NASA -- The space agency has recently released images of the galaxy taken by its ever-reliable space telescope -- The Hubble. Not only do the images capture the beauty of the galaxy as it expands, but it showcases the wonders of the galaxy NGC 972 and the mysteries that surround the elements that have become a part of it.
This spiral galaxy sits on top of the Aries constellation just about 70 million light-years away from the Milky Way Galaxy. It was in 1784 when William Hershel discovered and named the galaxy, but it was NASA's Hubble that revealed the galaxy in its full glory. In the photo recently released by NASA, the galaxy NGC 972 looked like a bouquet of fresh roses.
And then there is the incredible photograph of the supermassive star called Eta Carinae from the galaxy Carina. This monstrous star began its explosion about 170 years ago and its eruption is beautifully happening in slow motion that it has yet to be completed up until today. According to the experts in NASA, the star will eventually become a full-blown supernova. But for the time being, the star is slowly moving towards an edge where it will eventually meet its doom and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is a witness to its becoming.
"The celestial outbursts usually take shape a pair of ballooning lobes of gas and dust that is blown out of proportions into space," NASA report says. "The sta may initially weigh like there were 150 suns in it until it blew."
For decades, astronomers have wondered how stars were formed and how they expel all the other particles into space before they die down and become a black hole in space. Through the Hubble, they are able to put images into their imagined scenarios. They were able to recreate the beautiful images of what may seem like a bad experience for the star. The explosion of the star paves the way for beautiful things to turn up in the galaxy. The astronauts and the people working from space could only delight in the beauty of an exploding star that usually takes place in what seems like a slow motion.
NASA continues to search for these amazing images of bursting stars in the galaxy through the space telescope Hubble. Indeed, it remains to be one of the most useful advancements in technology. With the plan to explore space for more areas where life could thrive, the images from the Hubble gives hope that life could thrive in such beauty.
