Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak HST infared images of the Trapezium Cluster. The images included the spectacular remnants of supernova Cassiopeia A that exploded 300 years ago, a hot gas shell 10 light years across with temperatures of 50 million degrees and a point of light that may be a neutron star or black hole at the center of the stellar explosion. Another image that thrilled observers was the high energy jet of Quasar PKS 0637-752 six billion light years away. To the human eye, space appears serene and void. It is neither.
Temperatures can reach millions of degrees.
Objects are accelerated by gravity to nearly the speed of light and magnetic fields more than a trillion times stronger than the Earth s cause some stars to crack and tremble. The water trapped in the crystals may predate the sun and the planets. It is now in solar orbit. This may be the last full time crew for MIR before she is retired and fated to fall back to Earth. 1921 - John Herbert Chapman 's Birthday.