Hubble Spots an Astronomical Intruder in a Distant Galaxy
A host of astronomical objects throng this image from the Hubble Space Telescope. Background galaxies ranging from stately spirals to fuzzy ellipticals are strewn across…
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Hubble Space Telescope: Calling on a Galactic Neighbor
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the galaxy LEDA 48062 in the constellation Perseus. LEDA 48062 is the faint, sparse, amorphous galaxy…
Hubble Explores the Dazzling Stellar Wonders of NGC 6355
The scattered stars of the globular cluster NGC 6355 are strewn across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This globular cluster lies less…
Hubble Uncovers a Galactic Wonder: Strange Galaxy Captured in Stunning Detail
The peculiar spiral galaxy ESO 415-19, which is located approximately 450 million light-years away from Earth, stretches lazily across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble…
A Cosmic Tale of Death & Dust Revealed in Orion Constellation
In a tale of cosmic proportions, the region is being transformed by the massive stars that live and die within it. A new image combining…
Hubble Space Telescope Captures Festive and Free-Floating Scene
Just in time for Christmas, this new Picture of the Week from the Hubble Space Telescope features a glistening scene in holiday red. This festive…
Hubble Spots a Gigantic Cosmic Smokescreen
This image from the Hubble Space Telescope features a portion of the open cluster NGC 6530 that appears as a roiling wall of smoke studded…
Major Milestone: NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Discovers Earliest Galaxies in the Universe
Astronomers report the most distant known galaxies — detected and confirmed by the James Webb Space Telescope. As the most powerful space telescope ever built,…
Sparkling Dreams: Hubble Space Telescope Head in the Clouds
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features a small portion of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). Located only about 200,000 light-years from Earth,…
Celestial Fireworks Display: Hubble Captures Shreds of Luridly Colored Supernova Remnant
In this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shreds of the luridly colored supernova remnant DEM L 190 seem to billow across the screen….
NASA Artemis I – Orion Spacecraft Enters Moon Orbit
Yesterday at 4:52 p.m. CST (23:52 CET, 22:52 GMT) the European Service Module’s auxiliary thrusters fired to put NASA’s Orion spacecraft into a lunar orbit,…
Hubble Hunts an Unusual Galaxy – Distorted by Gravity and Twisted Into a Colossal Ring
Stealing the spotlight in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is the galaxy merger Arp-Madore 417-391. The Arp-Madore catalogue is a compilation of…
Baffling “Spiderweb” Star Discovered – Is It an Alien Megastructure?
A puzzling image captured by the James Webb Telescope explained. A strange image of the distant star WR140 surrounded by concentric geometric ripples captured by…
See a Solar Snake Slither Across the Sun’s Surface – At 380,000 Miles per Hour
Credit: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team; Acknowledgment: Frédéric Auchère, IAS Solar Orbiter has detected a ‘tube’ of cooler atmospheric gases rapidly snaking its way through…
Hubble Space Telescope: Clouded Vision
In this celestial image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, a small, dense cloud of gas and dust called CB 130-3 blots out the center…
Artemis I: Mega Moon Rocket Ready for Launch
The Artemis I mega Moon rocket is on the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This powerful Space Launch System (SLS) rocket…
ESA SOLARIS: Wireless Power Beamed Down From Space
Solar power could be gathered far away in space and transmitted wirelessly down to Earth to wherever it is needed. The European Space Agency (ESA)…
Mars Express Spacecraft Sets Data Relay Record
Mars Express, a spacecraft operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), recently conducted tests in which it relayed data gathered by NASA’s Perseverance rover back…
