US space agency NASA shared a gorgeous glimpse of a galaxy cluster as it posted an image by its Hubble Telescope. The image features the galaxy cluster ACO S 295, which is 3.5 billion light-years away from the Earth
“It’s time to peer into the universe… This @NASAHubble. image is swarming with galaxies housing an abundance of new worlds!,” NASA wrote in a tweet.
In a statement, the US space agency additional elaborated about galaxy cluster: “This packed image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope showcases the galaxy cluster ACO S 295, as well as a jostling crowd of background galaxies and foreground stars. Galaxies of all shapes and sizes populate this image, ranging from stately spirals to fuzzy ellipticals. This galactic menagerie boasts a range of orientations and sizes, with spiral galaxies such as the one at the center of this image appearing almost face on, and some edge-on spiral galaxies visible only as thin slivers of light.”
???? It’s time to peer into the universe…
This @NASAHubble image is swarming with galaxies housing an abundance of new worlds!
Let your thoughts wander… And get to know more about this galaxy cluster: https://t.co/ZXcwkYNOeppic.twitter.com/a2KBakb1sg
— NASA (@NASA) May 23, 2021
Reacting to the photograph, a Twitter user, @BarbG48583938, stated, “I get chills looking at images like these. How insignificant are we?
I get chills looking at images like these… how insignificant are we?????
— Barb G (@BarbG48583938) May 24, 2021
“This is breath-taking and doesn’t even seem possible,” wrote one more user, @thefastmall.
This is breathtaking and does not even appear achievable.
— Doug Luthringer (@thefastmall) May 24, 2021
Another user stated the image was “incredible” and there was no doubt that the universe was infinite.
Incredible! Is there any doubt that the universe is an infinite expanse?
— Nathan Beecher (@nathanjbeecher) May 23, 2021
Here are more reactions:
How several civilisations or galactic empires, if any, are in this shot. It’s all just a small thoughts boggling to be truthful
— Mick (@jacnah63) May 23, 2021
The universe and its galaxies are awesome.
— Jacqueline (@Jacqcaff16) May 23, 2021
To be born is to get the whole universe as a present, a pity that humanity is wasting its finite and insignificant time blaming itself for current
— Last of the Real Ones (@RhiyatYounes) May 23, 2021
When I was born we discovered about planets, galaxies, nebulas, and so forth. but I never ever believed I’d be in a position to basically see them. Thank you NASA.
— Juli Piet (@PietJuli) May 23, 2021
Space is significant. Really significant. You just will not think how vastly hugely thoughts-bogglingly significant it is. I imply, you could believe it is a extended way down the road to the chemist, but that is just peanuts to space
— Matt Daubney ???? (@MatthewDaubney) May 23, 2021
The galaxy cluster dominates “the center of this image, both visually and physically,” the US space agency stated in its note.
“The cluster’s huge mass has gravitationally lensed the light from background galaxies, distorting and smearing their shapes. In addition to providing astronomers with a natural magnifying glass with which to study distant galaxies, gravitational lensing has subtly framed the center of this image, producing a visually striking scene,” the statement study.
The Hubble Space Telescope, a massive space-based observatory, was launched and deployed by space shuttle Discovery in 1990. It has due to the fact then revolutionised astronomy. Scientists have made use of Hubble to observe some of the most distant stars and galaxies as effectively as the planets in the solar method.
Over the last 30 years of its operation, its capabilities have grown following new cutting-edge scientific instruments have been added to the telescope all through 5 astronaut servicing missions, which have significantly enhanced the telescope’s lifetime.
The telescope has made more than 1.4 million observations in its lifetime, the agency says on its web page, adding that more than 18,000 peer-reviewed science papers had been published on its discoveries.