Hubble Spies One-Sided Spiral – NASA Science
The subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is a spiral galaxy struggling against titanic forces that…
A Missing Black Hole Was Found Hiding in a Giant Star Cluster. Astronomers Think There Could Be Thousands More
Astronomers charted a star’s path over 20 years as it circled an invisible object that was rather hefty.…
APOD: 2026 July 12 – Galaxy NGC 474: Shells and Star Streams
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The Milky Way’s Arms May Stretch Farther Than We Thought
By observing light from the most powerful explosions in the universe bouncing off dust clouds in the Milky…
NASA Webb Uncovers Unusual Galaxy Shaped by Cosmic Collision
The mid-infrared view of Centaurus A from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals dusty structures and hidden activity…
Galaxy MXDFz4.4 (Hubble and Webb Image)
Oddball galaxy MXDFz4.4 existed only 1.4 billion years after the big bang, when the universe was still a…
M82 Cigar Galaxy (Webb + Hubble Fade)
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared imaging survey of Messier 82 (M82) is the most recent observation of…
Hubble Glimpses Merging Galaxy Clusters
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features a galaxy cluster, called CL0016+1609 or MACS J0018.5+1626, that is very…
Active black holes are more common than we thought
Dwarf galaxy Henize 2-10 is known to house an active central black hole. However, the question of how…
NASA’s Chandra Finds Unexpected Fireworks in Aftermath of Stellar Explosions
The aftermath of a supernova, a stellar explosion, is usually a slowly fading cloud of hot gas. So…
Hubble Sees Swarm of Galaxies
Looking somewhat like a swarm of bees returning to their hive, this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features…
Astronomers discover red dwarfs absorbing matter from Earth-like planets
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An illustration showing a red dwarf and a planet. Astronomers have recently discovered red…