The southern ring nebula, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
NASA, ESA, CSA and STScI
It’s been a shitty week for space imagery. The deepest vision of the cosmos ever? Tick. A couple of major rocket launches? Tick. The last supermoon of the year rising? Tick. This is just the beginning, with two amazing new views of Jupiter and a Hubble classic helping to create a historic week in cosmic photography.
Here are the highlights from last week and the story behind it:
The Carina Nebula, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). NASA, ESA, CSA and STScI
NASA, ESA, CSA and STScI
Webb’s “Cosmic Cliffs.”
A close-up of the Carina Nebula, a nursery 7,600 light-years away, shows apparent ridges, valleys, and pillars of hot dust and gas. Like all of Webb’s early targets, it is found in the night sky of the southern hemisphere; it was there that Webb pointed during July 2022.
The southern ring nebula, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
NASA, ESA, CSA and STScI
Webb’s Southern Ring Nebula
This colorful object is a planetary nebula: an expanding cloud of gas surrounding a dying star. It is about 2,000 light-years away in the constellation Vela.
SMACS 0723 galaxy cluster, known as Webb’s first deep field.
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO
Webb’s first “deep field.”
One of the deepest images in our universe ever made, this amazing “deep field” shows a cluster of massive galaxies in the foreground called SMACS 0723 that magnifies and distorts the light of the objects behind it.
In a huge new image, NASA’s James Webb space telescope reveals unprecedented details of … [+] “Stephan’s Quintet” galaxy group
NASA, ESA, CSA and STScI
Webb galaxy quintet
About 290 million light-years away in the constellation Pegasus, it is a group of five galaxies, four of which are the first group of compact galaxies discovered in 1787. Also known as the Hickson Compact. Group 92, three have distorted shapes, spiral arms, and star clusters indicating that close encounters have been had.
Revere, Massachusetts – July 13, 2022: A supermoon, “Buck moon”, rises over the lighthouse of Graves in … [+] Boston Harbor Islands seen from Revere Beach in Revere, Massachusetts, on July 13, 2022. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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A rising ‘Buck Supermoon’ over Massachusetts
The third “supermoon” of 2022 and the first full moon of the summer of 2022, the “Buck Moon” came out Wednesday with spectacular shades of red and orange.
The globular cluster Terzan 2 in the constellation of Scorpio appears in this observation of … [+] NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
ESA / Hubble and NASA, R. Cohen
Hubble’s bright globular
The Hubble Space Telescope, not to be completely overtaken by its new rival, the Hubble Space Telescope accidentally broke this globular cluster called Terzan 2. In the constellation of Scorpio, it is a cluster of tens of thousands of very gravitationally bound stars whose heart is full of bright and colorful. stars.
ESA’s new Vega-C rocket took off for its inaugural flight VV21 at 15:13 CEST / 13: 13 UTC / 10: 13 local … [+] time from the European spaceport to French Guiana.
ESA – Mr. Pedoussaut
Europe launches its new Vega-C rocket
The new Vega-C rocket of the European Space Agency has left this week for its inaugural flight from the European spaceport to French Guiana. It will help ESA move away from the use of Russian Soyuz rockets, which used to be launched from French Guiana until Russia invaded Ukraine.
The JunoCam of NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this foreground on July 7, 2022 in its 43rd orbit. [+] Prosecuted by citizen scientist Kevin M. Gill.
NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Kevin M. Gill
NASA’s Juno flew through Jupiter
The Juno spacecraft sent another batch of data from its last recent flyby on July 7, which this week was processed by citizen scientists – such as the prolific Kevin M. Gill, above – in exquisite close-ups of eddy storms. of the planet and cloud tops.
Jupiter, in the center, and its moon Europa, on the left, are seen through the NIRCam of the James Webb Space Telescope … [+] 2.12 micron filter tool.
NASA, ESA, CSA and B. Holler and J. Stansberry (STScI)
Webb’s “secret” image of Jupiter and Europe
Days after Webb’s first images, NASA decided to release new images of Jupiter acquired while testing various facets of the telescope’s capabilities. It included some spectacular images of the giant planet and its moon Europa taken by NIRCam. Images of Jupiter’s delicate rings were also included.
I wish you clear skies and open eyes.