Jakarta: Hubble is still providing dramatic images of the universe even though the James Webb Space Telescope is operational. NASA and ESA have released images of Arp-Madore 417-391 from the Space Telescope.
Quoting GSM Arena, Arp-Madore 417-391 is an unusual galactic collision approximately 670 million light-years from Earth. Their mutual gravitational attraction produces a unique ring shape, the core of the two galaxies is relatively close, and the feather-like part of the star forms a circle.
The Hubble Telescope discovered the merge using its Advanced Camera for Surveys, helping detect unique galaxies and even dark matter. The researchers used orbital hardware to create a follow-up observation list for the new James Webb Telescope.
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For information, researchers sometimes use the Hubble and James Webb telescopes in tandem to study space objects. However, the Hubble telescope probably won’t contribute much to the discovery of information about this space object much longer.
The telescope has suffered a series of system failures in recent years and is expected to return to Earth as early as 2030 if nothing is done.
NASA and SpaceX are considering upgrading Hubble’s orbit to keep it active, but this move isn’t expected to extend the telescope’s useful life. This collision of galaxies is believed to be one of Hubble’s latest contributions, even though the telescope will still be in space for many years to come.
Earlier on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, researchers said NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope managed to capture three separate images, covering a period of eight days and a few hours after the explosion.
The images were found in a 2010 review of Hubble Observational Archive data, according to astronomer Wenlei Chen, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Minnesota and lead author of the study published in the journal Nature.
Meanwhile, NASA’s Orion spacecraft has successfully completed one of several major maneuvers on its maiden voyage, flying across the Moon, with the closest distance of 81 miles or 130 km to the Moon’s surface.
This achievement is significant for a number of reasons, not least because it marks a major test for the propulsion system. Orion made four trajectory corrections on its way to the Moon, but this time the Orbital Maneuvering System motors ran for 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
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