HEAPOW logo


HEASARC Picture of the Week: 2008



Available: 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |

Title Date
Homeless Homeless Burst January 7, 2008
Hard CWB INTEGRAL image of Eta CAr January 14, 2008
Ring Around the Sun STEREO view of a solar tsunami January 21, 2008
In this Corner... Chandra image of W2 and WR 20a January 28, 2008
One Behind the Other XMM image of Abell 3128 and background cluster February 4, 2008
XMM View of the COSMOS XMM image of COSMOS field February 11, 2008
SN X-ray Progenitor? SN Type Ia Progenitor? February 18, 2008
Transformer Particle Acceleration in RXJ 1713.7-3946 February 25, 2008
Peeking in on the Neighbors M33 in the Ultraviolet March 3, 2008
"Touch the Invisible Sky" Touch the Invisible Sky March 10, 2008
Jet Power Composite of Cen A March 17, 2008
Home of the Whopper? Swift Detection of naked-eye GRB March 24, 2008
Cycle 23 Redux Hinode X-ray view of Cycle 23 spots March 31, 2008
Fixing a Hole Littlest black hole April 7, 2008
Young Stars Blowing Bubbles XMM and Spitzer images of Orion Nebula April 14, 2008
The Range of Annihilation INTEGRAL image of positron-electron annihilation April 21, 2008
Found Link? Chandra Image of Kes 75 April 28, 2008
GRBs Lightning May 5, 2008
Filigree XMM image bridge between two galaxy clusters May 12, 2008
Under a Bushel of Dust VLA and Chandra composite of G1.9+0.3. May 19, 2008
In Memoriam Swift image of SN 2008D May 26, 2008
What did EV Lac? Artist interpretation of giant flare on EV Lac June 2, 2008
Diffuse Starburst XMM-Newton observation of NGC 253 June 9, 2008
The Launch of GLAST Launch of GLAST June 16, 2008
The Beating of the Dwarf AE Aqr June 23, 2008
Stellar Death Across the Spectrum multi-wavelength view of W28 June 30, 2008
Once a Star multi-wavelength view of SN1006 July 7, 2008
Resolving Their Differences Resolved X-ray emission from IRS5 July 14, 2008
DROXO XMM image of rho oph star forming region (right) and lightcurves (left) July 21, 2008
Ate its Full Chandra and Hubble image of NGC 4649 July 28, 2008
Stumbled Upon Nova XMM-Newton Slew Nova August 4, 2008
Relics of a Giant's Past Composite View of giant elliptical M87 August 11, 2008
Rogues' Gallery Optical and Swift UV/X-ray images of galaxies August 18, 2008
It's Here! GBM GRB August 25, 2008
All Fermi LAT 4-day all sky survey September 01, 2008
Fasten Your Seatbelts Images of light and dark matter September 08, 2008
No Static at All FRI Galaxies in X-ray and radio September 15, 2008
Far and Away Farthest Burst September 22, 2008
Just Passing By XMM-Newton Slew survey September 29, 2008
Supernova in the Bits X-ray + optical image of Circinus galaxy and sn 1996cr October 6, 2008
Spotless Spotless Sun October 13, 2008
New Pulsar Fermi Gamma-ray pulsar October 20, 2008
The Hot and Cold of Star Birth X-ray, optical and IR image of NGC 346 October 27, 2008
Galaxy of the Dead INTEGRAL image of the Milkyway November 3, 2008
Found XMM-Newton Found November 10, 2008
Blue Crab X-ray image of the outer crab November 17, 2008
How Low Can You Go? INTEGRAL distribution map of faint GRBs November 24, 2008
Hot Spots in M101 Deep Chandra image of M101 December 1, 2008
Bursting Bubbles Chandra, radio/VLA and optical image of M84 December 8, 2008
Charge and Exchange Swift image of comet December 15, 2008
Darkness into Light left: Chandra image of cluster of galaxies; right: Simulation of the evolution of the Universe December 22, 2008
Old; New New Fermi Gamma-ray pulsars December 29, 2008


HEA POW * HEA Dictionary * Archive * Search HEAPOW * Education


Each week the HEASARC scours the archive of X-ray and Gamma Ray observations to bring you new, exciting and beautiful images. Check back each week and be sure to check out the archive!

Page Author: Dr. Michael F. Corcoran
Last modified Friday, 20-Apr-2012 15:04:56 EDT



A service of the Astrophysics Science Division at NASA/GSFC and the High Energy Astrophysics Division of the Smithsonian Astrophysics Observatory (SAO)