NASA’s Chandra Shares a New View of Our Galactic Neighbor
The Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31), is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way at a ...
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NICER Status Updates – NASA
NASA’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer), an X-ray telescope on the International Space Station, has paused observations due to ...
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Here are the first-ever images released by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory
This composite of the Trifid and Lagoon nebulae is one of the first images released by the Vera C. Rubin ...
Read moreDetailsHubble Studies a Spiral’s Supernova Scene
This serene spiral galaxy hides a cataclysmic past. The galaxy IC 758, shown in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, ...
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Hubble spots a cosmic bullseye
Back to Article List The galaxy LEDA 1313424 has been nicknamed the Bullseye Galaxy, thanks to the nine rings that ...
Read moreDetailsNASA’s Roman to Peer Into Cosmic ‘Lenses’ to Better Define Dark Matter
A funky effect Einstein predicted, known as gravitational lensing — when a foreground galaxy magnifies more distant galaxies behind it ...
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Galaxy cluster pileup sets record for the size of its glow
A radio glow surrounds PLCK G287.0+32.9, seen here in a composite image with data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray telescope (purple) ...
Read moreDetailsNASA’s Chandra Sees Surprisingly Strong Black Hole Jet at Cosmic “Noon”
A black hole has blasted out a surprisingly powerful jet in the distant universe, according to a new study from ...
Read moreDetailsWebb Sees Sombrero Galaxy in Near-Infrared
After capturing an image of the iconic Sombrero galaxy at mid-infrared wavelengths in late 2024, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has now ...
Read moreDetailsHubble Captures Starry Spectacle – NASA Science
A galaxy ablaze with young stars is the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. Named NGC 685, this ...
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