Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics report that, when compared with non-interacting field galaxies,…
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This newly released Hubble image shows spiral galaxy NGC 7814. Galaxies can take many shapes…
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveals near-infrared observations of the young Milky…
A new study from the University of Washington details how strong irradiation from the host…
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has observed Titan in the supersonic and super-Alfvénic solar wind, revealing that…
This newly released Hubble image shows spiral galaxy NGC 7714, which is located 100 million…
This newly released image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope shows cometary globule CG4, which is…
Using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, volunteers discovered a new way to detect the…
The H.E.S.S. telescope system has discovered three extremely luminous gamma-ray sources in the Large Magellanic…
A new study from astronomers at the Leiden Observatory reveals details about the gigantic ring…
Using data from the Kepler spacecraft, astronomers have discovered a compact system of five transiting…
The sharpest images ever seen of the dwarf planet Ceres were taken by NASA’s Dawn…
As asteroid 2004 BL86 made its way past Earth yesterday, scientists were able to better…
Data from ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft reveals that there has been a significant increase in the…
This newly released Hubble image shows Arp 230, which also known as IC 51. Arp…
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics provides new insights from deep VLA data…
In celebration of its 11th anniversary on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover captured this panorama view…
A team of astronomers from Yale University have identified the first “changing look” quasar, a…