Electromagnetic “Tug-of-War” Lights Up Jupiter’s Upper Atmosphere
New Leicester space research has revealed, for the first time, a complex ‘tug-of-war’ lights up aurorae in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere, using a combination of data…
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A Cosmic Draw: Interacting Galaxies With Monumentally Energetic Cores
It is now widely accepted amongst astronomers that an important aspect of how galaxies evolve is the way they interact with one another. Galaxies can…
Hubble Space Telescope Captures a Star-Forming Chamaeleon
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures one of three segments that comprise a 65-light-year wide star-forming region named the Chamaeleon Cloud Complex. The segment…
Hubble Space Telescope Revisits a Galactic Oddball
The dwarf galaxy NGC 1705 is featured in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This diminutive galaxy lies in the southern constellation Pictor,…
Eta Carinae: The Great Eruption of a Massive Star – Stunning New Astronomical Visualization
The Violent Star Eta Carinae Model Is Based On Multiwavelength Observations It was once one of the brightest stars in the heavens, easily visible to…
Galactic Bowling
The subject of this image is a group of three galaxies, collectively known as NGC 7764A. They were imaged by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope,…
Hubble Spots a Black Hole Igniting a Firestorm of Star Formation in a Dwarf Galaxy
Dwarf galaxy Henize 2-10 continues to make a big impact, defying astronomers’ expectations. Black holes are often described as the monsters of the universe—tearing apart…
Come Sail Away With Me
The spiral arms of the galaxy NGC 3318 are lazily draped across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This spiral galaxy lies in…
Galactic Tranquility – Spectacular Spiral Galaxy Captured by Hubble Space Telescope
The lazily winding spiral arms of the spectacular galaxy NGC 976 fill the frame of this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This spiral…
Hubble Lends a Helping Hand to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
Far above rain clouds, light pollution, and atmospheric distortion, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has a clear view of the universe. It has shown us distant…
Hubble Space Telescope Passes 1-Billion Second Mark
On January 1, 2022, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope officially passed the one-billion second mark. Hubble was deployed from the Space Shuttle Discovery’s cargo bay on…
Hubble Space Telescope Captures Galactic Conjunction
The spiral galaxy NGC 105, which lies roughly 215 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces, is captured in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble…
Lonely Spiral Captured by Hubble Used To Construct “Cosmic Distance Ladder”
The lonely spiral galaxy UGC 9391 is shown in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3. This galaxy resides 130…
Reflections of Starlight Captured by Hubble Space Telescope
This Hubble Space Telescope image captures a portion of the reflection nebula IC 2631, which contains a protostar, the hot, dense core of a forming…
Hubble Space Telescope Captures a Gorgeous Sprinkling of Stars
The open star cluster NGC 1755 resembles a pinch of salt strewn on a jet-black tablecloth in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope….
The Illusion of a Continuous Perseus Arm: Our Milky Way May Be More Fluffy, Less Wiry
New research shows a section of the outer Milky Way is more clumpy, less well-organized than previously thought. When you go outside at night in…
Hubble Gazes Sidelong at a Galaxy Where a Supernova Was Discovered by Amateur Astronomers
In this image, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures a side-on view of NGC 3568, a barred spiral galaxy roughly 57 million light-years from the…
Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole Still Smoldering Long After Powerful “Death-Ray” Beam Outburst
Hubble Finds a Smoldering Remnant in a Blast From the Past In some science fiction movies there is a sleeping monster, like Godzilla, who suddenly…