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Eagle Nebula Pillars in Infrared from Hubble

By |2026-05-31T16:44:53-04:00May 31st, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Newborn stars are forming in the Eagle Nebula. They are gravitationally contracting in pillars of dense gas and dust. The intense radiation of these newly-formed bright stars is causing surrounding material to boil away. This image, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope in near infrared light, allows the viewer to [...]

NGC 1514: The Crystal Ball Nebula

By |2026-05-28T16:44:27-04:00May 28th, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day What do you see in this crystal ball? The featured image shows NGC 1514, known as the Crystal Ball Nebula, observed by the Gemini North telescope on Maunakea, in Hawai'i. NGC 1514 is 1,500 light-years away and was discovered by William Herschel in 1790. This planetary nebula is formed when [...]

NGC 3660 and Burçin’s Galaxy

By |2026-05-26T16:44:27-04:00May 26th, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day The upper galaxy might be more photogenic, but the lower galaxy is more unusual. The galaxy up top is NGC 3660, a spiral galaxy similar to our own Milky Way galaxy in that it has several bright blue spiral arms and a central bar of stars, dust, and gas. Captured [...]

A Collision of Galaxy Clusters

By |2026-05-21T16:44:24-04:00May 21st, 2026|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day This big beautiful spiral shines in X-ray light. It is about 20 times larger than our Galaxy. It belongs to Abell 2029, a galaxy cluster one billion light-years away. (To see only the galaxies, hover your cursor over the image, or follow this link.) Galaxy clusters are the largest structures [...]

Becoming an Innovator: Breaking Barriers to Turning Your Ideas Into Action

By |2026-05-21T11:11:00-04:00May 21st, 2026|Categories: Uncategorized|

Christine Kearney Hawkins, senior staff R&D engineer at BD and SWE life member, shares easy to use communication tips to present ideas that gain momentum.Read more at All Together

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