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ED: Busy weekend for Space watchers: How to watch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's launch NASA is broadcasting the event live on August 30. By Mariella Moon 24 Aug 2026 The Nancy Grace Roman telescope is heading to space in a few days. It's set for launch on August 30, no earlier than 7:26AM Eastern time, with NASA's live coverage to begin at 6:20AM. The agency's engineers completed the final inspection of the telescope's primary mirror in late May to make sure it hadn't been damaged during testing. In early June, NASA announced that the telescope will launch earlier than the September schedule it had previously planned. Article link: https://www.engadget.com/2243391/how-to-watch-the-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescopes-launch/ Saturday, Aug. 29 9 a.m. | Science briefing on NASA’s Roman Space Telescope. Stream on YouTube 10:30 a.m. | Prelaunch news conference on NASA’s Roman Space Telescope. Stream on YouTube Sunday, Aug. 30 6:20 a.m. | Launch coverage of NASA’s Roman Space Telescope. Stream on X, Discovery+, Amazon Prime, YouTube, NASA+ 9:30 a.m. | Postlaunch news conference on NASA’s Roman Space Telescope. Stream on YouTube NASA Live - NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/live/ Note: While NASA programming is free, obtaining it through third-party streaming services may require equipment purchases or subscription fees. These links are provided for your information and do not constitute NASA’s endorsement of any goods or services. NASA events: https://www.nasa.gov/event/nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope/

Galactic Gems Glisten New Gallery From NASA’s Chandra By Megan Watzke 25 Aug 2026 Galaxies are like cosmic gems, each with characteristics including size and shape that make them distinct. A new gallery released today from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes displays a collection of galactic images that showcase this variety. Astronomers put galaxies into three main categories: spirals like our own Milky Way with arms emanating from their cores, ellipticals that are older and likely the results of mergers, and irregulars that can encompass a wide range of galactic phenomena. Note: There are 16 new images in this galactic gallery. Each one contains X-ray data from Chandra that has been collected across Chandra’s decades in space. This high-energy data has been combined with data from telescopes such as NASA’s James Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes, IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer), Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, NuSTAR (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array), and others both on the ground and in space. Article link: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/chandra/galactic-gems-glisten-in-new-gallery-from-nasas-chandra/. Pic Description: This gallery displays a collection of 16 galactic images from Chandra and other telescopes. Astronomers put galaxies into three main categories: spirals like our own Milky Way, ellipticals that are older and likely the results of mergers, and irregulars that can encompass a wide range of galactic phenomena. All types are represented in this collection. Each galactic image contains X-ray data from Chandra combined with data from telescopes such as NASA’s Webb, Hubble, IXPE, Swift, and NuSTAR, and others both in space and on the ground. Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO ED: 16 Hi-res images can be individually downloaded from the article.

Webb Opens Treasure Chest HQ Web Team 21 Aug 2026 NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured this Aug. 6, 2026, infrared image of part of the Carina Nebula, a star-forming region also home to the Cosmic Cliffs. This feature, called the “Treasure Chest,” is an object known as a cometary globule. A cometary globule is an isolated cloud of gas and dust with a dense, dark head and a sweeping tail. Image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, M. Reiter; Acknowledgement: M. H. Özsaraç Article link: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/webb-opens-treasure-chest/

Hubble Solves Merger Mystery From Milky Way’s Early Years Release date: 17 August 2026 11am ID: 2026-015 Astronomers find strong evidence for a massive merger 1.8 billion years earlier than the oldest previously known significant merger. The early universe was a chaotic place, crowded with young galaxies that smashed together and agglomerated into larger and larger galaxies over billions of years. Our own Milky Way experienced such collisions, but the details are difficult to tease out since they occurred so long ago. Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have now extended our knowledge of the Milky Way’s history 1.8 billion years farther back in time than ever before, finding strong evidence that it merged with another galaxy in the earliest phases of its evolution. Full article: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-solves-merger-mystery-from-milky-ways-early-years/ Pic Description [Concept Drawing]: About 12 billion years ago, a dwarf galaxy known as LKH (left) collided with a young Milky Way (right) and merged with it. This artist’s concept portrays that collision. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope uncovered definitive evidence of this long-ago collision by studying ancient globular star clusters. Image Walk-through: An illustration of two galaxies in the midst of a collision against a dark, star-filled background. The collision takes up the middle third of the illustration. On the right, a larger galaxy is viewed at an angle from 11 o’clock to 4 o’clock, with a white-yellow core surrounded by mottled brown dust lanes and faint bluish spiral arms. To the left, a smaller, bright blue-white galaxy is stretched into a curved, hook-like shape as gravity distorts it. A broad, glowing bridge of pale blue gas and stars extends off the galaxy at the left, while wispy streams extend above and below the larger galaxy at the right. Credit: NASA, ESA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)

