Hubble Photographs Cosmic Fountain

Space.com ^ | 4/21/09

[NormsRevenge]

This interacting group contains several galaxies (called Arp 194), along with
a "cosmic fountain" of stars, gas and dust that stretches over 100,000 light-years.
Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

[umgud]

Kewl

[NormsRevenge]

HubbleSite
http://hubblesite.org/
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Hubble Celebrates Its 19th Anniversary with a “Fountain of Youth”
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2009/18/

Image download page
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2009/18/image/a/

[CholeraJoe]

Women and minorities impacted most.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

I'll see your fountain and raise you some nearby blue stardust in NGC 1333, only 1000 light-years distant.

[Smokin' Joe]

Yeah. Rough neighborhood. How can they possibly sleep at night with all those stars and planets and stuff running into each other...?

[OldNavyVet]

Why is it that data from the Hubble Telescope doesn’t seem to interest religious leaders?

[Boonie]

Send these photos to Obama with the message, “Do you feel insignificant yet?”

[andy58-in-nh]

For some odd reason, that image reminds me of this one:

[MyTwoCopperCoins]

You’re kidding, right?

Just a few weeks ago, they were cheering the “eye of God” and the “hand in the sky” astronomical features over here.

[NormsRevenge]

[Logic n' Reason]

I know this is a really dumb question, but since the last servicing of the Hubble is due in May of this year...what comes after Hubble???

[Dan(9698)]

what comes after Hubble???

There is a replacement in the works. One with updated and new features.

[Filo]

I know this is a really dumb question, but since the last servicing of the Hubble is due in May of this year...what comes after Hubble???

The James Webb Space Telescope is next with a launch targeted for 2013. To be honest, though, current ground based 'scopes with adaptive optics are already outperforming the Hubble and will continue to improve as the Hubble ages.

The Hubble is an amazing achievement but it has gotten a bit long in the tooth. . .

[redhead]

Breathtaking.

[redhead]

Ay-yuh. Me, too.

[bikerman]

We are DOOMED, Obama’s fault

[Aquinasfan]

My wife just found out that a lot of the stars we see in the night sky disappeared millions of years ago. She was pretty freaked out about it. I can’t say that I’m a big space fan either. It’s too weird.

[ctdonath2]

gas and dust that stretches about 100,000 light years

Begs the question of how we should really look at such images, knowing that the light from different parts differs across millenia. We're not seeing a snapshot of an object in time, we're seeing the culmination of light which coincidentally showed up to form a snapshot today - but which took a long time to get together.

[Hatteras]

"...a "cosmic fountain" of stars, gas and dust that stretches about 100,000 light years. "

Can I buy some pot from you?