{"id":28854,"date":"2022-02-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/?post_type=purple_issue&p=28854"},"modified":"2022-03-23T13:13:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T13:13:22","slug":"eye-on-the-sky-a-wiggle-and-a-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/2022\/02\/10\/eye-on-the-sky-a-wiggle-and-a-wave\/","title":{"rendered":"Eye on the sky: A wiggle and a wave"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A crystal-clear new portrait shows the twisted jets emitting from a wobbly protostar<\/p>\n\n

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Gemini South Telescope, 20 January 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Snaking through space, these curvy jets come from a young rotating star 10,000 lightyears away on the boundary of the constellations of Sagittarius and Ophiuchus.<\/p>\n\n

With the aid of the adaptive optics instruments on board the Gemini South telescope at Cerro Pach\u00f3n, Chile, which counteract the blurring effects of atmospheric turbulence, researchers have revealed these distinctive S-shape twin plumes continuously pouring from the protostar at the centre.<\/p>\n\n

The jets are called MHO 2147 and are a sign the star, cloaked in a fog of dust and molecular gas, is getting started in its formation. Scientists think the jets\u2019 wiggly path may be the result of precession: the gravitational wrench of nearby companion stars causing the protostar to wobble slowly like a spinning top.<\/p>\n\n

More harmony than hostility<\/h4>\n\n
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Hubble Space Telescope 24 January 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Likened by some to a galactic game of frisbee, what appears to be galaxies being ripped to shreds in a fierce skirmish is more likely \u2013 as head-on collisions are rare \u2013a group peacefully coexisting and not interacting at all. Called NGC 7764A, the triplet sits roughly 425 million lightyears away in the constellation of Phoenix.<\/p>\n\n

New look at an old Flame<\/h4>\n\n
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ATACAMA Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) Telescope, 4 January 2022 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The Flame Nebula, NGC 2024, blazes bright in this image combining radio data (rectangle) with a visible light image (background). On the right, rising up from the \u2018flames\u2019 is the iconic dark Horsehead Nebula, while dazzling star Alnitak (Zeta (\u03b6) Orionis) lights the scene. Despite its fiery appearance in this rendering, the region is largely made up of very cold gas and dust.<\/p>\n\n

Perfect storm<\/h4>\n\n
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JUNO, 29 November 2021 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Two massive rotating storms are captured in exquisite detail in this bird\u2019s eye view from NASA\u2019s Juno probe. Taken from an altitude of 6,140km, it shows details as small as 4km across. Although the white \u2018pop-up\u2019 clouds in the lower storm look comparatively small, they are around 50km long. Juno\u2019s microwave radiometer recently revealed the planet\u2019s storms extend far deeper than anticipated, even by hundreds of kilometres.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

A selfie that\u2019s out of this world<\/h4>\n\n
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TIANWEN-1, 1 January 2022 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

This incredible shot of China\u2019s Tianwen-1 above Mars\u2019s ice-covered north pole was captured by a small camera released by the orbiter. Tianwen-1 has been mapping the Red Planet since February 2021, travelling 475 million kilometres and sending back 540 gigabytes of data. Down on the surface is the Zhurong rover it successfully deployed last May, which has since covered more than 1.4km.<\/p>\n\n

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    Ice cliffs on Mars – MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER, 21 JANUARY 2022 – IMAGE CREDIT: NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/University of Arizona<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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    Black hole found to be kindling star formation in dwarf galaxy Henize 2-10 – HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE, 19 January 2022 – IMAGE CREDIT: NASA, ESA, Z. Schutte (XGI), A. Reines (XGI), A. Pagan (STScI)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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    Spiral galaxy NGC 976 – HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE, 10 JANUARY 2022 – IMAGE CREDIT: ESA\/Hubble & NASA, D. Jones, A. Riess et al.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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    The James Webb Space Telescope heads to space on board Ariane 5 from Europe\u2019s Spaceport in French Guiana – ESA, 25 DECEMBER 2021 – IMAGE CREDIT: ESA – S. Corvaja<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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    The Butterfly Galaxies NGC4567 and NGC4568 – VERY LARGE TELESCOPE, 24 JANUARY 2022 – Credit: ESO<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n
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    MORE ONLINE <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

    A gallery of these and more stunning space images<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n

    Photos: INTERNATIONAL GEMINI OBSERVATORY\/NOIRLAB\/NSF\/AURA, ESA\/HUBBLE & NASA\/J. DALCANTON\/DARK ENERGY SURVEY\/DOE\/FNAL\/DECAM\/CTIO\/NOIRLAB\/NSF\/AURA\/ESO, ESO\/TH. STANKE & ESO\/DIGITIZED SKY SURVEY 2, NASA\/JPL-CALTECH\/SWRI\/MSSS\/KEVIN M. GILL, CNSA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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