A Real ‘Galactic Portal’ – This Is an Actual Hubble Picture, Not CGI
The galaxy NGC 4380 looks like a special effect straight out of a science fiction or fantasy film in this Hubble Picture of the Week,…
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Spectroscopic Survey Reveals the Nature of Obscured Active Galactic Nuclei
Initial Characterization of First-Ever Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov Complete – Including Size
State-of-the-Art Cameras Reveal Violent Flaring at the Heart of a Black Hole System [Video]
Giant Galaxy Cluster Used As X-Ray Magnifying Lens to Spot Super-Energetic Stages of Star Formation
Celebrating a NASA Mission That Transformed the Way We Use Radar
Faint Filaments of the Cosmic Web Revealed by Glowing Gas
The Sun Won’t Become a Black Hole – Here’s Why
NASA ICON Spacecraft Launches on Mission to Explore Frontier of Space
Hubble Snaps Spiral Galaxy’s Profile – From Hydra Constellation, 80 Million Light-Years Away
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope sees galaxies of all shapes, sizes, luminosities and orientations in the cosmos. Sometimes, the telescope gazes at a galaxy oriented sideways — as shown…
Black Holes Stunt Growth of Dwarf Galaxies – Astronomers Surprised by 2,000,000 MPH Winds
UC Riverside astronomers find large-scale winds associated with active black holes in small galaxies suppress star formation. Astronomers at the University of California, Riverside, have…
Majority of Lunar Ice Deposits Are Likely Billions of Years Old – But Some May Be Much More Recent
New research sheds light on the ages of ice deposits reported in the area of the Moon’s south pole — information that could help identify…
New Research on Lunar Ice Deposits Examines When and How It Got There
The discovery of ice deposits in craters scattered across the Moon’s south pole has helped to renew interest in exploring the lunar surface, but no…
NASA’s Webb Telescope Will Penetrate Space Dust to Reveal Milky Way’s Center
The center of our galaxy is a crowded place: A black hole weighing 4 million times as much as our Sun is surrounded by millions…
Mystery As Hubble Finds Milky Way Raids Intergalactic ‘Bank Accounts’
Our Milky Way is a frugal galaxy. Supernovas and violent stellar winds blow gas out of the galactic disk, but that gas falls back onto…
The Milky Way Captured Several Tiny Galaxies From Its Neighbor
University of California Riverside-led research shows our galaxy is undergoing a massive merger with its largest satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud. Just like the…
Liquifying a Rocky Exoplanet to Aid in the Search for Earth-Like Worlds Beyond Our Solar System
A hot, molten Earth would be around 5% larger than its solid counterpart. This is the result of a study led by researchers at the…
New Research Finally Provides Insights on How the Strongest Magnets in the Universe Form [Video]
German-British research team simulates basic conditions for the formation of magnetic stars. How do some neutron stars become the strongest magnets in the Universe? A…