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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image showing what the space agency calls “pocketful of stars” – a section of the universe filled with thousands of multicolored stars. This image shows a “globular” cluster called NGC 1805, located near the galaxy’s satellite Galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud. In particular, …

Ultraviolet ‘Nightglow’ from Mars’ atmosphere.Image: NASA / MAVEN / Goddard Space Flight Center / CU / LASP New ultra-violet observations of the Red Planet mark complex circulation patterns in the Martian atmosphere, including extremely regular night-glass pulses that are invisible to the unsupported eye. The Martian atmosphere is, when viewed …