The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has shared a stunning image of the centre of the Milky Way galaxy, showing a massive star cluster with over half a million stars. According to NASA, these stars are part of a giant nuclear star cluster that orbits a central supermassive black hole with a mass about 4 million times that of our Sun.
This image was taken by NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team. Launched in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope transformed fundamental understanding of the universe, from determining the atmospheric composition of planets around other stars to the discovery of dark energy.
Coming back to the image shared by NASA Hubble, it pointed out that the “blizzard” of stars in the shared image is just the tip of the iceberg as astronomers estimate that about 10 million stars in this cluster are too dim to be visible in the image.
NASA Hubble shared a stunning image of the galaxy on social media. It wrote, “A journey to the center of our galaxy. At the center of our galaxy lies a massive star cluster containing more than half a million stars. Hubble’s infrared view stitches together stars 50 light years across to create this #HubbleClassic”
Netizens have expressed their amazement at the image shared by NASA Hubble, with some describing it as “time travel in a photo” and others calling it “beautifully amazing”, “stunning” and “spectacular”.
Many users have also thanked NASA for the valuable information, imagery and research. One user wrote, “Thank you for providing us with all the information, imagery and research.”
“There’s definitely a lot of life out there. There are a lot of places and it’s likely not true,” said some others.
NASA’s update on Sunita Williams’ return from space
Their return has already been delayed by more than a month, and two NASA astronauts will remain aboard the International Space Station until engineers finish working on problems with their Boeing capsule. Test pilots Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams were scheduled to visit the orbiting lab for about a week and return in mid-June, but thruster failures and a helium leak on Boeing’s new Starliner capsule forced NASA and Boeing to keep them there longer. Steve Stich, NASA’s commercial crew program manager, said mission managers aren’t ready to announce a return date.
(With inputs from Associated Press)
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Published: July 26, 2024, 10:07 am IST
