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This image shows galaxy Arp 148, captured by NASA's Spitzer and Hubble telescopes. Inside the white circle is...
This dramatic image shows the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s view of dwarf galaxy known as NGC 1140, which lies...
This dramatic image shows the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s view of dwarf galaxy known as NGC 1140, which lies...
Thousands of galaxies flood this near-infrared image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723. High-resolution imaging from...
What are some skywatching highlights in October 2020? Not one, but two, full moons; Mars at opposition; and finding...
A new, dynamic portrait of our Milky Way galaxy shows a frenzy of gas, charged particles and dust as seen by the...
The large bubble is an embryonic star that looks set to turn into one of the brightest stars in our Milky Way galaxy...
The false-color composite image of the Stephan’s Quintet galaxy cluster is made up of data from NASA Spitzer Space...
This image taken by the ultraviolet-light monitoring camera on the European Space Agency ESA XMM-Newton telescope...
The Pinwheel galaxy, otherwise known as Messier 101, sports bright reddish edges in this new infrared image from...
This image shows the Andromeda galaxy, first as seen in visible light by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory,...
In a global experiment in exoplanet observation, the K2 mission and Earth-based observatories on six continents will...
NASA NuSTAR has captured these first, focused views of the supermassive black hole at the heart of our Milky Way...
The tangled arms of the Pinwheel galaxy, otherwise known as Messier 101, are decked out in red in this new infrared...
This artist conception illustrates one of the most primitive supermassive black holes known central black dot at the...
Observations from NASA Cosmic Infrared Background Experiment, or CIBER, have shown a surprising surplus of infrared...
This image shows a composite view of the Crab nebula, an iconic supernova remnant in our Milky Way galaxy, as viewed...
Inner structural features seen in this image from ESA Herschel Space Observatory are helping scientists to...
This Picture of the Week shows Arp 230, also known as IC 51, observed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Arp...
The glowing object in this Hubble Space Telescope image is an elliptical galaxy called NGC 3923. It is located over...
The arrangement of the spiral arms in the galaxy Messier 63, seen here in a new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space...
NGC 4639 is a beautiful example of a type of galaxy known as a barred spiral. It lies over 70 million light-years...
The subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is known as NGC 3597. It is the product of a collision...
The drizzle of stars scattered across this image forms a galaxy known as UGC 4879. UGC 4879 is an irregular dwarf...