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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 Surveys Cloudy Cluster
Hubble Surveys Cloudy Cluster Hubble Surveys Cloudy Cluster: A new image from NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features a cloudy starscape from an impressive star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy about 160,000 light-years away. The image showcases the second-largest star-forming region in the galaxy, called N11, where gas clouds coalesce into new […]
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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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Hubble Captures a Tarantula
Hubble Captures a Tarantula Hubble has captured an incredible image of the Tarantula Nebula, a star-forming factory located 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Tarantula Nebula is home to massive stars, some 200 times as massive as our Sun, and features rare types of stars like Wolf-Rayet stars that have lost their […]
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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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Hubble Captures Cotton Candy Clouds
Hubble Captures Cotton Candy Clouds The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy located 160,000 light-years away from Earth. The image features wispy gas clouds that resemble brightly colored cotton candy due to the use of specialized filters on the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) instrument. […]
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Hubble Images a Peculiar Spiral
Hubble Images a Peculiar Spiral Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of a peculiar spiral galaxy called Arp 184 or NGC 1961, which is located approximately 190 million light-years away from Earth. The galaxy’s unique shape and structure were identified by astronomer Halton Arp in his 1966 Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies catalog, which features […]
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Hubble Visits Glittering Cluster, Capturing Its Ultraviolet Light
Hubble Visits Glittering Cluster, Capturing Its Ultraviolet Light Hubble Space Telescope has revisited stunning globular cluster Messier 72 (M72) as part of ESA/Hubble’s 35th anniversary celebrations, capturing its ultraviolet light for the first time. M72 is a collection of stars located in the constellation Aquarius, approximately 50,000 light-years from Earth, and is one of the […]
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Hubble Spies Cosmic Pillar in Eagle Nebula
Hubble Spies Cosmic Pillar in Eagle Nebula Hubble Space Telescope has released a new image series revisiting stunning targets, including the Eagle Nebula, as part of its 35th anniversary celebrations. The Eagle Nebula features a towering structure of billowing gas and dark, obscuring dust that is 9.5 light-years tall and 7,000 light-years away from Earth. […]
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