Record Broken: Hubble Spots Farthest Star Ever Seen
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Hubble Spots Spiraling Stars
Sept. 8th, 2022
Read moreMaster VersionHorizontal version. This is for use on any YouTube or non-YouTube platform where you want to display the video horizontally. Vertical VersionThis vertical version of the episode is for IGTV or Snapchat. The IGTV episode can be pulled into Instagram Stories and the regular Instagram feed. Nature likes spirals — from the whirlpool of a hurricane, to pinwheel-shaped protoplanetary disks around newborn stars, to the vast realms of spiral galaxies across our universe. Now astronomers are bemused to find young stars that are spiraling into the center of a massive cluster of stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble. Music & Sound“Distant Messages” by Anne Nikitin [PRS] via BBC Production Music [PRS] and Universal Production Music Related pages
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Makes Record-Breaking Discovery Live Shots
March 23rd, 2022
Read moreQuick link to cut B-ROLL for the live shotsQuick link to canned interview with Dr. Michelle ThallerClick here for the release: Record Broken: Hubble Spots Farthest Star Ever SeenClick here for the release in Spanish: Un nuevo récord: Hubble detecta la estrella más lejana jamás vistaQuick link to canned interview with Dr Jennifer WisemanQuick link to first canned interview with Brian Welch Quick link to second canned interview with Brian WelchQuick link too canned interview in Spanish with Dr. Rosa Diaz Associated b-roll for the live shots Canned interview with Dr, Michelle Thaller / NASA Astronomer. Full transcript available under the download button Canned interview with Brian Welch / PhD. Candidate. Full transcript available under the download button Canned interview with Dr. Jennifer Wiseman. Full transcript available under the download button Canned interview (2nd) with Brian Welch / PhD Candidate. Full transcript available under the download button Canned interview in Spanish with Dr. Rosa Diaz New Record Broken! Hubble Space Telescope Spots Farthest Individual Star Ever SeenOne for the record books! NASA just announced an exciting new finding from the Hubble Space Telescope – the farthest star ever seen in the universe. Nicknamed “Earendel” by its discoverers, this star's light took a whopping 12.9 billion years to reach us. That means we’re seeing the star as it existed just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang, which was about 13.8 billion years ago. This discovery smashes the previous record, a star discovered in 2018 by Hubble. Its light took 9 billion years to reach the telescope. Hubble was able to see Earendel due to gravitational lensing, a natural phenomenon that acts as a very powerful magnifying glass.Read the release HERE!Launched in 1990, Hubble has observed the universe for nearly 32 years, contributing to incredible discoveries and changing our understanding of astronomy. After upgrades from five servicing missions, Hubble is still going strong. Hubble plans to partner with NASA’s newly launched James Webb Space Telescope to study the sky across ultraviolet, visible, and infrared wavelengths. The two observatories together will investigate distant stars like Earendel, along with galaxies, exoplanets, and our own solar system. Live interviews will be offered on the following days/times:March 30, 2022 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. EASTERN TIMEMarch 31, 2022 from 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EASTERN TIME.Click here to request an interview: https://forms.gle/XFkswPGvRTi1FUqi9 Requests sent via the above form will have scheduling priority. We cannot guarantee a slot if the request is emailed.Coordinates for Satellite Interviews:HD Satellite Coordinates for G17-K16/Upper: Galaxy 17 Ku-band Xp 16 Slot Upper| 91.0 ° W Longitude | DL 12029.0 MHz | Vertical Polarity | QPSK/DVB-S | FEC 3/4 | SR 13.235 Mbps | DR 18.2954 MHz | HD 720p | Format MPEG2 | Chroma Level 4:2:0 | Audio EmbeddedSuggested Anchor Intro:The Hubble Space Telescope has been observing the cosmos for more than 30 years, and another incredible observation has just been released – the farthest individual star ever observed. Nicknamed “Earendel,” the light from this star has taken nearly 13 billion years to get to us. Here to talk to us about this incredibly distant star is NASA expert XX. Suggested Questions:1. Hubble observed the farthest individual star ever seen. Tell us about this extraordinary discovery!2. Can you tell us how Hubble managed to observe a star so far away?3. This star has been nicknamed “Earendel” which means “morning star” in Old English. What can we learn from Earendel or other really distant stars?4. Hubble will be celebrating an important milestone in a few weeks – 32 years in orbit and 1.5 