Galaxy
Hubble Captures Puzzling Galaxy
Hubble Captures Puzzling Galaxy Hubble Space Telescope captures an image of NGC 2775, a galaxy that’s hard to categorize as either spiral or elliptical due to its unique features. The galaxy has a smooth, featureless center and a dusty ring with patchy star clusters, which could indicate it merged with other galaxies in the past. […]
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Hubble Spies Galaxy with Lots to See
Hubble Spies Galaxy with Lots to See Hubble Spies Galaxy with Lots to See: The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of galaxy NGC 7456, located over 51 million light-years away in the constellation Grus. Galaxy Details Revealed: The Hubble image reveals fine detail in the galaxy’s patchy spiral arms, clumps of […]
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Hubble Homes in on Galaxy’s Star Formation
Hubble Homes in on Galaxy’s Star Formation Hubble Space Telescope has released a new image of galaxy Messier 96, showcasing its asymmetric spiral arms and off-center galactic core. The latest image combines data from observations in ultraviolet, near infrared, and visible/optical light, revealing regions of ionized hydrogen and nitrogen that help astronomers study star formation. […]
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Hubble Examines Low Brightness, High Interest Galaxy
Hubble Examines Low Brightness, High Interest Galaxy Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of the spiral galaxy NGC 45, which lies just 22 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus. The galaxy is a low surface brightness galaxy, meaning it appears fainter than the night sky itself due to having relatively few stars for […]
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Team identifies the universe’s earliest confirmed black hole
Team identifies the universe’s earliest confirmed black hole A team of astronomers has identified the most distant black hole ever confirmed, located 500 million years after the Big Bang, at a distance of 13.3 billion years into the past. The discovery was made using data from the James Webb Space Telescope’s CAPERS program and provides […]
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Hubble Surveys Supernova-Rich Spiral
Hubble Surveys Supernova-Rich Spiral Hubble Space Telescope has released a stunning image of the spiral galaxy NGC 1309, showcasing its intricate details and hundreds of distant background galaxies. The galaxy is notable for hosting two supernovae: SN 2002fk, a Type Ia supernova, and SN 2012Z, a Type Iax supernova that defied expectations by leaving behind […]
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Inspects Cat’s Paw
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Inspects Cat’s Paw NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has released an image of the Cat’s Paw Nebula to celebrate its third anniversary, revealing new structural details and features. The telescope used its NIRCam camera to capture the nebula, which shows massive young stars carving away at nearby gas and dust. […]
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Hubble Snaps Galaxy Cluster’s Portrait
Hubble Snaps Galaxy Cluster’s Portrait Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of galaxy cluster Abell 209, located 2.8 billion light-years away, showcasing over 100 galaxies and hot, diffuse gas. The image provides a unique opportunity to study dark matter, a form of matter that does not interact with light, by observing its gravitational influence […]
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Hubble Observations Give “Missing” Globular Cluster Time to Shine
Hubble Observations Give “Missing” Globular Cluster Time to Shine Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of a previously unexplored globular cluster, ESO 591-12, which features a dense array of multicolored stars. The study aims to provide complete observations of ages and distances for all 34 confirmed Milky Way globular clusters that Hubble has yet […]
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Sparkling Andromeda
Sparkling Andromeda The Andromeda galaxy (M31) was released as an image on June 25, 2025, to honor Dr. Vera Rubin’s groundbreaking legacy. M31 is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way, located approximately 2.5 million light-years away. Astronomers use Andromeda to study the structure and evolution of our own spiral galaxy due to its […]
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