The best deep-sky targets in Taurus
NGC 1514 The Crystal Ball Nebula (NGC 1514) was discovered by German-born English astronomer William Herschel in 1790. Credit: Eric ...
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Found: First Actively Forming Galaxy as Lightweight as Young Milky Way
Hundreds of overlapping objects at various distances are spread across this field. At the very center is a tiny galaxy ...
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Hubble Spots a Spiral in the Celestial River
Hubble Space Telescope Home Hubble Spots a Spiral in the… Hubble Space Telescope Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History ...
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Is it time to rename the Hubble constant?
Slipher’s spectral measurements of the Andromeda and Sombrero spiral nebulae, as they were called at the time, showed these objects ...
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The Sombrero Galaxy doffs its cap to the power of JWST
Back to Article List M104 shines in a different light thanks to new infrared observations. The Sombrero Galaxy (M104) lies ...
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JWST just found a black hole starving its host galaxy to death
Pablo's Galaxy is a distant galaxy in the early universe whose central supermassive black hole is starving it of the ...
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How To Build A Backyard Radio Telescope
After the Second World War, 1940s America was awash with radar equipment and experienced technicians who could make it work. ...
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