Hubble Space Telescope Spots a Rival to the Milky Way
The Universe is simply so vast that it can be difficult to maintain a sense of scale. Many galaxies we see through telescopes such as…
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Strange, Luminescent Galactic Creatures at Play
The pair of strange, luminescent creatures at play in this image are actually galaxies — realms of millions upon millions of stars. This galactic duo…
NASA Instrument to Explore the Atmospheres of Exoplanets
NASA will contribute an instrument to a European space mission that will explore the atmospheres of hundreds of planets orbiting stars beyond our Sun, or…
Hubble Spies Champions League of Stellar “Teammates” in NGC 1333 Reflection Nebula
Within a galaxy hosting around 300 billion stars, here the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a mere handful or two — just about enough…
Sunburst Arc Doppelgangers Captured in Distant Region of the Universe
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have observed a galaxy in the distant regions of the Universe which appears duplicated at least 12 times…
Hubble Space Telescope Spots a Galaxy – And It’s Not Alone
Galaxies may seem lonely, floating alone in the vast, inky blackness of the sparsely populated cosmos — but looks can be deceiving. This image of…
Ghostly Cosmic Face Captured by Hubble [Video]
In celebration of Halloween, this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures two galaxies of equal size in a collision that appears to…
Familiar Sight Spotted by Hubble Space Telescope
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows IC 4653, a galaxy just over 80 million light-years from Earth. That may sound like quite…
Asteroid Photobombs Crab Nebula – Citizen Astronomers Find Thousands of Asteroids in Hubble Images
When astronomers use the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to study the deep sky, asteroids from our Solar System can leave their marks on the captured…
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,…
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…
Hubble Space Telescope Finds Medusa in the Sky
The galaxy pictured in this Hubble image has an especially evocative name: the Medusa merger. Often referred to by its somewhat drier New General Catalogue…
Hubble Tracks a Galaxy Moving Toward Us at Over 543,000 Miles Per Hour
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the galaxy Messier 86. Despite its being discovered over 235 years ago by astronomer Charles Messier,…
Astronomers Have Seen Signs of “Life” at the Center of Messier 110
Many of the best-loved galaxies in the cosmos are remarkably large, close, massive, bright, or beautiful, often with an unusual or intriguing structure or history….
Hubble Glimpses Faint Galaxy in Sea Monster Constellation
This image, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, focuses on an object named UGC 695, which is located 30 million light-years away within the…
Hubble Explores the Formation and Evolution of Star Clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Just as people of the same age can vary greatly in appearance and shape, so do collections of stars or stellar aggregates. New observations from…
Swarm of Stars Spotted by Hubble Space Telescope
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a dwarf galaxy named UGC 685. Such galaxies are small and contain just a tiny fraction…
See the Final Stages of a Star’s Life via the Hubble Space Telescope
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows NGC 5307, a planetary nebula that lies about 10,000 light-years from Earth. It can be seen…