Astronomy & Space Exploration

#UMPlus - Parker Mission https://www.universomagico.net/2025/06/mision-parker.html Nothing humankind has ever flown so close to the Sun. The Parker spacecraft was launched on August 12, 2018, atop a Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral, the site of NASA's regular space launches....See more

#UMPlus - Galaxy UGC 11397 https://www.universomagico.net/2025/06/galaxia-ugc-11397.html This image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the spiral galaxy UGC 11397, which is located in the direction of the Lyra constellation and lies at a distance of about 250 million...See more

#UMPlus - Sh2-65 by Jerry Yesavage https://www.universomagico.net/2025/06/sh2-65-por-jerry-yesavage.html This image by astronomer Jerome Yesavage shows the emission nebula Sh2-65, also cataloged as RCW 175, located toward the northwest of the constellation Aquila. It is located...See more

#UMPlus - The Earth https://www.universomagico.net/2025/06/la-tierra.html Earth is a fragile ball emerging from the solar protoplanetary disk, which travels through space orbiting the Sun. It is a planet in the Solar System, orbiting its star in the third innermost orbit. It is...See more

#UMPlus - NGC 4088 by Warren Keller https://www.universomagico.net/2025/06/ngc-4088-por-warren-keller.html This image by astronomer Warren Keller shows a pair of galaxies located in the direction of the Ursa Major constellation. The most prominent galaxy is NGC 4088, a spiral...See more

#UMPlus - NGC 2204 https://www.universomagico.net/2025/06/ngc-2204.html This image from the Aladin Sky Atlas shows the open star cluster NGC 2204, also cataloged as Collinder 88 and Melotte 44. This striking grouping of stars is located in the direction of the constellation...See more

#UMPlus - Giant Structures in PLCKESZ G287 https://www.universomagico.net/2025/06/estructuras-gigantes-en-plckesz-g287.html Astronomers have discovered the largest known cloud of energetic particles, located in the direction of the Hydra constellation. It measures nearly 20...See more

#UMPlus - The Pickering Triangle by Josep Drudis https://www.universomagico.net/2025/06/el-triangulo-de-pickering-por-josep.html This extraordinary image by astronomer Josep Drudis shows the central part of the popular Veil Nebula. Known as the Pickering Wisp Triangle or...See more

#UMPlus - DEM S 38 Nebula https://www.universomagico.net/2025/06/nebulosa-dem-s-38.html This image was taken with the Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope (SOAR), part of the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. The nebula in the center of the image, called...See more

#UMPlus - Another Side of Jupiter https://www.universomagico.net/2025/06/otra-cara-de-jupter.html This eerie image taken by JunoCam, mounted on the Juno spacecraft, shows the high northern latitudes of Jupiter, the largest gas planet in the Solar System. The exposure to produce...See more

#UMPlus - The Chameleon I Dark Cloud https://www.universomagico.net/2025/06/la-nube-oscura-chamaleon-i.html The bright nebulae contrast with the dark clouds in the Chameleon I molecular cloud and are telltale signs of young stars and active star formation. These nebulae are...See more