Hubble’s best images, 35 years since its launch
Back to Article List In celebration of the 35th anniversary of the legendary space telescope’s launch, here are 35 of ...
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Quasi periodic eruptions: Powerful blasts of X-rays could reveal a black hole waking from sleep todayheadline
An artist’s impression of gas and dust around the massive black hole at the centre of the galaxy SDSS1335+0728ESO/M. Kornmesser ...
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Astronomers find a rare ‘dark galaxy’ within our Local Group
Back to Article List The rotating disk galaxy, mostly made up of dark matter, was discovered within a larger cloud ...
Read moreDetailsHubble Spots a Squid in the Whale
Today’s rather aquatic-themed NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy Messier 77, also known as the Squid Galaxy, ...
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The JWST May Have Discovered the Milky Way’s Twin todayheadline
The Milky Way may have a twin. The discovery of the most distant spiral galaxy to date may change the ...
Read moreDetailsHubble Studies a Nearby Galaxy’s Star Formation
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the picturesque spiral galaxy NGC 4941, which lies about 67 million light-years from ...
Read moreDetailsHubble Spots a Chance Alignment
The subject of today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is the stunning spiral galaxy NGC 5530. This galaxy is situated ...
Read moreDetailsFinding Clues in Ruins of Ancient Dead Star With NASA’s Chandra
People often think about archaeology happening deep in jungles or inside ancient pyramids. However, a team of astronomers has shown ...
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Our near galactic neighbor might have a supermassive black hole
The Large Magellanic Cloud is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way some 160,000 light-years away. New research points to ...
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Euclid space telescope captures 26 million galaxies in first data drop todayheadline
A sea of galaxies photographed by the Euclid space telescopeESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, E. Bertin, G. Anselmi ...
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