more noteworthy images and videos released this month →
K. Miller, Caltech/IPAC
Cameras on India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission captured its journey to space on July 14. The spacecraft includes a lander and a rover that will try to reach the moon’s surface in late August. A similar mission in 2019 ended in a crash.
Indian Space Research Organization
Last year, a NASA spacecraft slammed into a space rock, Dimorphos, to test a way to defend Earth from a rogue asteroid. The Hubble Space Telescope recorded a cluster of 37 boulders now floating above the surface of Dimorphos.
NASA, ESA, David Jewitt (UCLA), Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
On a beach north of Perth in Western Australia, a large object made landfall. The Australian Space Agency on Monday said it was “debris from an expended third-stage” of an Indian rocket, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. It did not say how long ago it was launched.
Australian Space Agency
China’s commercial spaceflight industry is becoming more active. The company Landspace on July 12 launched its Zhuque-2 rocket. It was the first rocket using methane propellants to reach orbit, edging out American companies like SpaceX and Relativity.
via Weibo
The James Webb Space Telescope celebrated one year of sharing cosmic images. It recently released a picture of Herbig-Haro 46/47, a pair of stars that are only thousands of years old. The maturing stars in this scene emit colorful jets of material into their region of space.
Joseph DePasquale (STScI), NASA, ESA, CSA
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6 Great Space Images From July
Michael RostonEditing space and astronomy news Astronomers at Caltech discovered a baffling white dwarf star. One side is made of hydrogen, while the other is helium. They nicknamed the star Janus for its two-faced nature.
Let’s look at 5 more noteworthy images and videos released this month →
K. Miller, Caltech/IPAC
Cameras on India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission captured its journey to space on July 14. The spacecraft includes a lander and a rover that will try to reach the moon’s surface in late August. A similar mission in 2019 ended in a crash.
Indian Space Research Organization
Last year, a NASA spacecraft slammed into a space rock, Dimorphos, to test a way to defend Earth from a rogue asteroid. The Hubble Space Telescope recorded a cluster of 37 boulders now floating above the surface of Dimorphos.
NASA, ESA, David Jewitt (UCLA), Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
On a beach north of Perth in Western Australia, a large object made landfall. The Australian Space Agency on Monday said it was “debris from an expended third-stage” of an Indian rocket, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. It did not say how long ago it was launched.
Australian Space Agency
China’s commercial spaceflight industry is becoming more active. The company Landspace on July 12 launched its Zhuque-2 rocket. It was the first rocket using methane propellants to reach orbit, edging out American companies like SpaceX and Relativity.
via Weibo
The James Webb Space Telescope celebrated one year of sharing cosmic images. It recently released a picture of Herbig-Haro 46/47, a pair of stars that are only thousands of years old. The maturing stars in this scene emit colorful jets of material into their region of space.
Joseph DePasquale (STScI), NASA, ESA, CSA
Get Updates With The Times Space and Astronomy Calendar.
A Year of Cosmic Wonder With the James Webb Space Telescope
A Cow, a Camel and a Finch Exploded in Space. What Is Going On?
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