Saturn is so beautiful that astronomers cannot resist using the @NASAHubble Space Telescope to take yearly snapshots of the ringed world when it is at its closest distance to Earth.
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This image,
however,
is more than just a beauty shot.
It reveals exquisite details of the planet as a part of the Outer Planets Atmospheres Legacy project to help scientists understand the atmospheric dynamics of our solar system's gas giants.⁣
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Click the link in the bio for more info ⬆️⁣
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Image Credit:
NASA,
ESA,
A.
Simon (GSFC),
M.H.
Wong (University of California,
Berkeley)
and the OPAL Team⁣
⁣ #NASA #Saturn #Space

A galaxy so faint you can barely see it ✨

@NASAHubble Space Telescope recently caught a glimpse of a galaxy 30 million light-years away.
UGC 695 has so few stars that its brightness is less than the background brightness of Earth’s atmosphere —
making it difficult to observe.
Thankfully,
Hubble managed to take a peek for us.

Credit:
ESA/Hubble &
NASA,
D.
Calzetti #NASA #Space #Galaxy

No,
this isn’t a firework.
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You are looking at a flame and the glowing soot clusters it produced aboard the International Space Station (@ISS).
These yellow soot clusters grow larger than those on Earth,
because they stay inside the flame longer in microgravity.

This flame was one of many ignited inside a combustion research facility to investigate the amount of soot that is produced in different conditions.
Soot is the carbon residue left behind when organic matter (or other carbon-containing material)
doesn’t fully burn.
It causes environmental and health issues,
but can be helpful in multiple ways,
including by enhancing radiant heat.

This experiment could allow the design of flames that are more sooty or soot-free.
These results may help create burner designs which are more efficient and less polluting.

Credit:
NASA #flame #space #microgravity #heat