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The main purpose of the galaxy image is to fill in the gaps in Hubble’s observations of known galaxies located near our Milky Way.

Dwarf galaxy UGC 7983 (file photo)

A small asteroid appeared in the vicinity of dwarf galaxy UGC 7983 when it was photographed by Hubble Space Telescope.

UGC 7983 is a small galaxy located 30 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo, and is described by the European Space Agency as a dwarf irregular galaxy.

Many other galaxies appear in the background in the image, and bright stars can also be detected, but the main attention focused on the path of the asteroid passing in front of it.

#HubbleTopImage This barred spiral galaxy is moving at the astounding speed of 1564 km per second. For context, the Earth orbits the Sun at about 30 km per second. Read more about it here: https://t.co/L87PLfZACj

📷 @esa / @HUBBLE_space & @NASA M. Stiavelli, P. Erwin et al. pic.twitter.com/hprRJ8APnN

— HUBBLE (@HUBBLE_space) January 19, 2023

“A small asteroid, only a few kilometers across, can be seen passing the upper left side of the image,” the European Space Agency said.

The asteroid path takes the form of 4 lines of light separated by small gaps of light.

The image consists of 4 exposures combined together, which is why the asteroid appears as 4 stripes.

The European Space Agency described the asteroid capture as a “lucky side effect”.

The main purpose of the galaxy image was to fill in the gaps in Hubble’s observations of known galaxies located near our own Milky Way galaxy.

Dwarf irregular galaxy “UGC 7983” and countless galaxies reflectedhttps://t.co/kDAdz0WliE

“In this image, you can find not only UGC 7983 but also various galaxies such as spiral galaxies and elliptical galaxies.”#sorae pic.twitter.com/Idb1Rr1gXi

— Sorae Space portal site (@sorae_jp) January 18, 2023

Hubble, a joint project of the European Space Agency and NASA, has been in operation for more than 3 decades.

While the telescope is known for its stunning images of galaxies, planets and nebulae, it has also turned out to be an expert asteroid finder. Last year, the European Space Agency revealed that asteroid hunters had identified more than 1,700 asteroid tracks in archival Hubble images.

Hubble helps scientists learn more about the orbits and sizes of asteroids.

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first exoplanet, a planet that orbits a star other than the Sun. The distant world is almost the same size as Earth. Along with information about this exoplanet, the European Space Agency (ESA) has released a new image of the star cluster NGC 346, one of the most dynamic star-forming regions in nearby galaxies.

The discovered exoplanet, officially designated as LHS 475 b, is 99 percent the diameter of Earth. However, it is several hundred degrees hotter because it is much closer to its star than any planet in the Solar System is to the Sun: it orbits there in two days. However, the red dwarf it orbits is half the temperature of our star.

1/ 🆕 One of the most dynamic star-forming regions ✨ in nearby galaxies is becoming less mysterious thanks to Webb. NCG 346 is located in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy close to our own #Milky Way. pic.twitter.com/AooBNoL1q9

— ESA Webb Telescope (@ESA_Webb) January 11, 2023

The planet is located in the constellation Eighty, about 41 light-years from our planet. Despite this distance, scientists have tried using a telescope to determine the composition of the atmosphere, but they still don’t know if there is a planet surrounding it. But they can rule out certain types of atmospheres, such as a thick methane-dominated atmosphere similar to that of Saturn’s moon Titan. They hope the new measurements, which they plan to make during further observations this summer, will provide answers.

“Webb is bringing us ever closer to new knowledge of Earth-like worlds outside the solar system, and this is just the beginning of his mission,” said Mark Clampin, head of the division of astrophysics at NASA Headquarters. in Washington.

The star cluster, which appears as a pink-red cloud against the shimmering black of space in the Webb telescope image, is located in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy near our Milky Way. Astronomers have studied this area because conditions in NGC 346 resemble those that prevailed in the universe more than ten billion years ago.

The James Webb Telescope has been observing the universe from a distance of 1.5 million kilometers from Earth since last January. The device, the most powerful of its kind to date, worth ten billion dollars (CZK 223 billion), is a project of NASA, ESA and the Canadian Space Agency CSA.

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