Mysterious Dark Rays Spotted in Nearby Galaxy
Some of the most stunning views of our sky occur at sunset, when sunlight pierces the clouds, creating a mixture of bright and dark rays…
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Cosmic “Cinnamon Bun” Spotted by Hubble Space Telescope
Observed with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the faint galaxy featured in this image is known as UGC 12588. Unlike many spiral galaxies, UGC 12588…
Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity: Contorting Giants
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy LRG-3-817, also known as SDSS J090122.37+181432.3. The galaxy, its image distorted by the effects of gravitational…
ULLYSES: Hubble Embarks on Largest Observing Program of Its Career
Hubble Launches Large Ultraviolet-Light Survey of Nearby Stars Hundreds of stars in the Milky Way and nearby galaxies are being surveyed to build an…
Hubble Spots a Gorgeous Waterfall of Stars
The galaxy UGCA 193, seen here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is a galaxy in the constellation of Sextans (The Sextant). Looking rather like…
Hubble Spots Giant Space “Pumpkin” [Video]
Sorry Charlie Brown, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is taking a peek at what might best be described as the “Greater Pumpkin,” that looks like a…
Beauty From Chaos: Hubble Spots “Bioluminescent Sea Monster”
Appearing within the boundless darkness of space, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s snapshot of NGC 34 looks more like an otherworldly, bioluminescent creature from the…
Spectacular! Hubble Captures a Galactic Waterspout
In this spectacular image captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the galaxy NGC 2799 (on the left) is seemingly being pulled into the center…
Hubble Space Telescope Captures a frEGGS-Plosion of Star Formation
This image, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, depicts a special class of star-forming nursery known as Free-floating Evaporating Gaseous Globules, or frEGGs for…
Hubble Observes Spectacular Supernova Time-Lapse – “No Earthly Fireworks Display Can Compete”
The NASA/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope has tracked the fading light of a supernova in the spiral galaxy NGC 2525, located 70 million light years away….
Survey of the Stars: Hubble Captures Great Barred Spiral Galaxy in a Fiery Furnace
At around 60 million light-years from Earth, the Great Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 is captured beautifully in this image by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space…
Titanic Stellar Time-Lapse: Hubble Watches Exploding Star Fade Into Oblivion
When a star unleashes as much energy in a matter of days as our Sun does in several billion years, you know it’s not going…
This Stunning Spiral Galaxy Is Mesmerizing – Image Took 9 Hours Observation Time on Hubble Space Telescope
This stunning image by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the spiral galaxy NGC 5643 in the constellation of Lupus (The Wolf). Looking this good…
Dark Matter Surplus Captured by Hubble
Resting on the tail of the Great Bear in the constellation of Ursa Major, lies NGC 5585, a spiral galaxy that is more than it…
Magnificent Eye of the Serpent Captured by Hubble
The twisting patterns created by the multiple spiral arms of NGC 2835 create the illusion of an eye. This is a fitting description, as this…
Hubble Uncovers an Unexpected Discrepancy: An Ingredient Missing From Current Dark Matter Theories?
Observations by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile have found that something may be missing…
Hubble: Time Machines [Eye in the Sky Video Miniseries]
Episode 3: Time Machines – Hubble has looked back billions of years in time to see some of the earliest galaxies in their infancy, and…
Hubble’s Shocking Dark Matter Discovery: Observations Suggest a Missing Ingredient in Cosmic Recipe
Astronomers have discovered that there may be a missing ingredient in our cosmic recipe of how dark matter behaves. Astronomers have uncovered a discrepancy between…