Robert Lea is a science journalist in the U.K. whose articles have been published in Physics World, New Scientist, Astronomy Magazine, All About Space, Newsweek and ZME Science. He also writes about science communication for Elsevier and the European Journal of Physics. Rob holds a bachelor of science degree in physics and astronomy from the U.K.
A Hubble image image of the star forming region 30 Doradus, the Tarantula Nebula, within the Large Magellanic Cloud packed with young bright blue starsIn December 2023, the Hubble Space Telescope completed its largest program since launching in 1990. With this program, the telescope made observations of 500 individual stars over three years — and scientists are now ready to dive into this cosmic Easter egg of data.
"I believe the ULLYSES project will be transformative, impacting overall astrophysics, from exoplanets to the effects of massive stars on galaxy evolution, to understanding the earliest stages of the evolving universe," Julia Roman-Duval, ULLYSES Implementation Team leader at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland,."Aside from the specific goals of the program, the stellar data can also be used in fields of astrophysics in ways we can’t yet imagine.
At the other end of the color spectrum, the ULLYSES project also focused on young stars that are cooler, smaller and redder than the sun. These stars were also located closer to home, in active. This would've impacted the planet-forming disks around these stars, and influenced if the planets that will eventually be born around these stars can ever be habitable.
This could also reveal the effect these stars have on the disks that surround them, which will eventually go on to form planets. Thus, studying the survey could potentially help scientists better understand which systems are more suited for"ULLYSES was originally conceived as an observing program utilizing Hubble's sensitive spectrographs.
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