Astronomers Spot “Indigestion” in Supermassive Black Hole
A new multi-wavelength study of a pair of colliding galaxies has revealed the cause of a supermassive black hole’s case of “indigestion.” The new research…
A new multi-wavelength study of a pair of colliding galaxies has revealed the cause of a supermassive black hole’s case of “indigestion.” The new research…
This Hubble image of the week shows “Hidden Galaxy” IC 342, which is located 11 million light-years away. IC 342 is a challenging cosmic target….
This newly released Hubble image shows Seyfert galaxy 2XMM J143450.5+033843, which is located nearly 400 million light-years away from Earth. Not all galaxies have the…
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has discovered the first example of a compact yet massive, fast-spinning, disk-shaped galaxy that stopped making…
This classic Hubble image from 2000 shows planetary nebula IC 418 glowing like a multifaceted jewel with enigmatic patterns. IC 418 lies about 2,000 light-years…
This Hubble image of the week shows spiral galaxy ESO 486-21. ESO 486-21 is somewhat irregular with its ill-defined structure and is located some 30…
Hubble observed the nearby white dwarf star Stein 2051 B as it passed in front of a background star. During the close alignment, the white…
Using gravitational lensing, Hubble has captured unique close-up views of the universe’s brightest infrared galaxies – which are as much as 10,000 times more luminous…
Using the Hubble Space Telescope astronomers compare two seemingly similar “hot Jupiter” exoplanets, finding that WASP-67 b and HAT-P-38 b have very different atmospheres. Is…
This Hubble Telescope image of the week shows the slow waltz of two brown dwarfs in Luhman 16AB. This seemingly unspectacular series of dots with…
This Hubble image of the week shows the Vermin Galaxy as it began its transit behind star HD 107146. The galaxy will not be fully…
Using data from the Large Binocular Telescope and NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes, astronomers watched as a dying star was likely reborn as a…
This Hubble image of the week shows nebula Sh2-308 surrounding the massive and violent star named EZ Canis Majoris. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope still…
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have uncovered a moon orbiting the third largest dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt. Cataloged as 2007 OR10, the…
By combining data from several telescopes, astronomers created this captivating new image of the Crab Nebula. The unusual image was produced by combining data from…
Astronomers have discovered a potential recoiling supermassive black hole (CXO J101527.2+625911). This recoiling black hole candidate is located about 3.9 billion light-years from Earth. Supermassive…
A new multi-wavelength image of the Crab Nebula contains data from Chandra, VLA, Spitzer, Hubble, and XMM-Newton. The Crab supernova was observed in 1054 AD…
This newly released Hubble image shows galaxy IRAS 06076-2139, which is located 500 million light-years away. NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope views the unusual galaxy IRAS…