MISSION NEWS AS OF FRIDAY 18 MAY 2018
+ A SPACE ANT FIRES ITS LASERS
A rare phenomenon connected to the death of a star has been discovered in observations made by ESA's Herschel space observatory: an unusual laser emission from the spectacular Ant Nebula, which suggests the presence of a double star system hidden at its heart.
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+ HUBBLE SHOWS THE LOCAL UNIVERSE IN ULTRAVIOLET [HEIC1810]
Using the unparalleled sharpness and ultraviolet observational capabilities of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers has created the most comprehensive high-resolution ultraviolet-light survey of star-forming galaxies in the local Universe. The catalogue contains about 8000 clusters and 39 million hot blue stars.
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