Hubble Views Spiral Galaxy NGC 4517
This newly released Hubble image shows spiral galaxy NGC 4517, which is located approximately 40 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. Another treasure…
This newly released Hubble image shows spiral galaxy NGC 4517, which is located approximately 40 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. Another treasure…
Using data from Spitzer and WISE, scientists reveal in a new study that massive galaxies appear to slow their growth over time, feeding less and…
Scientists have discovered a graveyard of comets where some of the dormant objects, inactive for millions of years, have returned to life from an increase…
Data from Hubble’s COSMOS survey helps solve the mystery of “quenched” galaxies, finding that larger galaxies were “switching off” at later times and adding their…
Using Hubble and the W. M. Keck Observatory’s 10-meter (33-ft) telescope in Hawaii, astrophysicists discovered several star clusters with sizes and masses that were previously…
Using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, scientists have discovered a young stellar system that “blinks” every 93 days. This is the fourth example of…
Using data obtained by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, a newly published study reveals that the intensity of the jets of water ice and organic particles that…
This new eight minute video from the European Southern Observatory explores 30 years worth of astronomical images produced by the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at the…
By being able to measure the distance between the black hole and the accretion disc, astronomers have developed a new method for measuring spin in…
Using asteroseismic data obtained by the CoRoT space telescope, a team of scientists was able to measure the internal rotation of a Sun-like star and…
Data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency’s XMM Newton Observatory has revealed the first exoplanet caught passing in front of its…
This newly released Very Large Telescope image shows spiral galaxy Messier 100 and the huge clouds of hydrogen gas that make up galaxies of this…
On the nights of August 12th and 13th, astronomers will have the opportunity to watch the Perseid meteor shower, a meteor shower that has recently…
This Hubble image reveals the mysterious structure of galaxy NGC 524, which is formed by the remaining gas surrounding the galaxy’s central bulge. This striking…
In a newly published study, astronomers used data from NEOWISE to reveal the true identity of centaurs that orbit the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune,…
Using data from NASA’s Van Allen Probes, scientists have discovered how electrons in the heart of the Van Allen Radiation Belts surrounding Earth are accelerated…
NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) took its first images of the Sun, revealing the mysterious lowest layers of the sun’s atmosphere. The moment when…
A recently published study details new theoretical models that reveal how an outburst event in the Sun’s early years could help in the hunt for…