NASA’s Chandra Finds Black Hole With Tremendous Growth
A black hole is growing at one of the fastest rates ever recorded, according to a team of…
Unprecedented ‘Einstein Cross’ Reveals Fifth Ghost Image and a Dark Matter Surprise
When gravity—an invisible yet ubiquitous force—bends and distorts light from distant galaxies, Earthbound observers get a rare glimpse…
Observable universe is 93 billion light years wide but what’s beyond it? Here’s what we can’t see…
One of the most important pieces of evidence for this limit is the cosmic microwave background radiation, faint…
Hubble Homes in on Galaxy’s Star Formation
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a galaxy whose asymmetric appearance may be the result of a…
Astronomers Map Stellar ‘Polka Dots’ Using NASA’s TESS, Kepler
Scientists have devised a new method for mapping the spottiness of distant stars by using observations from NASA…
This Famous Star Is a Total Fraud, Astronomers Say
In March 2022, the Hubble Space Telescope peered through the distant cosmos and detected the light of an…
Hubble Examines Low Brightness, High Interest Galaxy
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image zooms in on the feathery spiral arms of the galaxy NGC 45,…
This Might Be the Most Massive Black Hole Ever Discovered
Astronomers have identified what could be a new supermassive black hole, and with an estimated mass 36 billion…
Hubble Surveys Supernova-Rich Spiral – NASA Science
Rich with detail, the spiral galaxy NGC 1309 shines in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. NGC 1309…
NASA Installs Key ‘Sunblock’ Shield on Roman Space Telescope
Technicians have successfully installed two sunshields onto NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s inner segment. Along with the…