million observations and counting! How’s the telescope doing?5. The James Webb Space Telescope just launched in December. How will Webb and Hubble work together to observe the universe?6. Where can we learn more about Hubble? Longer questions:What else do we know about Earendel? How big is the star? How long will it be visible?Can you tell us a little more about the evolution of stars? How were stars in the early universe different from stars now? Did anyone ever expect Hubble to be able to see a star this far away? How much of a surprise is this discovery?What future observations with Hubble and Webb are you most excited about?Click here to learn more about the Hubble Space TelescopeFind Hubble on social media!! @NASAHubble Related pages
Hubble and Webb: A New Golden Age of Astronomy
Dec. 20th, 2021
Read moreMaster VersionHorizontal version. This is for use on any YouTube or non-YouTube platform where you want to display the video horizontally. Vertical VersionThis vertical version of the episode is for IGTV or Snapchat. The IGTV episode can be pulled into Instagram Stories and the regular Instagram feed. The scientific community is incredibly excited to have these two highly complementary observatories operating together. With their collaboration, they will push the boundaries of knowledge on the backdrop of a rapidly evolving astronomical landscape. A wealth of multiwavelength and now multi-messenger astrophysical observatories, from space and from the ground, are currently operating or being planned, Hubble and Webb will work together to advance our collective understanding of the universe, ushering in a new golden age of astronomy!For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble. Additional Credits:Comparison of Hubble and James Webb mirror: ESA/M. KornmesserESO ALMA Timelapse: ESOMusic Credits: "Wonderful Nature" by July Tourret [SACEM] via Koka Media [SACEM], Universal Production Music France [SACEM], and Universal Production Music. Related pages
Einstein Ring Spotted By Hubble
Sept. 23rd, 2021
Read moreMaster VersionHorizontal version. This is for use on any YouTube or non-YouTube platform where you want to display the video horizontally. Vertical VersionThis vertical version is for IG Reels. This image, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope, shows a distant galaxy located in the constellation Fornax. It is the largest and one of the most complete Einstein rings ever discovered.This object’s unusual shape is the result of gravitational lensing. Albert Einstein, in his general theory of relativity, first theorised that a large gravitational field could act as a lens. For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble. Additional Acknowledgements and Credits:ESA/Hubble & NASA, S. Jha, L. ShatzGravitational lensing in action video: NASA, ESA & L. CalçadaAlbert Einstein video: Pond 5Music Credits: "’Finder" by Jamal Steven Pilgrim [ASCAP] via Open Note [ASCAP], and Universal Production Music. Related pages
The Hubble Deep Field: Looking Back In Time
Aug. 2nd, 2021
Read moreMaster VersionHorizontal version. This is for use on any YouTube or non-YouTube platform where you want to display the video horizontally. Vertical VersionThis vertical version of the episode is for IGTV or Snapchat. The IGTV episode can be pulled into Instagram Stories and the regular Instagram feed. The Hubble Space Telescope has made over 1.5 million observations since its launch in 1990, capturing stunning subjects such as the Eagle Nebula and producing data that has been featured in almost 18,000 scientific articles. But no image has revolutionized the way we understand the universe as much as the Hubble Deep Field.Taken over the course of 10 days in 1995, the Hubble Deep Field captured roughly 3,000 distant galaxies varying in their stages of evolution, stunning the world. This video features some of the scientists and engineers that work on Hubble, and how the Hubble Deep Field changed everything.For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble. Additional Visualizations:Compact galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field: Credit: ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)Pan of GOODS field containing distant dwarf galaxies forming stars at an incredible rate: Credit: NASA & ESAHubble: Galaxies Across Space and Time: Credit: NASA, ESA and F. Summers (STScI)Speedthrough of galaxies added to deep field image: Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/K.Arcand; Sonification: @SYSTEMSounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)Music Credits: "Earth’s Orbit" by Andreas Andreas Bolldén [STIM] via Koka Media [SACEM], Universal Production Music France [SACEM], and Universal Production Music.“Planetary Exploration” by Richard Andrew Canavan [PRS] via Sound Pocket Music [PRS], and Universal Production Music. Related pages