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| Distant galaxy in a Hubble Ultra Deep Field image. Image credit: Hubble. Click to enlarge. |
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| Distant Galaxy is Too Massive For Current Theories |
| Sep 27, 2005 - The latest images released from the Hubble Space Telescope pinpoint an enormous galaxy located almost 13 billion light-years away - at a time when the Universe was only 800 million years old. This galaxy contains 8 times the mass of stars as the Milky Way, and really shouldn't exist according to current astronomical theories. This research demonstrates that mature stars and large galaxies formed much earlier than astronomers had ever expected. (Full Story) |
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| Astrophoto: NGC 253 |
Sep 27, 2005 - Paul Mayo captured this photograph of NGC 253 from his backyard observatory in Newcastle Australia. Paul used a Canon EOS 300D to take 7 separate images with his 0.3 metre telescope. You can see more of Paul's amazing photos at his website.
Do you have photos you'd like to share? Post them to the Universe Today astrophotography forum or email them to me directly, and I might feature one in Universe Today. (Full Story) |
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| New Horizons arrives at Cape Canaveral. Image credit: JHU APL. Click to enlarge. |
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| New Horizons Arrives at Cape Canaveral |
| Sep 27, 2005 - NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has arrived at Florida's Cape Canaveral to be prepared for launch. If all goes well, New Horizons will lift off atop an Atlas V rocket on January 11, 2006, and begin the decade-long journey to Pluto. It's equipped with seven scientific instruments, and will study Pluto and its moon Charon during a relatively brief flyby. The mission may even be extended, giving the spacecraft an opportunity to study additional objects in the region. (Full Story) |
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| SMART-1's Mission Extended a Year |
| Sep 27, 2005 - ESA engineers have figured out how to extend the life of SMART-1's ion engine, giving the mission more time to orbit the Moon. The mission was originally supposed to end in May 2006, but by conserving fuel and changing the way it engine operates, the engineers have pushed its demise back to July 2006. SMART-1 is completely out of fuel now, though, and will coast until its decaying orbit smashes it into the Moon. (Full Story) |
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