Alan Taylor

Day 12 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar

Day 11 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar

Day 10 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar

.@TheAtlPhoto is sharing a new image from a space telescope every day until December 25. On the eighth day, a close view of a swirling nebula, some 8,000 light-years away:

.@TheAtlPhoto is sharing a new image from a space telescope every day until December 25. On the seventh day, a gravitational lens shows an image of a distant supernova at three different points in time:

.@TheAtlPhoto is sharing a new image from a space telescope every day until December 25. On the sixth day, the formation of a vast new galaxy, as two separate galaxies collide with each other:

.@TheAtlPhoto is sharing a new image from a space telescope every day until December 25. On the fifth day, a view of the Horsehead Nebula, and a night sky full of distant galaxies beyond:

.@TheAtlPhoto is sharing a new image from a space telescope every day until December 25. On the fourth day, a string of alternating storms, visible across the low northern latitudes of Jupiter:

.@TheAtlPhoto is sharing a new image from a space telescope every day until December 25. On the third day, a nearly edge-on view of the lenticular galaxy NGC 4753, which sits about 60 million light-years from Earth:

@TheAtlPhoto is sharing a new image from a space telescope every day until December 25. This photo shows the center of the Serpens Nebula, as captured by the James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-InfraRed Camera:

Inside a Stellar Nursery: a view inside the center of the Serpens Nebula, located 1,300 light-years away.