Most Distant Galaxy Ever Observed by ALMA Sheds Light on the First Stars
Using ALMA, a team of astronomers has detected a huge mass of glowing stardust in a galaxy seen when the Universe was only four percent…
Using ALMA, a team of astronomers has detected a huge mass of glowing stardust in a galaxy seen when the Universe was only four percent…
This ALMA image of the week shows the binary star system of LL Pegasi and its companion. Although it looks like the pattern of a…
This newly released Hubble image shows star cluster Westerlund 1, which is located 15,000 light-years away. Light travels through space at just under 300,000 kilometers…
A team of astrophysicists has produced one of the highest-resolution maps of dark matter to date, offering a detailed case for the existence of cold…
This composite image shows Supernova 1987A, one of the brightest supernovae detected since the invention of the telescope. Three decades ago, astronomers spotted one of…
This newly released Hubble image shows galaxy UGC 12591, which is located roughly 400 million light-years away. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image showcases the…
By using data from telescopes, astronomers — and the public — can explore SN 1987A like never before. Three decades ago, astronomers spotted one of…
This newly released Hubble image shows one of most massive known galaxy clusters, RX J1347.5–1145. The events surrounding the Big Bang were so cataclysmic that…
Using the Keck Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers reveal the existence of a white dwarf star whose atmosphere is rich in carbon and…
This newly released Hubble image shows the patch of space just ‘beneath’ open star cluster NGC 299. This image was captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble…
Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, a team astronomers has found the first evidence of the remains of a comet-like object scattered around a burned-out star….
This newly released Hubble image shows barred spiral galaxy NGC 7640, which is located 30 million light-years away. Not to be confused with our neighboring…
A team of astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope and galaxies as giant gravitational lenses to make an independent measurement of how fast the Universe…
This newly released Hubble image shows the Calabash Nebula, which is located 5,000 light-years away. The Calabash Nebula, pictured here — which has the technical…
This newly released Hubble image shows galaxy NGC 4861, which is located roughly 30 million light-years away from Earth. The lesser-known constellation of Canes Venatici…
This Hubble image of the week shows part of the sky in the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer). The region is rendered in exquisite detail…
The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered comets plunging into young star HD 172555, which resides 95 light-years from Earth. The exocomets — comets outside our…
A team of astronomers view a shadow sweeping around a gas-and-dust disk encircling the young star TW Hydrae. Eerie mysteries in the universe can be…