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Time-lapse of Binary Asteroid System 2006 VW139/288P

Time-lapse of Binary Asteroid System 2006 VW139/288P


Sep 20, 2017

This time-lapse video, assembled from a set of Hubble Space Telescope photos, reveals two asteroids orbiting each other that have comet-like features. The asteroid pair, called 2006 VW139/288P, was observed in September ... more
Time-lapse Video of Phobos in Orbit around Mars (Annotated and Smoothed)

Time-lapse Video of Phobos in Orbit around Mars (Annotated and Smoothed)


Jul 20, 2017

This time-lapse video captures a portion of the path that tiny Phobos takes around Mars. Over the course of 22 minutes, Hubble snapped 13 separate exposures of the little Martian moon.
Time-lapse Video of Phobos in Orbit around Mars (Non-annotated and Smoothed)

Time-lapse Video of Phobos in Orbit around Mars (Non-annotated and Smoothed)


Jul 20, 2017

This time-lapse video captures a portion of the path that tiny Phobos takes around Mars.
Time-lapse Video of Phobos in Orbit around Mars (Non-annotated)

Time-lapse Video of Phobos in Orbit around Mars (Non-annotated)


Jul 20, 2017

This time-lapse video captures a portion of the path that tiny Phobos takes around Mars.
Movie Shows White Dwarf’s Motion Through Space

Movie Shows White Dwarf’s Motion Through Space


Jun 7, 2017

This time-lapse movie, made from eight Hubble Space Telescope images, shows the apparent motion of the white dwarf star Stein 2051 B as it passes in front of a distant star. The observations were taken between Oct. 1, ... more
White Dwarf’s Gravity Bends Light from Background Star

White Dwarf’s Gravity Bends Light from Background Star


Jun 7, 2017

This animation shows the motion of white dwarf star Stein 2051 B passing in front of a distant background star. During the passage, the faraway star appears to change its position slightly, because its light path has ... more
Birth of a Black Hole

Birth of a Black Hole


May 25, 2017

A team of astronomers at The Ohio State University watched a star disappear and possibly become a black hole. Instead of becoming a black hole through the expected process of a supernova, the black hole candidate formed ... more
Crab Nebula in Multiple Wavelengths - Annotated

Crab Nebula in Multiple Wavelengths - Annotated


May 10, 2017

This video starts with a composite image of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant, that was assembled by combining data from five telescopes spanning nearly the entire breadth of the electromagnetic spectrum: the Very ... more
Crab Nebula in Multiple Wavelengths

Crab Nebula in Multiple Wavelengths


May 10, 2017

This video starts with a composite image of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant, that was assembled by combining data from five telescopes spanning nearly the entire breadth of the electromagnetic spectrum: the Very ... more
Zoom Into Galaxy Cluster Abell 370

Zoom Into Galaxy Cluster Abell 370


May 4, 2017

This video begins with an image of the constellation Cetus, the Sea Monster, then zooms into galaxy cluster Abell 370.