Lion Nebula roars to life for Webb 10 August 2026 20am; ID: 2026-127 The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope previously viewed this planetary nebula in 2000, imaging the lion face-shaped target in visible light and revealing features such as the “mane” of hazy, comet-shaped objects. Now Webb has captured a clearer, more detailed view of the Lion Nebula due to its high-resolution imaging. At first glance the nebula’s overall structure in Webb’s infrared images, both with the NIRCam (Near Infrared Camera) and MIRI (Mid Infrared Instrument), may look quite similar to Hubble's earlier visible-light view. However, Webb's infrared vision highlights features like compact clumps of dust and haze of ionised gas. It’s taken several thousand years for this collection of gas and dust to reach its current shape, and the nebula’s components continue to be altered. Article link: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/lion-nebula-roars-to-life-with-nasas-webb/ Pic Description: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope imaged the planetary nebula NGC 2392, the Lion Nebula, using the observatory’s NIRCam and MIRI instruments. The central star’s remains are responsible for the nebula’s structure, including a lion face-shaped bubble of ionized gas and dust “mane.” Credits: Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Alyssa Pa gan (STScI)

I wonder if the video format for the web is compressed to be 'stream efficient.' These compressed formats might look different. The colors might be rendered different, and pop more. I could also be wrong, but the 4k version would be given a lot more attention and refinement. Imho

GnJ has new video loop on JW.org home page! (See Update #5) How exciting!

I expect the final episodes may be longer to portray and capture a fuller impact of the events...

NASA Webb Explores Family Tree of Newly Discovered Distant Objects Release date: 29 July 2026 10am ID: 2026-109 What do little red dots become as the universe ages? It’s been a question since they were discovered in the high-redshift universe by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in 2022. With each additional observation and analysis, astronomers have gradually learned more about the nature of these mysterious red sources. A team of scientists is now providing one branch of the little red dot family tree by sifting through multi-mission telescope data to carefully examine a spiral galaxy at lower redshift. The face-on galaxy, dubbed the “Saguaro” for its prominent arms, is reminiscent of the desert plant in another way: Like the ruby red fruit of the Saguaro cactus, this galaxy has a little red dot in its center, making it a scene ripe for study. Article link: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasa-webb-explores-family-tree-of-newly-discovered-distant-objects/ Pic Description [Top]: Scientists have proposed one pathway little red dots can follow as the universe matures based on their analysis of spiral galaxy WISEA J123635.56+621424.2, nicknamed the “Saguaro.” They suggest little red dots may be a temporary phase of highly active supermassive black holes. Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Pierluigi Rinaldi (Steward Observatory); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI) Pic Description [Bottom]: Scientists synthetically shifted the Saguaro, a lower-redshift spiral galaxy, to a higher redshift to find out how it would appear if it was in the early universe. Its compact red appearance suggests that little red dots are a phase of highly active supermassive black holes. Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, Pierluigi Rinaldi (Steward Observatory); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI); Illustration: Leah Hustak (STScI)

NASA's Hubble Shows Star Formation in Andromeda Galaxy Winding Down Release date: 27 July 2026 10am ID: 2026-019 Most of the decline is within a prominent star-forming ring 32,000 light-years from the galaxy’s center. The Andromeda galaxy is one of our Milky Way’s closest neighbors. Its proximity gives astronomers an opportunity to investigate it in great detail. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has conducted two gigantic surveys that combined to image about two-thirds of the galaxy’s disk. Using that data, a team of researchers has measured 200 million individual stars to tease out the history of star formation in Andromeda. They found that star formation has decreased dramatically over the past 500 million years. And they asked: Is Andromeda in the late stages of a longer decline, or is it “running out of gas”? “This project is the combination of multiple decades worth of experience to really get a holistic picture of the Andromeda galaxy,” said lead author Tobin Wainer of the University of Washington. Article link: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-shows-star-formation-in-andromeda-galaxy-winding-down/ Video Description: This movie, created from an analysis of data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, demonstrates how the rate of star formation in the Andromeda galaxy has declined over the past 500 million years. Brighter colors indicate where star formation was highest during a given time. Researchers combined two Hubble surveys that together imaged about two-thirds of the disk of Andromeda. They divided the image into thousands of squares 300 light-years on a side and determined the history of star formation within each parcel. They found that star formation has been steadily declining. Pic Description: NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has provided a detailed view of millions of stars in the Andromeda galaxy. Regions that have experienced recent star formation (1) appear significantly bluer than regions with less recent star formation (2). NASA, ESA, Benjamin Williams (UWashington), Zhuo Chen (UWashington), L. Clifton Johnson (Northwestern); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) STScI-01KY7FSW9S0TZ25DQFQ0WX020P.mp4

