Thanks to ALMA, astronomers will be able to make
detailed images of stars and planets being born in gas clouds near our Solar System and to better understand how stars, planetary systems and even life itself formed.
Not exact matches
So we continue to look to the
stars for clues — and the «unprecedented
detail» in the new
images, write the authors
of three new studies in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, may bring them that much closer to the complicated truth.
The wide - field optical camera on ESO's VLT Survey Telescope (VST)-- has captured the spectacular Orion Nebula and its associated cluster
of young
stars in great
detail, producing this beautiful new
image.
To take a better galactic census, a team led by astronomer Rodrigo Ibata
of the Strasbourg Observatory in France took the most
detailed images yet
of the space around Andromeda, exposing swarms
of faint
stars distributed near the galaxy.
«First look at birthplaces
of most current
stars: Highly sensitive
images reveal
details of distant galaxies.»
The amount
of detail and complexity in the
images «will allow us to test in
detail our models
of the birth
of the hottest and most massive
stars,» he says.
In the future, the researchers would like to make even more
detailed images of the surface
of giant
stars and follow the evolution
of these granules continuously, instead
of only getting snapshot
images.
This
image of the nearby barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672 gives a
detailed view
of its
star - forming cloud, including intense regions
of star formation near the ends
of the galaxy's central bar.
«Astronomers produce first
detailed images of surface
of giant
star.»
«This is the first time that we have such a giant
star that is unambiguously
imaged with that level
of details,» said Dr. Fabien Baron, assistant professor in the Department
of Physics and Astronomy at Georgia State University.
This impressively
detailed image of Orion A establishes a new observational foundation for further studies
of star and cluster formation and once again highlights the power
of the VISTA telescope to
image wide areas
of sky quickly and deeply in the near - infrared part
of the spectrum [5].
A team
of astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) has captured the most
detailed images ever
of the hypergiant
star VY Canis Majoris.
Like astronomers tweaking
images to gain a more
detailed glimpse
of distant
stars, physicists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have found ways to sharpen
images of the energy spectra in high - temperature superconductors â $» materials that carry electrical current effortlessly when cooled below a certain temperature.
This is the most
detailed image ever
of this, or any othe, r
star apart from the Sun.
But this dramatic Hubble telescope
image of the so - called «ant nebula» (Menzel 3, or Mz 3) shows even more
detail, revealing the «ant's» body as a pair
of fiery lobes protruding from the dying
star.
Penetrating the obscuring dust, these infrared
images themselves offer
detailed pictures
of star formation within the nebula's collapsing clouds, revealing the presence
of newborn massive
stars.
Using ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer astronomers have constructed the most
detailed image ever
of a
star — the red supergiant
star Antares.
«An
image with the level
of detail we have achieved opens the door to learning fundamental new facts about the relationship between massive
stars and the galaxy's complicated gaseous environment.
A nearby companion galaxy, NGC 5195, off the edge
of this
image, gravitational pull is triggering
star formation in the main galaxy, as seen in brilliant
detail by numerous, luminous clusters
of young and energetic
stars.
Among the incredible Hubble cloud
images, none has been received with greater public acclaim than the
detailed 1995 snapshot
of newborn
stars emerging from giant pillars
of gas and dust inside the Eagle Nebula.
The
image illustrates the
detailed modeling
of a small piece
of the surface
of an old metal - poor
star used to derive its abundance
of lithium - 6.
Whereas the human eye can only record
images for a given moment in time, photographic plates offered the advantage
of objectively collecting and recording the light from millions
of stars and galaxies over several hours to produce
images with a stunning wealth
of information and
detail.
Detailed images of the nearby
star Beta Pictoris, taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, confirm the existence
of not one but two dust disks encircling the
star.
The
images show Eta Carinae and its violent collision
of winds in stunning
detail, providing new information on how
stars evolve and die.
On June 16, 2010, the Hubble Heritage Project released a very
detailed, composite
image of the dark lanes
of dust crisscrossing the giant elliptical galaxy Centaurus A. Taken on July 10, 2010 with the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3, the panchromatic
image of ultraviolet through near - infrared wavelengths shows new
details such as bluish clusters
of young massive
stars and reddish gas nebulae undergoing
star birth normally obscured by dust.
When completed in 2013, it will provide the first
detailed images of the gaseous component
of high - redshift galaxies; in addition, it will map the structure
of the discs
of material that surround newly formed
stars in which planetary systems are known to form.
Last Days in the Desert Release date: Aug. 2
Details: 2016 Broad Green Pictures Rated: PG - 13, disturbing
images, brief nudity The lowdown: Ewan McGregor
stars as Jesus in a story taken from his 40 days
of fasting and praying in the desert.
Solo: A
Star Wars Story has just released a flood
of new
images, revealing a few more
details about Paul Bettany's villainous gangster, the highly - publicized Vandor heist, and what the «clean» Millennium Falcon looks like without people.
In any case, many
of the
images will be interactive, which means those will be marked with circles, and touching them will launch a small caption
detailing the
star and so on.
The official Deadpool game Facebook page have released a couple
of promotional
images detailing some
of the guest
stars for the foul - mouthed mercenary's first solo outing.
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The same
image of the hand also appears in miniature scale as a prop advertisement in
Star Shoes (2017), and unexpectedly, as a sculpture protruding from the gallery wall in Hand Model (
detail)(2017).
Bouthillier
details the focus
of the exhibition in her curatorial statement: «Dark
Stars considers time as a subject in contemporary art, exploring how objects and
images bring the past into the present.
Although no real
details were provided, and the reveal consisted solely
of the «Coming Soon»
image, it's sure to be a must - have for any dedicated
Star Wars fan.