{"id":3779,"date":"2026-06-07T23:42:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T23:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/owspakistan.com\/?p=3779"},"modified":"2026-06-07T23:42:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T23:42:51","slug":"d41586-026-01609-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/owspakistan.com\/?p=3779","title":{"rendered":"See a helicopter destined for Mars and a spectacular flowery frame for the Milky Way \u2014 May&#8217;s best science images"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"Theme-TextSize-default\"><span class=\"Theme-ForegroundColor-8\"><strong>Spot the differences.\u00a0<\/strong>To celebrate its 36th birthday, the Hubble Space Telescope revisited a region of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-025-01973-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"Theme-ForegroundColor-1\">Trifid Nebula<\/span><\/a><span class=\"Theme-ForegroundColor-8\">, a \u2018stellar nursery\u2019 around 1,500 parsecs (5,000 light years) away.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure data-videoplayer=\"true\" class=\"InlineMedia InlineMedia--video media-size-110\" data-lazyload-video=\"true\">\n<div class=\"crop-uncropped\" style=\"overflow:hidden;border-top-left-radius:calc(0rem * var(--corner-multiplier));border-top-right-radius:calc(0rem * var(--corner-multiplier));border-bottom-left-radius:calc(0rem * var(--corner-multiplier));border-bottom-right-radius:calc(0rem * var(--corner-multiplier))\" data-animation=\"eyJwcmVzZXQiOiJub25lIn0=\"><video data-id=\"FkwU2NtIa9\" data-autoplay=\"false\" controls=\"\" class=\"plyr\" controlslist=\"nodownload\" preload=\"none\" playsinline=\"\" data-landscape-poster=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/.\/assets\/xwP2sWMk4k\/nebula_video_2604_031_ar_en-frame-0ms-768x432.jpg\" data-portrait-poster=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/.\/assets\/xwP2sWMk4k\/nebula_video_2604_031_ar_en-frame-0ms-768x432.jpg\" data-videoplayer-media=\"true\"><source type=\"video\/webm\" data-landscape=\".\/assets\/FkwU2NtIa9\/nebula_video_2604_031_ar_en-768x432.webm\" data-portrait=\".\/assets\/FkwU2NtIa9\/nebula_video_2604_031_ar_en-768x432.webm\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" data-landscape=\".\/assets\/FkwU2NtIa9\/nebula_video_2604_031_ar_en-768x432.mp4\" data-portrait=\".\/assets\/FkwU2NtIa9\/nebula_video_2604_031_ar_en-768x432.mp4\"><p>Your browser does not support this video<\/p>\n<p>                        <\/source><\/source><\/video><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"plyr\" data-reduced-motion-poster=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/.\/assets\/xwP2sWMk4k\/nebula_video_2604_031_ar_en-frame-0ms-768x432.jpg\"\/><button class=\"video-play video-icon-large plyr__play-large\" aria-label=\"play video\"><svg>\n                            <use xlink:href=\"#video-play-icon\"\/>\n                          <\/svg><\/button><\/div><figcaption class=\"Theme-Caption Theme-InlineMediaCaption\">\n<div class=\"Display--none Display--md-block\">\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"Theme-ForegroundColor-8\">Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, Leah Hustak (STScI), Christian Nieves (STScI) (Atmospheric classical music can be heard in this video. There are no dialogue or sound effects.)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"Display--md-none\">\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"Theme-ForegroundColor-8\">Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, Leah Hustak (STScI), Christian Nieves (STScI) (Atmospheric classical music can be heard in this video. There are no dialogue or sound effects.)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal Theme-TextSize-default\"><span class=\"Theme-ForegroundColor-8\">Compared with Hubble\u2019s first shot of the nebula, taken in 1997,\u00a0the new shot reveals subtle changes in the cloud of gas and dust\u00a0\u2014\u00a0such as the expansion of a jet of plasma known to be ejected periodically by a still-forming star (at the top left of the cloud). This demonstrates how even objects of literally astronomical size can evolve over just a few decades.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spot the differences.\u00a0To celebrate its 36th birthday, the Hubble Space Telescope revisited a region of the Trifid Nebula, a \u2018stellar nursery\u2019 around 1,500 parsecs (5,000 light years) away. Your browser does not support this video Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, Leah Hustak (STScI), Christian Nieves (STScI) (Atmospheric classical music can be heard in this video. 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