‘The Universe’ Archives
Life after Hubble?
I recently blogged that the absense of Hubble would leave a huge gap in astrophography which didn't seem likely to be filled anytime soon. NASA however just released this amazing photo of M31 (Andromeda galaxy to most of us) showing over 20,000 UV light sources.The image was taken by the SWIFT spacecraft which was launched in 2004. It is the [...]
A Swift view of Andromeda
A Swift view of Andromeda Posted using ShareThis
Rocky World COROT-7b Rains Rocks | Universe Today
Rocky World COROT-7b Rains Rocks | Universe Today Posted using ShareThis
Hubble – More Amazing pictures
So what are we going to do without Hubble? It may have been recently upgraded but it's not going to last forever.... and there is nothing, NOTHING planned to replace it's visible light telescope. These images are simply breathtaking. More images from http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/html/heic0911b.html
Just how big is the universe? 78Billion Light years…
Getting some idea of just how big the universe is......
Andromeda Galaxy
In the quite distant future The Milky Way and The Andromeda galaxy will merge.