Hubble Image of the Week – Irregular Galaxy IC 10
This image shows an irregular galaxy named IC 10, a member of the Local Group — a collection grouping of over 50 galaxies within our…
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A group of researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has clarified one of the mysteries of 2018 in the field of extragalactic…
View of Venus at Sunrise From the International Space Station
From the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Christina Koch snapped and posted this image of the planet Venus at sunrise. The blue glow of Earth’s…
Astronomers Discover Ring Around Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
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Physicists Predict How to Catch and Save Schrödinger’s Cat
Yale researchers have figured out how to catch and save Schrödinger’s famous cat, the symbol of quantum superposition and unpredictability, by anticipating its jumps and…
Chandra Detects Coronal Mass Ejection From Distant Star
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How SPHERE Helps Protect Earth from Dangerous Asteroids
The unique capabilities of the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope have enabled it to obtain the sharpest images of a double asteroid as…
Deinonychus Changed Our Understanding of Dinosaurs
Academics used to tease paleontologists, saying that while dinosaurs appeal to children, they won’t answer the important evolutionary questions. Yale’s John Ostrom (1928-2005) proved them…
Hubble Telescope Image of the Week – Galactic Maturity
This striking image was taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3, a powerful instrument installed on the telescope in 2009. WFC3…