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Globular Cluster M15 Deep Field

By |2025-11-26T15:44:29-05:00November 26th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Stars, like bees, swarm around the center of bright globular cluster M15. The central ball of over 100,000 stars is a relic from the early years of our Galaxy, and continues to orbit the Milky Way's center. M15, one of about 150 globular clusters remaining, is noted for being easily [...]

Comet Lemmon and the Milky Way

By |2025-11-25T15:44:24-05:00November 25th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day What did Comet Lemmon look like when it was at its best? One example is pictured here, featuring three celestial spectacles all at different distances. The closest spectacle is the snowcapped Meili Mountains, part of the Himalayas in China. The middle marvel is Comet Lemmon near its picturesque best early [...]

Creating Connections With CCASE and the Springfield Technical Community College Affiliate

By |2025-11-25T10:20:00-05:00November 25th, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|

Learn how SWE's Community College Affiliate Support and Expansion (CCASE) Program helped the SWE Springfield Technical Community College affiliate grow their membership and activities. Source

Apep: Unusual Dust Shells from Webb

By |2025-11-24T15:44:25-05:00November 24th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day What created this unusual space sculpture? Stars. This unusual system of swirls and shells, known as Apep, was observed in unprecedented detail by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in infrared light in 2024. Observations indicate that the unusual shape originates from two massive Wolf-Rayet stars orbiting each other every 190 years [...]

Dione and Rhea Ring Transit

By |2025-11-22T15:44:29-05:00November 22nd, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Seen to the left of Saturn's banded planetary disk, small icy moons Dione and Rhea are caught passing in front of the gas giant's extensive ring system in this sharp telescopic snapshot. The remarkable image was recorded on November 20, when Saturn's rings were nearly edge-on when viewed from planet [...]

3I/ATLAS: A View from Planet Earth

By |2025-11-21T15:44:25-05:00November 21st, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Now outbound after its perihelion or closest approach to the Sun on October 29, Comet 3I/ATLAS is only the third known interstellar object to pass through our fair Solar System. Its greenish coma and faint tails are seen against a background of stars in the constellation Virgo in this view [...]

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