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Hubblecast 17 Special: New views of the skies

rss@sevenload.com (hubbletelescope) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:41:40 +0000

Video "Hubblecast 17 Special: New views of the skies" from hubbletelescope

It has been 400 years since Galileo Galilei first walked out into a field and trained his telescope upon the heavens. To celebrate this extraordinary anniversary, a special series of Hubblecast podcasts is devoted to the telescope — the historical development, the scientific importance, the technological breakthroughs, and also the people behind this ground-breaking invention, their triumphs and their failures. In this first chapter of the Special Edition of Hubblecast, Dr. J takes you on a whirl-wind tour of the invention of the telescope as you meet inventors from Hans Lipperhey to Galileo Galilei to Christiaan Huygens. Who invented the telescope? What was it first used for? How did early telescopes evolve? Sit back and enjoy the view! Read more and download high-resolution versions of this video on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/html/hubblecast17a.html

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Hubblecast 15: Black hole found in enigmatic Omega Centauri

rss@sevenload.com (hubbletelescope) — Wed, 28 May 2008 08:24:27 +0000

Video "Hubblecast 15: Black hole found in enigmatic Omega Centauri" from hubbletelescope

For astronomers, Omega Centauri has been an outcast amongst globular clusters for a long time. A new result obtained by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the Gemini Observatory provides a surprising explanation for Omega Centauri’s peculiarities. Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen), R. Gendler Narration: Dr. Robert Fosbury Design: Martin Kornmesser Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen Raquel Yumi Shida Cinematographer: Peter Rixner (www.perix.de) Script: Lars Lindberg Christensen, Raquel Yumi Shida Director: Lars Lindberg Christensen Download this episode on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/html/heic0809a.html

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Hubblecast 08: A step closer to our origin

rss@sevenload.com (hubbletelescope) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:35:36 +0000

Video "Hubblecast 08: A step closer to our origin" from hubbletelescope

By scrutinising the Hubble Ultra Deep field - the deepest image of the sky ever made - the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope have joined forces to discover nine of the smallest, faintest, most compact galaxies ever observed in the distant Universe. Read more on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0714.html

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Hubblecast 09: Extreme star cluster bursts into li

rss@sevenload.com (hubbletelescope) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:36:51 +0000

Video "Hubblecast 09: Extreme star cluster bursts into li" from hubbletelescope

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular image of NGC 3603, a giant nebula hosting one of the most prominent massive young clusters in the Milky Way. This is a splendid location for continued studies of stellar birth in star forming regions. Read more on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0715.html

Tags:stars space sky cluster hubble cosmos astronomy telescope nebula

Hubblecast 01: The Comet Galaxy

rss@sevenload.com (hubbletelescope) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:21:27 +0000

Video "Hubblecast 01: The Comet Galaxy" from hubbletelescope

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, in collaboration with several other ground- and space-based telescopes, has captured a galaxy being ripped apart by a galaxy cluster's gravitational field and harsh environment. The finding sheds light on the mysterious process by which gas-rich spiral-shaped galaxies might evolve into gas-poor irregular- or elliptical-shaped galaxies over billions of years.

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Hubblecast 02: Galaxy bars and supermassive black

rss@sevenload.com (hubbletelescope) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:22:32 +0000

Video "Hubblecast 02: Galaxy bars and supermassive black" from hubbletelescope

Hubble has delivered an unrivalled snapshot of the nearby barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672. This remarkable image provides a high-definition view of the galaxy's large bar, its fields of star-forming clouds and its dark bands of interstellar dust.

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Hubblecast 03: Celebrating Hubble's 17th birthday

rss@sevenload.com (hubbletelescope) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:23:38 +0000

Video "Hubblecast 03: Celebrating Hubble's 17th birthday" from hubbletelescope

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope celebrates its 17th birthday with one of the largest panoramic images ever taken. The violent stellar fireworks of the Carina Nebula. Read more on : http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0707.html

Tags:stars sky universe science cosmos ESA astronomy nebula

Hubblecast 04: Multiple stellar baby booms

rss@sevenload.com (hubbletelescope) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:25:19 +0000

Video "Hubblecast 04: Multiple stellar baby booms" from hubbletelescope

New Hubble observations of the massive globular cluster NGC 2808 provide evidence that it has three generations of stars instead of one as current theories predict. Read more on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0708.html

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Hubblecast 05: Hubble discovers ring of dark matte

rss@sevenload.com (hubbletelescope) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:26:42 +0000

Video "Hubblecast 05: Hubble discovers ring of dark matte" from hubbletelescope

An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a ghostly ring of dark matter formed long ago during a colossal collision between two galaxy clusters. This is the first time that dark matter has been found with a distribution that differs substantially from the distribution of ordinary matter. Read more on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0709.html