Galaxy cluster's magnetic field reconstructed for 1st time with By Robert Lea Published 21 July 2026 A record-breaking astronomy map. "We believe that the mechanism that 'turns on' these gigantic radio emissions is linked to the formation process of galaxy clusters." For the first time, astronomers have reconstructed the magnetic field of an entire cluster of galaxies, from its central nucleus to its outer limits. The record-breaking achievement is the product of the deepest-ever observations of the galaxy cluster Abell 2255, located around a billion light-years away — and those observations are thanks to the European radio telescope LOFAR (Low Frequency Array). Abell 2255 has long been known for its complexity in radio waves. Its vast, diffuse radio emissions are created by particles called electrons racing at near-light, or relativistic, speeds and interacting with magnetic fields of galaxies in the cluster. Thus, using Abell 2255 as a cosmic laboratory to study the universe in radio waves could lead scientists to a better understanding of how magnetic fields come about and evolve. These observations could also help paint a picture of the dynamics of hot gas in galaxy clusters. This could reveal how the largest structures in the universe are constructed. Article link: https://www.space.com/astronomy/galaxies/galaxy-clusters-magnetic-field-reconstructed-for-1st-time-with-record-breaking-astronomy-map Pic Description: The invisible texture of the magnetic field in the central region of the galaxy cluster Abell 2255. (Image credit: A. Botteon et al. (INAF), A&A 2026)

They have a million dollar Ai studio. There is really nothing they cannot do. (The predecessor to this Ai technology was used to film the space series The Mandalorian. That was set in a Galaxy far, far away.) However, they use it sparingly. They want the depictions to be as natural as possible.

Nope. No AoA filming done here. They are busy just doing GnJ here.

NASA's Webb Discovers Hidden Planet in Famous Star System Release date: 15 July 2026 8am ID: 2026-126 Planet found through its atmospheric fingerprint opens new way to uncover worlds hidden in starlight Few planetary systems have shaped astronomers’ understanding of planet formation as profoundly as Beta Pictoris. Since the discovery of its famous debris disk in 1983, observations with ground- and space-based telescopes, including NASA’s Hubble and James Webb space telescopes, have revealed exocomets, intricate dust structure, giant exoplanets, and evidence of a planetary system still under construction. Now, Webb has uncovered a third giant planet using an entirely new approach: identifying it through the chemical fingerprint of its atmosphere. Article link: https://www.stsci.edu/contents/news-releases/2026/news-2026-126/ Pic Description: This artist’s concept shows the Beta Pictoris system with the discovered giant exoplanet Beta Pictoris d at the right. It has the widest orbit of the known three exoplanets within the system.Illustration: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Ralf Crawford (STScI)

NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Spot Distant Black Holes That Shred Stars Release date: 14 July 2026 10am ID: 2026-203 Roman’s large tally will help illuminate the origins of supermassive black holes Summary Roman’s large tally will help illuminate the origins of supermassive black holes. Supermassive black holes at the center of galaxies can be messy eaters. Sometimes when a wandering star gets too close, it will get shredded before it is consumed. In the process, the region around the black hole brightens and may outshine its entire galaxy. In that way, otherwise hidden black holes become detectable. Once it launches as early as Aug. 30, 2026, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is expected to observe up to 100 of these star-shredding events every year. That data will lead to a new understanding of how supermassive black holes first formed, and how they grow and evolve. Article Link: https://www.stsci.edu/contents/news-releases/2026/news-2026-203/ Pic Description: This artist’s concept portrays a Sun-like star being shredded by a supermassive black hole — a phenomenon known as a tidal disruption event. During these events, the region around a black hole can brighten and become visible across great distances. NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be able to spot and study tidal disruption events that occurred early in the universe’s history. By characterizing an earlier population of supermassive black holes, astronomers can learn about their origins. Image Credit: NASA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)