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Hubblecast 06: A Battle of Giants

rss@sevenload.com (hubbletelescope) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:28:14 +0000

Video "Hubblecast 06: A Battle of Giants" from hubbletelescope

Have you ever wondered why some telescopes are launched into space while others are built on remote mountain tops? What is actually the best for astronomy? Here we provide a ringside view of the fight for the elusive photons from deep space - is it a battle of the telescope giants? Read more on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/html/hubblecast06a.html

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Hubblecast 10: Making the Universe come to life

rss@sevenload.com (hubbletelescope) — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:57:45 +0000

Video "Hubblecast 10: Making the Universe come to life" from hubbletelescope

We live in a Universe of unimaginable scale and almost incomprehensible beauty. How is the light from the Universe transformed into the images that have inspired generations by making the Universe come to life? More on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/html/hubblecast10a.html

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Hubblecast 11: Grand design in a galactic festoon

rss@sevenload.com (hubbletelescope) — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:49:50 +0000

Video "Hubblecast 11: Grand design in a galactic festoon" from hubbletelescope

The galaxy Messier 74 lies at a distance of over 30 million light years. In this latest image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope the enormous swirls of this stunning spiral galaxy arc across space, adorned with glowing pink regions of hydrogen gas and lit by the pale blue light of millions of newly formed stars. More on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/html/heic0719a.html

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Hubblecast 12: Murk on a monster planet

rss@sevenload.com (hubbletelescope) — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:54:10 +0000

Video "Hubblecast 12: Murk on a monster planet" from hubbletelescope

Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have found the first clear evidence of high altitude haze or clouds in the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet. This discovery reveals a deeper understanding of the class of giant planets that astronomers call 'hot Jupiters'. More on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/html/heic0720a.html

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Hubblecast 13: A "cosmic fossil"

rss@sevenload.com (hubbletelescope) — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:56:56 +0000

Video "Hubblecast 13: A "cosmic fossil"" from hubbletelescope

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a new image of the galaxy NGC 1132 which is most likely to be a “cosmic fossil” – the aftermath of an enormous multi-galactic pile-up, where the carnage of collision after collision has built up a brilliant but fuzzy giant elliptical galaxy far outshining typical galaxies.

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Hubblecast 14: Hubble finds first organic molecule on extrasolar planet

rss@sevenload.com (hubbletelescope) — Tue, 27 May 2008 09:19:40 +0000

Video "Hubblecast 14: Hubble finds first organic molecule on extrasolar planet" from hubbletelescope

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made the first detection ever of an organic molecule in a planet orbiting another star. This breakthrough is an important step in eventually identifying signs of life on a planet outside our Solar System. Download this video on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/html/heic0807a.html

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Hubblecast 16: Galaxies gone wild!

rss@sevenload.com (hubbletelescope) — Tue, 27 May 2008 09:23:24 +0000

Video "Hubblecast 16: Galaxies gone wild!" from hubbletelescope

One of the big mysteries in astronomy is how galaxies grow and evolve over time. Collisions between galaxies are thought to be key events that shape their development. A stunning collection of 59 new images of colliding galaxies has been released to mark the 18th anniversary of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. They give us a unique insight into how galaxies collide to form larger galaxies. Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen) Narration: Dr. J Design: Martin Kornmesser Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen Raquel Yumi Shida Cinematographer: Peter Rixner (www.perix.de) Script: Lars Lindberg Christensen, Raquel Yumi Shida Director: Lars Lindberg Christensen Acknowledgements for the images used in this Hubblecast: * Project lead: Lars Lindberg Christensen * Image processing: Davide de Martin (ESA/Hubble) and Zolt Levay (STScI) * Cosmetic cleaning: Amit Kapadia, Nuno Marques, Maximilian Kaufl (ESA/Hubble) * Colour correction and cosmetic adjustments: Zolt Levay (STScI) & Martin Kornmesser (ESA/Hubble) * HST Principle Investigator: A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook), and the PIs of Hubble Proposals 9735, 11091, 6276, 10575, 7129, 7467, 6438. * Astronomical processing pipeline: The STScI ACS team * Data Archiving and pipeline implementation: The ESO/ST-ECF Archive and the STScI Archive Download this video on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/html/heic0810a.html

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Hubblecast 07: Uncovering the Veil Nebula

rss@sevenload.com (hubbletelescope) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:29:30 +0000

Video "Hubblecast 07: Uncovering the Veil Nebula" from hubbletelescope

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered magnificent sections of the Veil Nebula - the shattered remains of a supernova that exploded some 5-10,000 years ago. The new Hubble images provide beautiful views of the delicate, wispy structure resulting from this cosmic explosion. Read more on: http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0712.html

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